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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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Professor Shoshanna Saxe (CivMin, left) and Ali Hooshyar (ECE, right) are among this year’s Canada Research Chairs.

Five U of T Engineering researchers awarded Canada Research Chairs

Professor Ning Yan is among the 2021 cohort named Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Professor Ning Yan elected Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada

Students taking the new course on 3D printing will request parts to be 3D printed through the Myhal Centre’s Fabrication Facility. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

First of its kind at U of T: MIE launches specialized course in 3D printing

Fletcher Han is the first U of T Engineering student to receive the scholarship and the fifth U of T student to be selected. (Photo courtesy Fletcher Han)

ChemE student earns prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship — a U of T Engineering first