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For PhD candidate Nitish Sarker (MIE), the drive to build a more sustainable world through the practice of global engineering comes from a very personal place. “Growing up in a lower middle-income country like Bangladesh, I have seen first-hand how critical certain…
On March 5, more than 200 participants from across Canada and the U.S. joined NSBEHacks, a 24-hour virtual hackathon. Now in its fourth year, the 2022 event aimed to redesign digital technologies that don’t serve marginalized communities. Organized by the…
When Christine Gabardo joined CERT Systems in 2019, she found herself in the midst of a five-year global competition to address rising greenhouse gas with breakthrough technologies. The team had reached the semi-finals of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE thanks to a process that fuses chemistry,…
Another cohort of outstanding students from across the Faculty have been presented with U of T Student Leadership Awards. In 2022, 18 U of T Engineering students earned the honour, which recognizes leadership, service and commitment to the university. Their…
A married mother of two who lives in Winnipeg, “Shawna” struggles to afford rent, groceries and needs dental care – but she doesn’t have coverage through her part-time office assistant job and she isn’t sure if she is eligible for…
The word ‘robot’ usually conjures up an image of a metal machine, but according to Professor Mihai Duduta (MIE), in the future these devices could have an altogether different look. Duduta and his team are experts in soft robotics, developing stretchable, elastic…
Each Thursday, varsityblues.ca will highlight a U of T student-athlete and their academic pursuits. Each of these students achieved first class honours with an AGPA of at least 3.50 in the previous academic year. These are our Student-Athlete Stories. There…
Ali Radhi (MIE PhD 1T9), a lecturer with U of T Engineering and an MIE alumnus recently spoke with TVO about additive manufacturing and the potential for 3D-printed homes. Radhi teaches MIE1724: Additive Manufacturing in Engineering Applications and commented on…
Peter Serles (MIE PhD candidate) recently had this amazing image accepted as part of U of T’s Research Revealed initiative. Research Revealed is a virtual gallery that showcases impactful images that reflect the areas of research by undergraduate students, graduate…
Researchers at U of T Engineering have designed a new catalyst that can efficiently convert waste carbon into 1-propanol. The innovation could offer a more sustainable route to manufacturing high-value commodity chemicals, and a boost to the emerging field of…
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