Brian Mech: Artificial vision pioneer
Brian Mech is a U of T Engineering alumnus and CEO of eSight, a Toronto-based company that builds wearable devices which restore nearly normal vision to people with a wide range of sight-damaging conditions.
Three health-focused student startups
Three U of T Engineering startups — MedTek Devices, Pillsy and MedChart — are addressing important challenges, from managing medical information to detecting falls among the elderly.
Lab-grown heart cells to improve drug safety
A company co-founded by Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE) is helping pharmaceutical companies detect negative side effects in drugs by testing them on lab-grown tissues.
The link between air quality and human health
When it comes to air quality, most people think car exhaust, industrial emissions and smog pose the biggest dangers. But Professor Jeffrey Siegel says it’s the environment inside our homes and offices that should concern us most.
Smarter scans could detect cancer earlier
Professor Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng was working as an electrical engineer in the aerospace and defence industry when she had an epiphany: she realized the signal-processing techniques she was using to improve radar for remote sensing could also enhance magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.
Tiny, swimming robots could improve surgery
Professor Eric Diller (MIE) and his team build miniature robots designed to be used inside the human body.
Shape-shifting engineered nanoparticles for delivering cancer drugs to tumours
Professor Warren Chan designs modular nanoparticles attached to strands of DNA that can change shape to gain access to diseased tissue, like a key fitting into a lock
