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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: Nelson Lee and Ethan Hugh (both Year 2 CompE) are the founders of Haven. (Photo: Lumuat Dinder)

Student-built Haven app aims to help prevent sexual assault

October 7, 2021

Polaris, a solar vehicle constructed by the Blue Sky Solar Team, sits on display in the Bahen Centre for Information Technology, one of many buildings occupied by U of T Engineering faculty, staff and students. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

U of T Engineering rises two spots in THE’s World University Rankings 2022

October 6, 2021

Samin Aref. (Photo: M. Rezapour)

Meet new MIE professor Samin Aref

September 30, 2021

Professor Chris Lawson (ChemE). (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

ChemE welcomes new faculty member Chris Lawson

September 29, 2021

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