The University of Toronto EDGE magazine featured Manufacturing as the hot topic of the Spring 2015 issue.
The manufacturing sector in Canada is regarded by economists to be vital for economic growth and innovation, producing $280 billion in exports in 2012 alone. The Toronto Institute of Advanced Manufacturing (TIAM) is leading innovation in advanced manufacturing by providing the expertise and infrastructure to turn great ideas into products.
Hani Naguib demonstrates electronic skin developed in the SAPL Lab/Edge Magazine
Smart and adaptive materials are an emering class of materials that possess unique properties and multi-functionality, including the ability to sense and respond to different stimuli, such as electrical, magnetic, mechanical, thermal, optical, and biology, in a prescribed fashion. The Smart and Adaptive Polymers Lab (SAPL) focuses on advanced manufacturing technology of these materials, characterization of their properties, correlation of morphological variations with properties, and multiphysics analytical and numerical modeling of these materials systems.
To read more, please visit the EDGE Magazine.