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MASc student Tianqi Xu holds up a microrobot that was fabricated using their automated system. (Photo credit: Liz Do)

No assembly required: U of T Engineering researchers automate microrobotic designs

April 24, 2019

Professor Eric Diller’s lab uses magnetic 3D-printing technique to optimize the design and programming of tiny robots with health applications

The demand for goods transportation continues to rise, leading to increased traffic congestion across the GTHA. The newly launched Smart Freight Centre looks to find solutions. (Photo: Flickr)

Smart Freight Centre aims to deliver the goods — faster and greener

April 18, 2019

Newly launched hub brings together leading experts from universities, industry and government to research faster ways to ship across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

Molly Shoichet elected to Royal Society

April 17, 2019

World-leading expert on regenerative medicine elected a Fellow of the UK’s national academy of sciences, the world’s oldest scientific academy and one of the most prestigious

ECE alumna Mai Mavinkurve is the co-founder of an artificial intelligence startup and an advocate for Canadian technology and transparent data governance (Photo credit: Jessica MacInnis)

This ECE alumna is expanding access to machine learning tools while advocating for data security

April 1, 2019

Startup founded by alumna Mai Mavinkurve is helping businesses improve productivity by using machine learning to make better decisions

Professor Jennifer Drake (CivMin) received the Young Engineer Achievement Award, which recognizes an engineer under 36 years of age for outstanding contributions. (Photo credit: Tyler Irving)

CivMin professor and alumna receive Engineers Canada Awards

March 29, 2019

Jennifer Drake and Helen Wojcinski honoured for distinguished contributions to Canada

In March 2019, Professor Jonathan Kelly (UTIAS) visited Yangon, Myanmar to teach a week-long course to 25 engineering, computer science and physics university students. (Photo courtesy of Jonathan Kelly)

‘Knowledge is transformative’: UTIAS professor teaches robotics in Myanmar

March 27, 2019

Professor Jonathan Kelly (UTIAS) introduces local university students in Yangon, Myanmar to robotics and self-driving cars in week-long course

These prosthetic devices to improve mobility were created using 3D PrintAbility, an end-to-end fabrication toolchain developed by not-for-profit social enterprise Nia Technologies. (Photo courtesy Nia Technologies)

How 3D printing has sped up prosthetic development for people around the world

March 27, 2019

Nia Technologies Inc., led by U of T Engineering alumnus Jerry Evans, has developed technology to more efficiently manufacture prosthetics in low-income countries such as Uganda, Tanzania and Cambodia

Professor Murray Metcalfe (MIE, second from left) was among the EESC-A team members at a recent conference on strategies for low-carbon growth and sustainable energy use in Dar es Salaam. The event was held at the Bank of Tanzania Conference Centre and was co-hosted by the International Growth Centre (IGC), Ardhi University, and U of T Engineering’s EESC-A project. (Photo: Victor Faustine)

A global approach to sustainable cities engineering

March 27, 2019

Engineering Education for Sustainable Cities in Africa (EESC-A) project is training a new generation of engineers to enhance sustainability in some of the world’s fastest-growing urban areas

This illustration by Jen Ma (IBBME PhD candidate) depicts competition between a population of cells. A new paper by U of T Engineering researchers indicates that cells known as “elite” are more competitive than others in the process that transforms them into stem cells (Image: Jen Ma)

Not all stem cells are created equal

March 21, 2019

“Elite” cells appear to outcompete their neighbours in the process of becoming stem cells

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