Posts Tagged: MSE

U of T Engineering receives over $1 million in CFI research funding

Somewhere across a massive water system, a toxic bloom of algae is polluting drinking water. But what’s the fastest way to find it? To U of T Engineering professor Angela Schoellig (UTIAS), the answer is flying drones—an entire swarm designed…

How organic LEDs are the future of sustainable, affordable lighting

Originally published in the Fall 2014 issue of Edge Magazine. There’s a revolution happening in the world of lighting, and Professor Zheng-Hong Lu’s (MSE) research into organic LEDs is leading the charge. The award-winning researcher from the Department of Materials…

Newly engineered surface repels blood clots and bacteria

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 professor Ben Hatton (MSE), together with colleagues at Harvard…

Engineering education gets hands-on with futuristic TEAL classrooms

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 fuel cell. At another, they are conducting research online…

Engineering technopreneurs in this year’s Techno startup development program

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 summer incubator program offered by U of T’s Impact Centre. The latest Techno…
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