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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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The aUToronto team won the first phase of the AutoDrive Challenge™ II, which took place June 6-10 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Back row, left to right: Prof. Steven Waslander (UTIAS), Sean Wu, Brian Chen, Kevin Ding, Jiachen (Jason) Zhou, Yvonne Yang, Mustafa Khan, Jenny Xu, Brian Cheong and Milad Alekajbaf (mentor from GM). Front row: Frank (Chude) Qian. (Photo: aUToronto)

Another top prize for aUToronto in the first competition of the AutoDrive Challenge™ II

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Grads to Watch 2022

Paul Chen (ChemE PhD 2T2) has earned a Schmidt Science Fellowship for his research into engineering and nanotechnology. He is among only 29 Fellows from around the world in the 2022 cohort. (Photo: Dewey Chang)

U of T Engineering researcher Paul Chen earns Schmidt Science Fellowship

A rendering of an electric vehicle prototype shows the conduits that carry fluid to cool different internal components, such as the battery, motor and other electronics. (Image: U of T Electrification Hub)

New CREATE grant powers training and innovation in thermal management to enhance performance of electric vehicles and battery systems