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U of T Engineering professors and alumni elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering

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Professor Leo Chou receives Ontario Early Researcher Award to advance vaccine and immunotherapy delivery

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Pavani Cherukupally (MIE PhD candidate) has designed a system that uses ordinary sponges to remove droplets of oil or other contaminants dispersed in water. Her technology could help remediate of oil sands tailings ponds, a major environmental challenge for Canada. (Photo: Kevin Soobrian)

Sponging up oil from tailings ponds

A section of the Trans Alaska Pipeline near Fairbanks, AK. The policy implications of pipelines are one of the many topics being addressed in a new collaboration between undergraduate students at U of T Engineering and at the School of Public Policy &amp; Governance in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science. (Photo: Brian Cantoni, via <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cantoni/4426017757/">Flickr</a>)

New cross-Faculty collaboration engages engineering students in energy policy

Schematics of two reinforced concrete buildings designed according to current Indian standards. A collaboration between researchers at U of T Engineering and IIT Bombay aims to develop low-cost seismic isolation platforms that could enhance the ability of such buildings to resist earthquake damage. (Image: IIT Bombay/Farbod Pakpour)

Indo-Canadian partnerships advance research into safer, more sustainable buildings

Professor Chirag Variawa (centre) teaches both graduate and undergraduate students and is encouraging them to address educational challenges through engineering design. (Photo: Alan Yusheng Wu)

Engineering the educational experience