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Left to right: Aaron Tan and Angus Fung sit behind their laptops in an office.

‘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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Technology enhanced active learning (TEAL) rooms like this prototype in the Sandford Fleming Building encourage students to learn from each other by working collaboratively on problems. (Photo: <a href="http://www.neilta.ca/" target="_blank">Neil Ta</a>)

Flipping the classroom: How the CEIE will enrich engineering education

April 25, 2016

“Receiving this appointment is an opportunity to advance research in an area of growing concern for rapidly expanding world cities,” said Hatzopoulou, who was named CRC in Transportation and Air Quality. The CRC program aims to help Canada attract and retain research leaders in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities and social sciences. (Photo by Tyler Irving)

Clean air map from U of T Engineering researchers helps cyclists avoid air pollution

April 22, 2016

15 U of T Engineering students were honoured with Gordon Cressy Leadership Awards on April 20, 2016 in recognition of their leadership and commitment to improving the world around them. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

15 U of T Engineering students honoured with 2016 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards

April 21, 2016

Wind turbines are used to generate electricity. ECE’s Centre for Power & Information hosted its inaugural Research Showcase event April 18, and incorporating renewable energy sources into the grid topped the agenda. (Image via Creative Commons CC0).

Sustainable power, smart infrastructure and cyber-physical security top agenda at CPI research showcase

April 20, 2016

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