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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 Professor Emerita Ursula Franklin passed away on July 22, 2016. (Photo: Mark Neil Balson)

Remembering University Professor Emerita Ursula Franklin (MSE)

Professor Stewart Aitchison (ECE) is just one of seven U of T Engineering professors and alumni honoured with Ontario Professional Engineers Awards this year. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

Engineering professors and alumni receive Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

CVST map of the Greater Toronto area. The red, yellow and blue circles represent the number of data points in a specific location. (Courtesy: CVST)

Mapping the city: smart transport data pave the way for a driverless future

U of T Engineering students toured the TTC’s Hillcrest Complex as part of ILead’s Faculty-wide Summer Program: Engineer Your Future. (Photo: Alan Yusheng Wu, EngSci 1T5)

Lessons in leadership: U of T Engineering students tour TTC with ILead summer program