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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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Tennis fan Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) is applying his expertise in mathematical optimization, originally developed to improve the delivery of health care, to help amateur sports federations across the country make the most of their limited resources. (Photo courtesy Timothy Chan)

#Rio2016: How ‘moneyball’ research can help amateur athletes reach for Olympic gold

August 11, 2016

The annual Undergraduate Engineering Research Day (UnERD) featured nearly 100 students presenting the results of their summer research into fields such as sustainable energy, materials science, medical devices and more. (Photo: Kevin Soobrian)

UnERD showcases innovations from undergraduate summer research

August 10, 2016

Horizon, the solar car designed, built and raced by the University of Toronto’s Blue Sky Solar Racing team races across Missouri on August 3 during Day 4 of the American Solar Challenge 2016. (Photo courtesy Blue Sky Solar Racing)

Bronze medal finish for U of T Engineering’s Blue Sky Solar Racing team

August 8, 2016

Combining motion tracking and machine-learning technology, the device then calculates the speed and type of punch thrown. (Courtesy: Hykso).

#Rio2016: Olympic boxers strike hard with the help of U of T Engineering alumnus

August 5, 2016

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