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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.

Professor Alfred and two students stand over a mannequin in a hospital bed

Centre for Healthcare Engineering partners with William Osler Health System to improve clinical practice

Professor Myrtede Alfred (MIE) is leading a new Academic Practice Partnership (APP) designed to drive innovation in research, education and clinical practice

Emma Master stands in a classroom beside a banner that reads BioZone.

Professor Emma Master named the Robert Korthals Chair in Sustainability

Chair endowed by the estate of Robert Korthals (ChemE 5T5) will support collaborative research and help build a strong Canadian bio-economy

Formulations Lab at Acceleration Consortium

U of T and BASF partner on self-driving labs to advance agriculture, medicine and more

Partnership agreement leverages AI and automation to design new chemical products with applications in crop protection, industrial coatings and drug delivery

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Hidden side channels in quantum sources could compromise secure communication

Researchers from U of T Engineering have discovered hidden multi-dimensional modulation side channels in existing quantum protocols

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Professor Milica Radisic elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Honour recognizes Radisic’s contributions to the field of organ-on-a-chip engineering

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These tiny robotic tools powered by magnetic fields could enable minimally invasive brain surgery

Professor Eric Diller (MIE) and his collaborators have created a set of tools only a few millimetres in diameter, to grip, pull and cut tissue

a naloxone kit

Where should we place naloxone kits to save the most lives?

Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) and his team conducted an analysis of the city of Vancouver, which suggests leveraging transit stops to improve the availability of naloxone

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U of T renews five-year research partnership with Konica Minolta

Research projects include the use of machine learning to improve manufacturing

A close up of a metal component being fabricated by laser-based 3D printing.

New machine learning framework enhances precision and efficiency in metal 3D printing, advancing sustainable manufacturing

Research led by Professor Yu Zou (MSE) aims to produce higher quality and more reliable metal parts for aerospace, automotive, energy and health-care applications