U of T ENGINEERING

U of T Engineering News

Left to right: Aaron Tan and Angus Fung sit behind their laptops in an office.

‘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

Keep up on the latest Engineering News

Subscribe to our Skulematters newsletter on Linkedin

Latest news

Professor Micah Stickel (ECE) has been named the next Acting Vice Provost, Students for the University of Toronto. (Photo: Laura Pedersen)

Micah Stickel appointed Acting Vice Provost, Students

May 7, 2020

Omar F. Khan (ChemE MASc 0T6, PhD 1T0) officially joined the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) as an assistant professor on May 1, 2020.

IBBME welcomes new faculty member Omar F. Khan

May 6, 2020

A team led by Professor Leo Chou (IBBME) is pursuing a non-traditional approach that could lead to simpler, faster COVID-19 tests.

New ‘rock candy’ approach could lead to simpler, faster tests for COVID-19

May 4, 2020

Professor Molly Shoichet (IBBME, ChemE) is working with SickKids Hospital to develop a new drug delivery method using diphtheria toxin. (Photo: Neil Ta)

U of T researchers develop ‘piggyback’ vehicle to escape the endosomal trap and deliver RNA therapeutics

May 1, 2020

Load more stories