Engineering safer drugs and skin grafts with Grand Challenges Canada grants
In Canada, the pharmaceutical drugs we find at the pharmacy are rarely cause for concern. We don’t worry about what has been added or if they’ve turned toxic because of improper storage. But according to researchers at the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), other areas of the world aren’t so fortunate – and […]
Engineering energy-efficient lighting
Doing more with less is the future of lighting. As smart novel lighting technologies use less energy to shine brighter, it’s also a trend that flipping the switch in homes and businesses around the world. It’s known as smart sustainable lighting, and researchers from the University of Toronto are leading the charge in design and […]
Six ways sustainable lighting transforms cities, health, business and the environment
Walk into a hardware store these days and you’ll find more varieties of light bulbs than ever before. Some look strange and cost more than traditional incandescent bulbs, but these energy-efficient, “green” lighting solutions – and others still in development – are helping to drastically change our homes, our cities and our world. Light emitting […]
The world’s most energy efficient light bulb now dims without a dimmer
What if you could dim the lights across your entire house without having to buy dimming switches – and save the environment too? Thanks to the latest invention from Nanoleaf, a startup from U of T Engineering alumni, you soon can. Nanoleaf, creators of the world’s most efficient light bulb, has released a new dimmable […]
Three big ideas from the opening of U of T’s new advanced materials lab
When three-time Indy 500 winner Hélio Castroneves speeds around the track at this month’s Indy races, he’ll be driving a racecar propelled by decades of materials research that makes him faster, safer and more efficient. But with the opening of a new $20-million materials lab at the University of Toronto, the technology in Castroneves’ car […]
Using tiny technology to aid in the fight against cancer
This year’s McLean Award winner Aaron Wheeler (IBBME) believes the solution to the colossal challenge of personalizing medicine for cancer patients may be a tiny one. Funded jointly by U of T alumnus William McLean and U of T’s Connaught Fund, the $100,000 McLean Award is given annually to support outstanding basic scientific research at […]
Understanding how wounds heal
Whether you fall off your bike and scrape your knee, or knick your finger cutting onions, you know it’s only a matter of time before your injury has scabbed and healed. But what really just happened – how did your wound actually mend? Using a student-designed software program called MEDUSA, as well as a special […]
UT2: U of T engineers explore sustainable materials at U Tokyo
Planning a flight during the winter holidays? Sometimes Canada’s frigid winters can leave you waiting in the airport for hours – or even days – longer than you anticipated. One of the biggest culprits for these delays is the additional time required to melt ice off airplane wings – something that Jason Tam (MSE 1T2 […]
Designing cleaner, safer ways to cook in South India
How do you design an inexpensive stove that’s better than open fires or rudimentary appliances, and then convince people halfway across the world to use it? That’s what a multidisciplinary team of students and professors from across the University of Toronto – including U of T Engineering – went to South India to discover. “According […]
