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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

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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Professor Margaret Chapman is developing new mathematical tools to improve healthcare, quality of life, and urban sustainability. (Photo courtesy of Margaret Chapman)

ECE welcomes new faculty member Margaret Chapman

July 13, 2020

Juliana Gomez is among this year’s recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships. Gomez is researching the maturation of engrafted pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac muscle cells (Photo courtesy of Juliana Gomez)

Five U of T Engineering grad students awarded Vanier Scholarships in recognition of research impact and leadership

July 7, 2020

Professor John Simpson-Porco’s research is in the area of automatic control

ECE welcomes new faculty member John Simpson-Porco

July 6, 2020

From left: Lilian Kabelle (CivE MEng candidate), Marie Merci Ishimwe (ECE MEng candidate) and Ngone Lo (Faculty of Information). The team is building an “engineering think tank” to counteract the impact of COVID-19 in East Africa. (Photos courtesy of Lilian Kabelle)

Students spark new solutions for COVID-19 challenges

July 3, 2020

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