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four people stand in front of a research poster. One holds a bowl containing pieces of cacti.

This cactus-based material could help improve rainwater harvesting for communities across rural Mexico

Students in Professor Karl Peterson’s lab examine concrete samples from the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Left to right: Wisdom Okoh, Katia Ossetchkina, Professor Karl Peterson and Amy Montgomery. (photo by Phill Snel)

This team of CivMin researchers is studying the Gordie Howe International Bridge — down to the microscopic level

Alex Kurk (MechE 2T6), left, is the 2026 winner of the Troost ILead Difference Maker Award. Sanjay Malaviya, right, is the donor for this award. Malaviya holds one of the 3D-printed interfaces designed by Kurk to help people with low vision navigate software user interfaces. (photo by Tyler Irving)

Solutions for people with low vision helped Alex Kurk earn the 2026 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award

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Left to right: Tatiana Estevez (Permalution), Valerie Ajayi (MechE 2T1 + PEY), Kelly Chu (MechE 2T1 + PEY), Eva Liu (MechE 2T1 + PEY) in phone picture, Alyson Wong (MechE 2T1 + PEY) and Professor Markus Bussmann (Chair, MIE) stand next to a prototype fog harvester in the student arena within the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship. (Photo submitted)

U of T Engineering students partner with startup to build fog harvesting apparatus

Loretta Rogers (Hon LLD 2018), speaking at U of T Convocation in 2018. (Photo: Lisa Sakulensky)

How the Rogers family built a legacy of innovation at U of T Engineering

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Mosquito-repellent paint among five projects funded by CGEN seed grant program

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U of T Engineering professors and alumni elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering