The Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT) — a partnership between the University of Toronto and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) — has launched a new research facility at U of T’s St. George campus.

The Device Foundry will bring together researchers, clinicians, entrepreneurs and industry collaborators with a goal of advancing micro-nano fluidic device fabrication. Housing equipment to support large-scale production of biomedical devices, the facility has the capability to quickly take new technologies in healthcare to commercialization.

Read the full news story on U of T Engineering News.

Watch the launch teaser video with English subtitles or French subtitles.

See what researchers, students and partners are saying about CRAFT and its new Foundry.

Learn about the capabilities of the Device Foundry, as well as other CRAFT facilities at U of T and NRC’s Boucherville site.

See photos below of the Device Foundry and the CRAFT team who manages it.

The Device Foundry’s class-1,000 lithography cleanroom (Photo: Dahlia Katz).

The Device Foundry’s class-10,000 scale-up fabrication room (Photo: Dahlia Katz).

CRAFT’s co-Directors Teodor Veres (right) and Axel Guenther (left) will lead the new facility, which they were instrumental in creating (photos: MIE, U of T)

The CRAFT facility team (pictured) is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the CRAFT facilities at U of T (left to right). It includes NRC Technical Officers Abdul Wasay, Victor Sit and Kayla Soon; and the CRAFT Operations Manager, Dan Voicu (Photo: Dahlia Katz).