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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.

Quantum computing will bring a whole new set of security concerns to the internet — but U of T Engineering advancements in Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) are providing solutions to these emerging challenges. (Creative Commons)

Going the distance with future-proof quantum cryptography

May 22, 2018

Professor Glenn Gulak and team show that error-correction decoding is no longer a computational bottleneck in long-distance Quantum Key Distribution

Dr. Cao-Thang Dinh, left, and Dr. Md Golam Kibria (both ECE) demonstrate their new catalyst. In a paper published today in Science, their team demonstrated most efficient and stable process for converting climate-warming carbon dioxide into the building blocks for plastics, all powered using renewable electricity

New catalyst upgrades greenhouse gas into renewable hydrocarbons

May 17, 2018

Research team out of U of T Engineering designs most efficient and stable process for converting climate-warming carbon dioxide into a key chemical building block for plastics – all powered using renewable electricity

Professor Tom Chau, a University of Toronto paediatric rehabilitation engineer, works with two graduate students to develop a brain-computer interface for children. Chau has been named a 2018 Governor General’s Innovation Award recipient for contributions to the country’s success and inspiring the next generation. (Credit: Neil Ta)

Tom Chau receives Governor General’s Innovation Award

May 14, 2018

U of T paediatric rehabilitation engineer to be honoured for contributions to country’s success and inspiring the next generation

Zeus, the aUToronto team’s self-driving car, pulls up to the startline at the inaugural competition of the three-year AutoDrive Challenge™ in Yuma, Ariz. (Courtesy: SAE International)

aUToronto team wins first AutoDrive Challenge

May 7, 2018

Three-year international competition challenged eight universities to turn an electric vehicle self-driving by 2020

From left: U of T Engineering researchers Professor Axel Guenther (MIE), Navid Hakimi (MIE PhD candidate) and Richard Cheng (IBBME PhD candidate) have created the first ‘skin printer’ that forms tissues in situ for application to wounds. (Credit: Liz Do)

U of T Engineering researchers develop handheld 3D skin printer

May 2, 2018

Researchers in Professor Axel Guenther’s lab create portable device that prints skin tissue to cover deep wounds

Lab-on-a-chip delivers critical immunity data for vulnerable populations

April 25, 2018

Research team validates first-of-its-kind portable diagnostic technology at refugee camp in remote northwestern Kenya

Professor Levente Diosady (ChemE) has led the development of techniques for fortifying salt with iron and iodine to prevent micronutrient deficiency diseases, which affect over two billion people worldwide. (Credit: Roberta Baker).

Professor Levente Diosady receives Engineers Canada’s highest honour

April 25, 2018

A world-renowned food engineer, Diosady has spent much of his career developing techniques for fortifying staple foods with micronutrients to improve human health

Professor Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez (IBBME) and PhD student Teresa Zulueta-Coarasa led a study that has shed new light on how wounds repair without scars in fruit fly embryos. Their work could advance the way we treat wounds in humans. (Credit: Luke Ng).

U of T Engineering researchers uncover mechanism of scar-free wound healing in fruit fly embryos

April 23, 2018

Study published by Professor Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez sheds light on how a network of proteins drive a wound repair process that leaves no scars

From left: aUToronto team members Zachary Kroeze (ECE PhD 1T8), Andreas Schimpe, Keenan Burnett (EngSci 1T6+PEY, UTIAS MASc candidate) and Mona Gridseth (UTIAS PhD candidate) in front of their autonomous vehicle, dubbed Zeus . The team is one of eight from universities across North America competing in the international Autodrive Challenge™. (Credit: Laura Pedersen).

aUToronto to compete at international self-driving car competition

April 23, 2018

U of T Engineering student team selected to participate in Autodrive Challenge™ heads to Yuma, Ariz. for first round of three-year competition

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