Welcome to U of T Engineering News

Left to right: Aaron Tan and Angus Fung sit behind their laptops in an office.

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

5 individuals stand in front of a banner for a photo together

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

Keep up on the latest Engineering News

Subscribe to our Skulematters newsletter on Linkedin

Latest news

Professor Craig Simmons (BME), co-lead at TRANSFORM HF, looks forward to providing students with an immersive training experience beyond his lab and into the communities where their innovations will be used. (Photo: Neil Ta)

TRANSFORM HF partnership advances novel technologies for heart failure care

The ongoing pandemic has tested Canada’s vaccine production capabilities and highlighted the need for a national strategy. (Photo: Spencer Davis via Unsplash)

With vaccines top of mind, U of T brings together experts to address Canada’s biomanufacturing gaps

Soft-robotics expert Mihai “Mishu” Duduta has joined MIE. (Photo courtesy Mihai Duduta)

Meet Mihai ‘Mishu’ Duduta, MIE’s newest faculty member

Professor Ervin Sejdić combines expertise in machine learning, signal processing and data science to improve health outcomes for patients. (Photo by: North York General Hospital)

ECE welcomes new faculty member Ervin Sejdić