Story by Tim Lougheed, Chemical Institute of Canada It has been almost a decade since Gisele Azimi was pursuing post-doctoral work at MIT, where she realized just how dependent our technology was becoming on rare earth elements, which pose significant environmental and economic challenges as they are being processed into components for everything from cell […]
Story by Tyler Irving & Liz Do, U of T Engineering News With the University’s virtual Convocation ceremony on June 2, 2020 U of T Engineering students mark the end of one journey and the beginning of another. Graduating in the midst of a global pandemic, the Class of 2020 will long be celebrated for […]
Story by Marit Mitchell, U of T Engineering News U of T Engineering is launching a new program designed to give incoming students all the material they need to shine in their first-year courses. The University of Toronto Engineering Academy is an optional and not-for-credit program that is free to all incoming students for Fall 2020. Students […]
Professor Arthur Chan (ChemE) and Samantha Cheung (ChemE PhD candidate) are among eight organizers of the first-ever U of T Engineering Research Conference (UTERC). Nearly 100 undergraduate and graduate students will be taking part in the inaugural conference happening June 9 and 10. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the event will be broadcast digitally, with students […]
Story by Chris Sasaki, Faculty of Arts & Science As the outbreak of COVID-19 grew into a global pandemic earlier this year, countries attempted to stem the spread by restricting travel and issuing shelter-in-place orders. At the same time, economic activity slowed as businesses and factories cut back their operations or closed altogether. As a […]
Prof. Omar F. Khan (ChemE MASc 0T6, PhD 1T0) officially joined the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) as an assistant professor on May 1, 2020. After receiving his doctoral degree from U of T Engineering, he began his postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Khan is now back at his […]
Story by Qin Dai, Institute of Biomaterials & Bimolecular Engineering A group of researchers from U of T and SickKids Hospital have developed a new way to deliver molecules that target specific genes within cells. Their platform, which uses a modified form of diptheria toxin, has been shown to downregulate critical genes in cancer cells, and could […]
By Liz Do, U of T Engineering News The structure of SARS-CoV-2 is now all too recognizable, resembling a soccer ball covered in spiky protrusions. A team of U of T researchers are replicating these spikes — and all the other proteins that enable its deadly attack on the human body — in the hopes […]
Story by Tyler Irving, U of T Engineering News Many buildings in Las Arrugas, Guatemala are supplied with water pipes. The challenge is that most of the time, they are empty. “Each house only has about three hours of water being supplied to their faucet, every two days,” says Kejdi Kola (ChemE 1T9 + PEY). “Families collect as much water as […]
Story by Jessica MacInnis, The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering A U of T Engineering team has created a simple, scalable solution to remotely monitor the vital signs of COVID-19 patients, while preserving vital personal protective equipment (PPE) for health-care workers. Currently, hospitals use a fingertip probe to monitor the […]