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Four people face each other in a circle. Dean Yip seems to be speaking, while Professor Deepa Kundur listens. The other two people have their backs to the camera.

Staying ‘ahead of the game’: ECE professor readies power utilities against future quantum cyberattacks

May 7, 2024

Professor Deepa Kundur, ECE Chair, is part of a research group that received an NSERC Alliance-Mitacs Grant of $1.45 million to develop quantum cybersecurity solutions for critical infrastructure

Professor Elaine Biddiss (BME) uses non-pitched percussion instruments with researchers at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. (photo by Neil Ta)

New U of T Engineering research aims to improve early childhood music education

April 24, 2024

Research led by Professor Elaine Biddiss (BME) presents a musical instrument classifier for non-pitched percussion instruments

Seen from above, a Polestar electric car prepares to park at an EV charging station. Four other vehicles are parked in the charging station spots.

U of T Engineering to launch new certificate in Electric Vehicle Design in fall 2024

April 22, 2024

Certificate will include a new course, APS380: Introduction to Electric Vehicle Design

U of T Engineering PhD student is working to improve the sustainable treatment of Ontario’s drinking water

April 19, 2024

Maeva Che (CivMin PhD student) grew up Cameroon and is a researcher in the University of Toronto’s Drinking Water Research Group 

From left to right: PhD student Niloufar Yousefi is seated next to Professor John Simpson-Porco in a classroom setting. They are both looking at material on their shared workspace. There is black chalk board in the background. (photo by Matthew Tierney)

Ontario Early Researcher Award supports research on control systems to improve grid reliability

April 17, 2024

Professor John Simpson-Porco (ECE) has received funding from the province to develop data-driven control and estimation systems to improve grid reliability

Parham Aarabi stands in front of a frosted glass background looking away from the camera to his left.

U of T Engineering professor’s AI model can tell us how colour-blind web users respond to images

April 5, 2024

AI-generated virtual users developed by Professor Parham Aarabi (ECE) suggest that colour-blindness results in a 30% higher click rate on monochrome images

Aimy Bazylak wears a striped blouse and she stands against a softly lit interior background with a green plant partially visible behind her.

U of T Engineering professor Aimy Bazylak receives a Dorothy Killam Fellowship

April 2, 2024

Award supports outstanding Canadian scholars across a wide range of fields

Side by side headshots of Milica Radisic, Rick Lu and Claudia dos Santos

Heart-on-a-chip model created by U of T researchers uncovers insights into heart problems caused by COVID-19

April 1, 2024

New model more accurately captures the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection and its associated immune response on cardiac dysfunction

Three people stand in front of a concrete wall. Timothy Chan stands on the left wearing a shirt with a blue windowpane pattern and is holding a yellow dart, Rachael Walker stands in the centre wearing a grey blazer and is holding a yellow dart and Craig Fernandes stands on the right wearing a brown coat and is holding a red dart.

U of T Engineering research wins first place at MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

March 26, 2024

The research, led by Professor Timothy Chan (MIE), introduces a new framework designed to level the playing field in dart games and tournaments

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