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‘A Lume in every room’: U of T Engineering alumni are reimagining home robotics — starting with your laundry

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Rayla Myhal receives Honorary Alumni Award

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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University of Toronto, as a leader in ASME and the broader engineering community, and as a champion for increased diversity in the profession.” (Credit: Roberta Baker).

Dean Cristina Amon named an Honorary Member of ASME

Professor Naomi Matsuura (MSE, IBBME), an expert in the design of new materials that interact with medical imaging radiation, joined the Faculty in July 2016. (Credit: Kevin Soobrian)

Treating cancer from within: Q & A with Naomi Matsuura

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U of T Engineering doctoral students receive Vanier Scholarships worth $150,000

University Professor Michael Sefton (IBBME, ChemE) has received $1.1M in research funding to advance treatment for type 1 diabetes that involves transplanting pancreatic cells under the skin. (Credit: Neil Ta)

Michael Sefton receives $1.1M from JDRF for type 1 diabetes research