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

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Rayla Myhal receives Honorary Alumni Award

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Miss Purity — pictured here next to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge — is a hybrid propane/electric car built by a team of U of T Engineering students for the Clear Air Car Race of 1970. The car is being restored for the 50th anniversary of the race. (Photo courtesy Juri Otsason)

Miss Purity turns 50: Celebrating U of T’s entry into the Clean Air Car Race of 1970

In this rendering of the enzyme chondroitinase ABC, point mutations are represented by red balls. This re-engineered form of the enzyme is more stable and more active than the wild type and could be used to help reverse nerve damage caused by spinal cord injury or stroke. (From Hettiaratchi, O’Meara et al., 2020. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc6378 This work is licensed under CC BY-NC)

Re-engineered enzyme could help reverse damage from spinal cord injury and stroke

Professor Aimy Bazylak is this year’s winner of the McLean Award from the Connaught Fund and the McLean endowment. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

McLean Award recipient Aimy Bazylak is creating new technologies for sustainable energy

A steel-tethered airship, known as an aerostat, designed by Solar Ship, Inc. The company is one of several clients whose projects are facilitated by U of T Engineering’s International Virtual Engineering Student Teams (InVEST) initiative. (Photo: Solar Ship, Inc.)

How to work effectively when your team is both global and virtual