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Professor Brenda McCabe, Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering (CivE), has been selected to receive the 2013 SWAAC Recognition Award from the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada. This award is given to a SWAAC member who has continually demonstrated…
In the latest issue of U of T Magazine, Professor Emma Master (ChemE) discusses how she is using plants to create new materials and chemicals. The article poses the question: What if we could make plastic from renewable biomaterials instead of environmentally harmful…
Five years ago in a Nova Scotian high school, two teens started an anti-bullying movement in support of a ninth grader who was picked on for wearing pink. In 2008, Pink Shirt Day involved a mere 50 students. Today, schools…
Off the heels of National Engineering Month, the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead) celebrated U of T Engineering’s emerging student leaders on April 3. ILead’s annual Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) Appreciation Night was an opportunity to build community…
Mind-controlled computing, an app for diversifying your stock portfolio, a new chip that could one day revolutionize airport security – these were just a few of the futuristic concepts brought to life by enterprising fourth-year undergraduates at this year’s ECE Annual Design…
The accidental discovery by Chemical Engineering Professor Tim Bender and Post-Doctoral Fellow Benoit Lessard of an unexpected side product of polymer synthesis could have implications for the manufacture of commercial polymers used in sealants, adhesives, toys and even medical implants, the researchers say. Bender…
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