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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 ten recipients of a 3M National Teaching Fellowship, a national award for excellence in post-secondary educational leadership (Photo: Johnny Guatto)

Greg Evans receives 3M National Teaching Fellowship

Professor Fae Azhari (MIE, CivE) holds a sample of the self-sensing concrete she designed. Her work helps monitor the structural health of crucial infrastructure such as bridges, roads and hydroelectric dams. (Credit: Roberta Baker).

Concrete check-up: Fae Azhari develops diagnostics for critical infrastructure

Professor Levente Diosady (centre) and his team developed a way to fortify salt with both iron and iodine. The product is now being distributed to more than 24 million people in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. (Photo: Mark Balson)

Double-fortified salt to improve nutrition for 24 million in Uttar Pradesh

U of T research teams led by Brent Sleep (CivE, pictured at centre), David Lie (ECE) and Mark Fox (MIE) are winners of this year's Connaught Global Challenge Awards. The internal awards are designed to support new multidisciplinary collaborations involving U of T researchers. (Photo: Roberta Baker) .

Interdisciplinary U of T Engineering projects receive funding from relaunched Connaught Global Challenge Award