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four people stand in front of a research poster. One holds a bowl containing pieces of cacti.

This cactus-based material could help improve rainwater harvesting for communities across rural Mexico

Students in Professor Karl Peterson’s lab examine concrete samples from the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Left to right: Wisdom Okoh, Katia Ossetchkina, Professor Karl Peterson and Amy Montgomery. (photo by Phill Snel)

This team of CivMin researchers is studying the Gordie Howe International Bridge — down to the microscopic level

Alex Kurk (MechE 2T6), left, is the 2026 winner of the Troost ILead Difference Maker Award. Sanjay Malaviya, right, is the donor for this award. Malaviya holds one of the 3D-printed interfaces designed by Kurk to help people with low vision navigate software user interfaces. (photo by Tyler Irving)

Solutions for people with low vision helped Alex Kurk earn the 2026 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award

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Professor Greg Evans (ChemE) is one of the co-chairs of the 7th annual Canadian Engineering Education Association conference, hosted by U of T Engineering June 4 to 7, 2017. (Photo: Neil Ta)

Designing the engineer of 2050: Canadian engineering educators to meet in Toronto

Deborah Emilia Solomon, second from left, is one of 37 top students from around the world receiving the inaugural Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship, which covers tuition, books, incidental fees and residence costs for four years. She is joining Chemical Engineering in Fall 2017. (credit: Johnny Guatto).

U of T Engineering welcomes four global Pearson scholars

Meet U of T Engineering’s six inaugural Hart Teaching Innovation Professors.

Hart Teaching Innovation Professorships: Six innovative ways U of T Engineering enriches the student experience

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Meet five students going global with international exchanges