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From left to right: George Saegh, Mehdi Salakhi, Professor Murray Thomson, Franciska Toth and Luke Di Liddo.

U of T Engineering professor leads new global collaboration to advance net-zero hydrogen economy

September 26, 2023

Professor Murray Thomson (MIE) is the national and methane pyrolysis lead for the Global Hydrogen Production Technologies Centre

Professor Mohamad Moosavi stands in front of blackboard with a notebook in one hand, chalk in the other hand. A formula is written on the board in chalk.

U of T Engineering professor incorporating AI to help decarbonize chemical industries

September 19, 2023

Joint EMHSeed and XSeed Funding Program to support research on expanding database of metal-organic frameworks for AI analysis

ECE PhD candidate Yan Li (pictured), along with his supervisor Professor Willy Wong, built an online simulator showing the progression of glaucoma. The simulator is based on a data-driven model they developed that takes into consideration the physiological mechanism of the eye. (Photo: Matthew Tierney)

Online simulator could help glaucoma patients and doctors better understand disease progression

September 15, 2023

Professor Willy Wong and grad student Yan Li (both ECE) used a data-driven model that takes into account how the eye functions to simulate the progression of glaucoma

LaShawn Murray stands outside between two buildings.

IBET Momentum Fellow LaShawn Murray aims to use human factors engineering to advance health equity for marginalized populations

September 13, 2023

PhD candidate will examine the role of automation in primary care

Professor Nicolas Papernot elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

September 6, 2023

Papernot is cross-appointed to The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science

IBET Momentum Fellow Chantel Briana Campbell fabricates multilayered biomaterials that can help repair damaged hearts, eyes and muscles

September 5, 2023

The PhD candidate is working with collagenous multilayered biomaterials and their atypical structure

Professor Enid Montague stands in front of a mosaic artwork.

New human-centred automation tools could ease stress on overburdened health-care systems

August 29, 2023

Professor Enid Montague’s project is one of seven from U of T Engineering to receive funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund

From left to right: Dumitru Diaconu and Alexandre Florio test a 3D-printed prototype of the hinges that will allow the solar wings of NASA’s StarBurst satellite mission to deploy and lock into position

In this UTIAS lab, graduate students design and build satellites for NASA and other clients

August 28, 2023

Graduate students at the Space Flight Laboratory, led by Professor Robert Zee (UTIAS), design innovative, cost-effective small satellites

Molly Shoichet joins PRiME as new Scientific Director for Precision Medicine Initiative

August 23, 2023

The Institutional Strategic Initiative brings together multi-disciplinary research talent and innovators to tackle unmet needs in drug discovery, diagnostics, and disease biology

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