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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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U of T Engineering research wins first place at MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

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Engineering solutions to water, food and energy challenges in large river basins

Two researchers wearing personal protective equipment work with 3D metal printers in a lab setting.

U of T Engineering lab receives $1.2 million to support advancements in small modular reactor manufacturing

Professor Sean Hum and three students look at a machine on a table. In the foreground are two students sitting at a table talking to each other. The classroom is well-lit with glass walls.

Professor Sean Hum receives the University of Toronto Northrop Frye Award