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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 Scott Sanner and his team will use industry-partnered funding to develop more personalized and interactive conversational assistants by leveraging recent advances in deep learning. (Credit: Pam Walls)

Google recognizes machine learning and computer systems experts with Faculty Research Award

February 28, 2020

U of T Engineering professors Scott Sanner (MIE) and Vaughn Betz (ECE) are developing next-gen tools for conversational assistants, and the production of more powerful computer chips

IBBME researchers Buddhisha Udugama (left) and Pranav Kadhiresan (right) hold a miniaturized lithium heater. (Photo: Qin Dai)

U of T Engineering researchers develop pill-sized heating device for diagnostic testing

February 18, 2020

Technology developed by U of T Engineering researchers could enable resource-limited regions around the world to perform tests for infectious diseases without the need of a large device

Members of CERT Systems, Inc. with their pilot unit at Zeton Engineering in Burlington, ON. This week, the team was awarded funding from Natural Resources Canada’s Breakthrough Energy Systems Canada competition to advance their carbon-recycling technology. (Photo courtesy CERT Systems Inc.)

U of T Engineering spinoff receives support from Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada to upgrade waste carbon

February 12, 2020

Funding will support commercialization of a new technology to transform CO2 into commercially valuable products

Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) is involved in the 2020 GTA Heart Map Challenge, which aims to improve the accessibility of automated external defibrillators. (Credit: Pam Walls)

AEDs save lives. By mapping them, you can help save more.

February 12, 2020

GTA Heart Map Challenge aims to improve the accessibility of automated external defibrillators (AEDs)

Left to right: Adnan Ozden (MIE PhD candidate), Joshua Wicks (ECE PhD candidate), and F. Pelayo García de Arquer (ECE postdoctoral fellow) are among the team members who have designed an electrolyzer that converts CO2 to valuable products 10 times faster than previous versions. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

“Reverse fuel cell” converts waste carbon to valuable products at record rates

February 6, 2020

U of T Engineering researchers develop enhanced device to transform CO2 into valuable chemicals 10 times faster than previous versions

The handheld 3D skin printer developed by U of T Engineering researchers works like a paint roller, covering an area with a uniform sheet of skin, stripe by stripe. Blue dye was used for this photo shoot for visibility purposes. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

Handheld 3D skin printer demonstrates accelerated healing of large, severe burns

February 4, 2020

Researchers at U of T Engineering and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre develop a skin printer that works like a paint roller, depositing bio ink that speeds up wound healing

Autonomous vehicles like this one use a combination of video cameras and lidar to detect nearby objects. A new dataset will enable engineers to test and refine new algorithms that can overcome the perception challenges posed by snowy weather. (Image courtesy Steven Waslander)

Can self-driving cars handle a Canadian winter? We’re about to find out

February 3, 2020

New dataset released by researchers from U of T Engineering and the University of Waterloo enables autonomous vehicle designers to test advances in perception under winter driving conditions

Teng Cui (MIE PhD candidate) holds up a silicon chip with half a million embedded tiny holes. By stretching graphene across the holes, Cui was able to measure its resistance to mechanical fatigue. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

Won’t crack under pressure: stress test reveals graphene can withstand more than one billion cycles before breaking

January 28, 2020

U of T Engineering researchers have discovered that the carbon-based material is highly resistant to mechanical fatigue

Biometrics pioneer and alumnus, Karl Martin (EngSci 0T1, ECE MASc 0T3, PhD 1T0), answers frequently asked questions on data privacy. (Photo courtesy of Unsplash)

Jan 28 is Data Privacy Day: What you need to know about biometric data and how to keep yours safe

January 28, 2020

U of T Engineering alumnus Karl Martin discusses the security implications of giving out fingerprint and facial data

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