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Tissue engineering research earns Professor Alison McGuigan an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship

Award from NSERC recognizes and supports early-stage academic researchers

Milica Radisic

Professor Milica Radisic earns NSERC’s John C. Polanyi Award

Honour recognizes research that has led to a recent outstanding advance in natural sciences or engineering

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Advanced brain wave analysis yields new insights into sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

The U of T Engineering study employed wavelet phase coherence, a method that allows for the detailed examination of phase relationships between different brain regions during seizures

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Researchers are working to enable the design of faster-degrading drug delivery systems

Study sheds new light on the relationship between lipid structure and biodegradation, a crucial challenge in the field of nucleic acid drug delivery

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Machine learning analysis sheds light on who benefits from protected bike lanes

U of T Engineering analysis optimizes the placement of cycling infrastructure in Toronto according to different strategies — and finds a trade-off between equity and efficiency

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New research reveals how large-scale adoption of electric vehicles can improve air quality and human health

Large-scale adoption of EVs in the U.S. market, coupled with ambitious grid decarbonization, could result in more than US $100 billion in health benefits by 2050

Kejah Bascon is photographed smiling, wearing glasses and a white t-shirt with decorative fruit imagery.

IBET Momentum Fellow Kejah Bascon aims to innovate robotic neurosurgical tools using a human factors approach

MIE PhD student is looking to make surgical robotic tools more user-friendly

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Researchers develop new method for delivering RNA and drugs into cells

“This could be a game-changer for treating complex conditions where targeting multiple pathways is beneficial, such as cancer and viral infections”

From left to right: U of T Engineering professor Aryan Rezaei Rad, UBC professor AnnaLisa Meyboom and U of T Daniels Faculty's Nicholas Hoban stand in front of an installation of a pavilion at U of T.

Digital fabrication design course brings engineering and architecture students together

Robot Made 2024 enabled undergraduate and graduate participants to engage in computational design and digital fabrication of timber systems