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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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The UT4, race number 1, a prototype vehicle running on gasoline for the University of Toronto Supermileage from University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, during Day 3 of the Shell Eco-marathon Americas, Saturday, April 23, 2016, in Detroit. (Photo by Shell International)

U of T Supermileage Team at Shell Eco-Marathon [PHOTOS]

More than a dozen of the employees at Zebra’s Mississauga office are current or former students from U of T Engineering’s Professional Experience Year (PEY) program, including Coby Segall (back row, second from left), Jordan Varley (front row, first from right) and Jagdeep Rangi (front row, second from right). (Photo: <a href="http://www.neilta.ca/">Neil Ta</a>)

Zebra: A case study in engineering experiential learning

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HEQCO report shows success of ILead-developed team effectiveness tool

Kirstin Newfield and Alan Fong are two graduate students in collaborative program in Engineering Education (EngEd) a partnership between U of T Engineering and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE).

Meet two EngEd students who are increasing engineering student engagement