Research news

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.

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U of T Engineering lab partners with Moderna to develop RNA-based tools to treat and prevent disease

Professor Omar F. Khan’s lab group is designing new platforms that deliver RNA to the body, addressing a range of biomedical challenges

Professor Myrtede Alfred utilizes human factors engineering approaches in her research (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

U of T Engineering professor investigates maternal health disparities experienced by racialized patients in U.S. clinical systems

Professor Myrtede Alfred (MIE) research starts with a year-long study examining maternal health disparities in one large health system in South Carolina

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New insight into how nanoparticles form could advance technologies from solar cells to medical tests

Researchers from U of T Engineering have discovered a distinctive mode of growth that could be leveraged to customize nanoparticles for a variety of applications

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Urban Quick Stop provides a living laboratory to study the challenges of last-mile delivery

A multidisciplinary collaboration between academia, industry and government will explore the potential of new modes of transport, such as zero-emission e-bikes, to reduce emissions, traffic congestion and more

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New research collaboration leverages edge computing to meet defence and security challenges

ECE Professor David Lie is part of a ‘micro-net’ of researchers that has received $1.5 million from the Canadian Department of National Defence

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Fortified hibiscus beverage aims to reduce iron deficiency in sub-Saharan African women

Folake Oyewole (ChemE PhD candidate) is developing an approach to improve the iron intake and uptake of vulnerable groups through a popular Nigerian plant-based beverage

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Seeing smaller than light: How an advanced microscopy technique can help in the fight against cancer and other diseases

Professor Chris Yip (ChemE/BME) and his team have developed a method for tagging and imaging cell surface components that are only a few nanometres apart

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New CRAFT Tissue Foundry provides infrastructure dedicated to bioengineering innovation

The open research facility at U of T’s Mechanical Engineering Building is an expansion of the partnership between the University and the National Research Council of Canada

Professor Xilin Liu tests signal integrity of a neural implant prototype. Neural implants in use today activate a neuromodulation therapy that helps manage symptoms of brain disorders. (Photo: Matthew Tierney)

How this U of T Engineering professor is advancing neural implants that fight brain disorders

Professor Xilin Liu (ECE) integrates microelectronics and artificial intelligence algorithms into neural implants to more effectively manage symptoms of Parkinson’s, epilepsy and other conditions