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Professor Aryan Rezaei Rad (CivMin) with the newly installed robotic arm. (photo by Phill Snel)

CivMin launches its first industrial-scale robotic fabrication system for timber construction

Top row, left to right: Anne Lawrence and her father, Ross Lawrence (GeoE 5T6, MCom 5T9). Bottom row, left to right: Raymond Mao Bhushan (MinE 2T5, CivMin MASc student), his brother Ethan Mao (Year 2 ECE), Paul Walters (MinE 5T6). (photo by Kristin Philpot)

Why these 5T6 grads are still paying it forward, 70 years after graduation

Drying protein droplets

Polymer ‘bristles’ could help repel proteins — and germs — from surfaces in medical settings

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Professor David Taylor analyzes the impact of intermittent water systems, as well as other water distribution technologies, on public health. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

Under pressure: Modelling intermittent water supplies to improve public health

A research collaboration on analyzing tiny particles of plastic in drinking water is one of 11 projects supported in the latest round of XSeed, which catalyzes multidisciplinary research across U of T. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

XSeed: Catalyzing multidisciplinary research at the University of Toronto

Professors Chelsea Rochman (left, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) and Bob Andrews (right, CivMin) have joined forces to develop new techniques for analyzing microplastics and nanoplastics in drinking water. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Microplastics in drinking water: how much is too much?

Geonhui Lee (ECE PhD candidate) operates an electrolyzer capable of transforming dissolved carbonate into CO2 and then into syngas. The device offers a new, shorter path for converting atmospheric carbon into commercially valuable products (Photo: Marit Mitchell)

Out of thin air: New electrochemical process shortens the path to capturing and recycling CO2