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Professor Ethan Ritz (CivMin) at the University of Toronto main gates. (photo by Phill Snel)

‘You’re going to learn your whole life’: Meet Ethan Ritz, CivMin’s newest faculty member

A person wearing glasses stares ahead

How BMO National Scholar Maeesha Biswas turned a U of T capstone project into an AI startup with global ambitions

“Engineering offered the bridge between theoretical discovery and practical impact,” says Professor Oliver Boodram (UTIAS). “In graduate school, this helped me focus on aerospace engineering and the application of the theory of orbits to real-world spacecraft.” (photo by Jennifer Li)

‘I hope students will come away with both curiosity and confidence’: Meet Professor Oliver Boodram

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Alaa Itani (CivMin PhD candidate) is among three recipients from U of T Engineering to be awarded WTS Toronto area chapter scholarships. (Photo courtesy Alaa Itani)

Three U of T Engineering students recognized for advancing women in transportation

December 8, 2020

An improved mathematical model developed by an international team combines the “physics of the cloud” with the “physics of the crowd” to predict the dominant modes of transmission for the SARS-COV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. (Image: photocreo, via Envato)

Improved COVID-19 model leverages flow physics of airborne respiratory droplet ‘clouds’

December 7, 2020

PhD candidate Geonhui Lee works on an electrolyzer in the lab of Professor Ted Sargent (ECE). She is the lead author on a new paper in Nature Energy that outlines an electrochemical method for converting captured carbon into useful products, from fuels to plastics. (Photo: Marit Mitchell)

How clean electricity can upgrade the value of captured carbon

December 7, 2020

From left, clockwise: U of T Engineering Dean Chris Yip; Alana Bailey, president of NSBE U of T Chapter; Jennifer Blackbird, Centre for Indigenous Studies; Micah Stickel, Acting Vice Provost, Students; and Marisa Sterling, Assistant Dean & Director, Diversity, Inclusion and Professionalism for U of T Engineering.

‘Reflect, remember, respond’: U of T commemorates National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

December 4, 2020

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