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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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Claire Kennedy and Anouk Beauvais in Antarctica

Claire Kennedy: Climbing one of the world’s Seven Summits for charity

March 23, 2016

Aimy Bazylak, Director of U of T Engineering’s Institute for Sustainable Energy, on a recent trip to Ireland.

The future of sustainable energy: Q & A with Professor Aimy Bazylak

March 23, 2016

More than 100,000 commercial flights take place each day around the world. The Centre for Research in Sustainable Aviation at U of T’s Institute for Aerospace Studies aims to improve fuel efficiency and lower emissions, saving money and reducing environmental impact. (Photo: Travis Olbrich, via <a>Flickr</a> (Creative Commons))

Lightweight structures and “smart skin” make aviation more sustainable

March 23, 2016

Clean water is a critical issue for the 21st century. U of T Engineering’s Institute for Water Innovation brings together researchers from many disciplines to develop new solutions in the conservation, purification and reclamation of water in Canada and around the world. (Photo: Isaac Haïk Dunn, via <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mygzulis/8424844512/" target="_blank">Flickr</a> (Creative Commons))

Three smart solutions from the Institute for Water Innovation

March 23, 2016

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