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Artificial lung cancer tissue could help find new drug treatments

February 25, 2019

A 3D hydrogel created by researchers in University Professor Molly Shoichet’s (ChemE, IBBME) lab is helping University of Ottawa researchers to quickly screen hundreds of potential drugs for their ability to fight highly invasive cancers. Cell invasion is a critical hallmark of metastatic cancers, such as certain types of lung and brain cancer. Fighting these […]

Startup based on U of T Engineering research raises US$42 million to alleviate congested wireless networks

February 20, 2019

A Canadian semiconductor startup based on technology developed in the lab of Professor Sorin Voinigescu (ECE) has raised US$42 million to help alleviate increasingly congested wireless networks. The latest round of financing, which brings the total raised to over US$110 million, promises to help Toronto-based Peraso Technologies further develop its chips for the 60 gigahertz […]

Molly Shoichet named a Distinguished Woman in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering

February 15, 2019

Shoichet is a renowned researcher working at the intersection of engineering, chemistry and biology

A recent study by Deb Raji (Year 4 EngSci + PEY) and researchers at the MIT Media Lab shows a need for stronger evaluation practices of AI products to mitigate gender and racial biases. (Credit: Liz Do)

This U of T Engineering student is holding companies accountable for biased AI facial technology

February 11, 2019

Engineering Science undergraduate Deb Raji is advocating for improved performance reviews of commercial AI products to eliminate racial and gender biases

Professor Robert Zee (UTIAS) and his research team are receiving $15 million in funding to develop three microsatellites. (Credit: Marit Mitchell)

U of T Engineering researchers to design microsatellites for Arctic monitoring

February 1, 2019

Professor Robert Zee (UTIAS) and his team have partnered with Department of National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces and two private space companies to enhance situational awareness in Canada’s North

U of T Engineering Professors Jonathan Kelly and Steven Waslander (both UTIAS) are the instructors behind a new set of online courses on programming self-driving cars. (Image courtesy Coursera)

These AI experts want to teach you how to program a self-driving car

January 30, 2019

UTIAS professors Steven Waslander and Jonathan Kelly launch a series of online courses on engineering autonomous vehicles through the Coursera platform