Posts Categorized: Biomedical Engineering

Posted October 4th, 2022 by Matthew Tierney

How neural implants can fight brain disorders

ECE professor Xilin Liu holds a prototype of a neural implant chip, 3 millimetres by 3 millimetres, on the tip of his finger. Neural implants in use today activate a... Read more »

Posted September 6th, 2022 by Matthew Tierney

Professor Ervin Sejdić elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Working across the fields of medicine, engineering and data science, Professor Ervin Sejdić (ECE) uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to understand the markers of disease. (Photo: North York General... Read more »

Posted February 23rd, 2022 by Matthew Tierney

From soft robotics to treating neurological disorders: Sejdić’s project among three from U of T Engineering supported by CFI

This soft robot is made of a common polymer combined with carbon nanotubes, and acts like an ‘artificial muscle’ that contracts in response to electric currents. New materials for soft... Read more »

Posted February 10th, 2022 by Matthew Tierney

Bridging the propylene gap: Electrocatalyst offers new path for converting captured carbon into valuable products

Dr. Xue Wang, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Professor Ted Sargent (ECE) installs a new electrocatalyst, made of copper doped with silver and ruthenium, that can efficiently convert... Read more »

Posted October 25th, 2021 by Matthew Tierney

A universal law of physiology emerges from ECE professor’s research

ECE researcher has discovered a mathematical equation governing sensory adaptation that holds true for all organisms and senses

Posted September 15th, 2021 by Matthew Tierney

ECE welcomes new faculty member Professor Xilin Liu

With his background in integrated circuits, Liu explores the interface of brains and machines to improve human health

Posted May 3rd, 2021 by Matthew Tierney

ECE welcomes new faculty member Ervin Sejdić

In 2016, President Barack Obama presented Sejdić with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honour bestowed by the U.S. for young researchers

Posted April 16th, 2021 by Matthew Tierney

U of T and Max Planck Society establish centre to study neural science and technology

The Max Planck-University of Toronto Centre for Neural Science & Technology aims to develop and deploy advanced technologies to study brain circuits for the improvement of human health

Posted October 8th, 2020 by Matthew Tierney

Ofer Levi named OSA Fellow

Distinction recognizes members who have served with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics through distinguished contributions to education, research, engineering, business and society

Posted April 16th, 2020 by Laura Brown

COVID-19: ECE team programs single-board computers to remotely monitor patients and protect health care workers

Professor Willy Wong (ECE/IBBME) and his team have developed a method that can help hospitals monitor patient vital signs from a distance.