Posts Tagged: health
An unassuming box sits on a table. One part is clear plastic, allowing you to see the empty chamber inside. You don’t think to look at it, but the empty chamber may one day hold a cell colony, or even…
U of T Engineering alumna Azadeh Kushki (ElecE 0T2, MASc 0T3, PhD 0T8) is making significant strides at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital to improve the quality of care for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). In a recent Toronto Star article, Kushki credits…
Three U of T engineers have been awarded research grants by Canada’s Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) program. CHRP – an initiative of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – supports…
A small instrument resembling a mini-chocolate grater may not look like much to the untrained eye, but an object like this is a glimpse into the future of medicine. On October 10, as part of its 50th Anniversary celebration, the…
Professor Emeritus Levente Diosady (ChemE) has been named as one of 23 new Fellows of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST). Professor Diosady is the first chemical engineer to be inducted and one of only four Fellows from Canada.…
A University of Toronto (U of T) team led by Engineering Professor Yu-Ling Cheng, Director of the Centre for Global Engineering, has garnered third place and $40,000 (USD) for their design of a toilet for the developing world. The design was…
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