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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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“One of my motivations for participating as a MOOC instructor is that your reach goes much further—student feedback from around the globe makes you aware of local projects or technologies that enrich the course for everyone,” said Professor James Wallace, who recently finished a MOOC on alternative energy systems.

Alternative energy MOOC captures global audience

March 30, 2015

Brenda McCabe, U of T Engineering Acting Dean and civil engineering professor (Photo: Roberta Baker).

Brenda McCabe: How female engineers are ‘making it happen’

March 24, 2015

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Alumnus Paul Cadario: The role of 21st-century engineers in global development [VIDEO]

March 23, 2015

In a letter of commitment presented to President Barack Obama today, U of T Engineering joined more than 120 engineering schools who announced plans to educate a new generation of engineers expressly equipped to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing society in the 21st century (Photo: Neil Ta).

University of Toronto joins U.S. engineering education initiative announced at White House

March 23, 2015

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