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‘A Lume in every room’: U of T Engineering alumni are reimagining home robotics — starting with your laundry

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Rayla Myhal receives Honorary Alumni Award

In this prototype carbon capture apparatus, a solution of potassium hydroxide is wicked up into polypropylene fibres; circulating air evaporates the water in the solution, concentrating it to very high levels. The white crystals are nearly pure potassium carbonate, formed from carbon removed directly from air. (photo by Dongha Kim)

New ‘rock candy’ technique offers a simpler, less costly way to capture carbon directly from air

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This grad student is developing solar-powered bioreactors to clean water and produce sustainable products

Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) will help spearhead and facilitate interdisciplinary efforts across the University through the Institutional Strategic Initiatives portfolio. (Photo: Pam Walls)

Timothy Chan named U of T’s associate vice-president and vice-provost, strategic initiatives

Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME), Laura Bahlmann (BME PhD candidate) and Dr. Alexander Baker (ChemE, BME) stand together at the Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research. (Photo: Safa Jinje)

U of T Engineering team designs new hydrogel that opens pathways to more targeted cancer treatments

Composite image of an ECG readout over image from pediatric ICU at SickKids. (Courtesy Laussen Labs)

Physiological earthquakes: Researchers aim to leverage experience in analyzing seismic data to predict cardiac events