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Research Team Develops Morphed Wing for UAVs

By Engineering|July 19, 2010
Flight-testing is scheduled to begin in 2011 on a morphed wing prototype for unmanned air vehicles using in-built shape memory alloy actuators that deform the shape of the wing when heated. The prototype

Artery-on-a-Chip Studies Heart Disease

By Engineering|July 9, 2010
Professor Axel Guenther (MIE, IBBME) and colleagues have developed a microfluidic platform on which fragile blood vessels can be fixed, allowing the factors that promote and sustain cardiovascular

U of T Engineers Receive NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize

By Engineering|June 1, 2010
Congratulations to Professors Sanjeev Chandra (MIE), Tom Coyle (MSE), and Javad Mostaghimi (MIE) and Dr. Valerian (Larry) Pershin (MIE), of the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies, who have been

Three MIE professors honoured by CSME

By Engineering|April 12, 2010
By Carolyn Farrell Professors Axel Guenther, Ridha Ben Mrad and Jan Spelt, of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, have been honoured by the Canadian Society for Mechanical