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‘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

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University Professor Molly Shoichet has been a longstanding advocate for women in STEM, as well as a leading voice in the advancement of science and engineering knowledge within Canada. (Photo: NSERC/CRSNG - Sylvie Li)

Molly Shoichet named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada

December 1, 2020

Professor Tim Barfoot (UTIAS), seen here at the launch of the Robotics Institute, held in May 2019, has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE). (Photo: Liz Do)

Professor Tim Barfoot elected an IEEE Fellow

November 30, 2020

U of T Engineering study reveals some in-vehicle displays, such as takeover displays, leads to driver overreliance. (Video clip courtesy Dengbo He)

‘A false sense of security’: How automated vehicles can impede driver performance, and what to do about it

November 30, 2020

As Dean of U of T Engineering from 2006 to 2019, Professor Cristina Amon established the Faculty as a world leader in multidisciplinary engineering research and education while making incredible strides in advancing gender equity, diversity and inclusion. (Photo: Daniel Ehrenworth)

Professor Cristina Amon appointed to the Order of Canada

November 27, 2020

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