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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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Zeus is Chevolet Bolt retrofitted to become a self-driving vehicle by a team of U of T Engineering students and researchers. Professor Steven Waslander (UTIAS) and his collaborators are leading a new project that will transform Toronto into a global hub for research and development related to autonomous driving in winter. (Photo: aUToronto)

WinTOR: New partnership will train self-driving cars to handle tough winter conditions

July 6, 2021

Professor Daeho Kim (CivMin). (Photo: Phill Snell)

Meet Daeho Kim, one of CivMin’s new faculty members

July 5, 2021

In this photo, taken in February 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Chirag Variawa (left) speaks with a student at Chestnut Residence, a home for many engineering students. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

U of T Engineering professor recognized for early career contributions to engineering education

June 30, 2021

Professor Liyang Dai-Hattrick has joined the Department of Materials Science & Engineering. (Photo courtesy Liyang Dai-Hattrick)

Meet Liyang Dai-Hattrick, MSE’s newest faculty member

June 28, 2021

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