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Learn more about the latest discoveries and innovations from the U of T Engineering community. Our researchers are developing new ways of capturing and storing clean energy, medical devices that can save and extend lives, smarter ways to design and build cities and much more.

Sadi Loai, left, in a blue and black t-shirt and Professor Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng, right, with beige glasses and beige shirt.

New study points to leg muscle as a potential early warning system for heart failure

Research led by Professor Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng (BME) opens the door to earlier treatment and better outcomes

Headshot of Martin Staadecker, wearing a green puffer jacket, with trees in the background.

Batteries and windmills: How one student’s summer research project is advancing energy storage for sustainable and affordable power

Martin Staadecker’s (EngSci 2T4) undergraduate work through the Engineering Science Research Opportunities Program (ESROP) has led to a published study in Nature Communications

Composite photo from left to right: Professor Tobin Filleter (MIE) and Peter Serles.

Strong as steel, light as foam: Machine learning and nano-3D printing produce breakthrough high-performance, nano-architected materials

Research led by Professor Tobin Filleter (MIE) could benefit industries from automotive to aerospace

From left to right: headshot photos of Travis Douglas, Shana Alexander, and Professor Leo Chou all wearing lab coats. The lab is blurred in the background.

U of T Engineering researchers are designing synthetic immune complexes using DNA nanotechnology

This work could advance the understanding of immune system responses and pave the way for improved vaccines and immunotherapies

Professor Minghan Xu stands in front of the U of T gates by the Lassonde Mining Building.

‘Life is what you make it’: Meet Professor Minghan Xu

Professor Xu has joined the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto as an assistant professor

Professor Javad Mostaghimi (MIE) is director of the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT). He has been elected fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors. (photo by Daria Perevezentsev)

Professor Javad Mostaghimi elected to the U.S. National Academy of Inventors

Mostaghimi recognized for innovation in creating inventions that have made an impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society

Emily Farrar

Student-led startup Genuine Taste wins national competition with alternative meat innovation

Co-founded by CivMin PhD student Emily Farrar, Genuine Taste produces cultivated fat in bioreactors

Left to right: Professors Cindi Morshead and Hani Naguib led research to develop a flexible, biodegradable electrode capable of stimulating neural precursor cells (NPCs) in the brain. (photos courtesy of Professors Cindi Morshead and Hani Naguib)

U of T Engineering researchers develop biodegradable brain stimulation electrodes for neural repair

The work is led by Professors Cindi Morshead (Surgery, BME) and Hani Naguib (MSE, MIE)

Kazi is on the left, dressed in a black suit, shaking hands with Cowen on the right, also in a black suit. Both stand in front of a bookshelf, with a table in front of them and the agreements on the table.

U of T and Siemens Canada partner to transform energy grid

Strategic industry-academic collaboration aims to accelerate adoption of green energy technologies