Engineering a surface that is so slippery even geckos can’t stick to it may sound like a fun science fair project. But new surface-coating technology developed by materials science and engineering

Originally published in the autumn 2014 issue of U of T Magazine. Things move quickly in Professor Steven Thorpe’s fourth-year engineering design course. At one desk, students are building a model

What do you get when you combine an engineer’s creative, critical thinking with entrepreneurial acumen? “Technopreneurs”—a new breed of startup-savvy scientists coming out of Techno, the four-week

With the election just a week away, voter decisions are coming down to the wire: when it comes time to actually cast their ballot, will the choice they make help build a better Toronto? The latest

What do soap bubbles and grasshoppers have in common? As it turns out, they can both be used to help students learn about modern materials and their engineering applications. This summer, Dr. Scott