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Featured image with photo portraits of interviewees for a U of T Engineering Black History Month segment

Community Matters: Black experiences at U of T Engineering

University Professor Emeritus Michael Patrick Collins in 2016. (Photo: Neil Ta)

University Professor Emeritus Michael Patrick Collins appointed to the Order of Canada

Honours for outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation also recognize bioengineering pioneer Professor Peter Zandstra

Professor Ibrahim G. Ogunsanya in front of the Galbraith Building. (Photo: Phill Snel)

Meet new CivMin professor Ibrahim G. Ogunsanya 

Ogunsanya joins U of T Engineering as an assistant professor of civil engineering, with a research focus on concrete materials

Professor Jeffrey Siegel (CivMin) shows an air filter in a lab setting. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

Indoor air quality expert shares tips to stay safe over the holidays

Professor Jeffrey Siegel (CivMin) discusses risk assessment, layers of protection and improving air quality

Left to right: Professors Aimy Bazylak (MIE), Vaughn Betz (ECE) and Frank Vecchio (CivMin) have been elected 2022 Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada.

Three professors elected Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada

U of T Engineering faculty recognized for their contributions to advancing clean energy, computing hardware and safer infrastructure

U of T's Élyse Caron-Beaudoin and Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivMin) are working together to shed light on how fracking impacts air quality for B.C. communities and residents' exposure to contaminants. (Photo: Johnny Guatto)

Researchers investigate health effects of fracking in B.C.’s Northeast

Professors Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivMin) and Elyse Caron-Beaudoin are will study the impacts of fracking on air quality and health for B.C. communities

Olugbenga Olubanjo (CivE MASc 1T9), Founder and CEO of Reeddi Inc with a Reeddi Energy Capusule. (Photo: Ian Willms / Panos Pictures)

CivMin alumnus is finalist for £1-million Earthshot Prize

First-ever Earthshot Prize winners to be announced Sunday, October 17

The carbon footprint of concrete is mainly due to the chemistry of Portland cement, one of its key ingredients. Research by U of T engineering professor Doug Hooton (CivMin) shows that a few simple substitutions can cut this carbon footprint in half. (Photo: twenty20photos, via Envato Elements)

U of T Engineering professor on a mission to lower concrete’s carbon footprint

Simple additives can reduce the CO2 emissions associated with concrete by nearly half, without compromising cost or performance

A new analysis by U of T Engineering researchers shows that concrete basements are the top driver of material intensity for new single-family homes. (Photo: twenty20photos, via Envato Elements)

Large carbon footprint of new house construction mostly due to concrete basements

Analysis of 40 homes in Toronto suggests zoning and construction strategies that could reduce the environmental impact of new builds