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Decades ago, schools across Canada installed wired glass as an effective fire barrier for students’ safety. But is it really all that safe? Sean Lloyd, a former student of Burlington’s Assumption Catholic Secondary School, thinks not, and he has the…
An estimated 768 million people in the world – about one tenth of the world’s population – do not have access to safe water. In Canada alone, five million people lack access to a reliable source of safe drinking water,…
Whether it’s the latest smartphone, the flashiest vehicle or the next gravity-defying structure, behind every piece of new technology, there are makers. These makers – often engineers – form new ideas that they build, test and perfect long before we…
Today’s assignment: design an outdoor, heated smoking area for a local women’s shelter. Do you take on the project, knowing it propagates a harmful, deadly habit? It’s dilemmas like this that engineers face in the real world, but not necessarily…
In an early morning tutorial, students are racing to complete a daily challenge. But instead of working alone in a computer lab or in extended rows of lecture seating, they’re collaborating at six small tables, surrounded by the latest learning…
Safety first! It’s a common refrain in research labs around the world, yet accidents stubbornly continue to happen – sometimes with deadly consequences. That’s why fourth-year engineering student Larissa Rodo (ChemE 1T3 + PEY) designed a new tool that helps…
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