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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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Attendees of the 2016 Young Women in Engineering Symposium participate in an engineering design workshop led by Professors Chirag Variawa and Jason Foster. (Credit: Alan Yusheng Wu).

U of T Engineering hosts 2016 Young Women in Engineering Symposium

University Professor Peter Zandstra (IBBME) will be receiving the Scale-Up and Manufacturing of Cell-Based Therapies Award from Engineering Conferences International. (Credit: Neil Ta).

Peter Zandstra recognized for contributions to development and commercialization of stem cell-based therapies

James Xu, at left, and Kevin Han (both Year 1 EngSci) have been named 2016 recipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarships. (Courtesy: DUA)

U of T Engineering welcomes two new Schulich Leaders

From right: Professor Sarah Kaplan moderates a panel on women in STEM and entrepreneurship featuring Dean Cristina Amon, Stephenie Foster, Genevieve Tanguay and Trina Alexson at the sixth Americas Competitiveness Exchange on September 27, 2016. (Credit: Roberta Baker)

‘Diversity is our strength’: Americas Competitiveness Exchange highlights U of T Engineering leadership in diversity, robotics research