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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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Industry Partners’ reception showcases new pathways for collaboration

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Celebrating U of T Engineering volunteers at the 2025 Arbor Awards

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Song Zhang of Huawei Canada, Michaye McMaster of Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. and Tony Han of Havelaar Canada share their reasons for partnering with U of T Engineering.

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Professor Alberto Leon-Garcia (ECE), seen here with graduate students Atoosa Nasiri (left, ECE PhD candidate) and Rajsimman Ravichandiran (centre, ECE MASc candidate), heads the new NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience program in Network Softwarization. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Cloud-based data routing receives major investment from NSERC CREATE

U of T Engineering alumnus Tony Lacavera (CompE 9T7) addresses aspiring entrepreneurs as part of startup accelerator The Entrepreneurship Hatchery’s speaker series, Nov. 23, 2017. (Credit: Tristan Cannon-Sherlock).

‘We need to celebrate our successes’: Tony Lacavera tells The Hatchery how Canadian entrepreneurs can win

SensOR Medical Laboratories CEO Robert Brooks (MIE PhD 1T5) addresses a Health Innovation Hub, or H2i, event this week. (Photo: Chris Sorensen)

Move fast and break things? Not when you’re building a health-care startup