Q&A: Can green infrastructure keep microplastics out of the environment?
Professor Elodie Passeport (CivMin, ChemE) and her team study how urban green infrastructure such as bioretention cells can remove microplastics and other emerging contaminants from stormwater
Rock music: Listening for induced earthquakes among nine U of T Engineering projects funded through CFI
CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund will support research into seismicity, water treatment, bioengineering and more
Friends and family: U of T’s Lucia Stafford to share track with big sister in Olympic debut
In less than two weeks, Lucia Stafford (Year 4 CivE) will come up against the fastest runners in the world in the 1,500-metre race at the Tokyo Olympic Games. But at least one of her chief rivals doesn’t intimidate her — even if she’s ranked among the top five at that distance: her older sister […]
Consumer pumps not the worst of Delhi’s water woes
Household water pumps are a quirky feature of many urban water systems around the world. Utility operators hate them, and in many places they have been made illegal, yet their use remains widespread. A new study authored by Professor David Meyer (CivMin, ISTEP) looks at how these pumps affect water quality — and it contains some […]
Meet Seungjae Lee, one of CivMin’s new faculty members
Professor Seungjae Lee joined the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2021.
Meet Sarah Haines, one of CivMin’s new faculty members
Professor Sarah Haines (CivMin) joined the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2021.
Five U of T Engineering faculty receive Ontario Research Funding to advance transformative research
Projects include reducing aircraft noise emissions, developing all-weather autonomous vehicles
