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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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Why these sisters want women engineering students to hear success stories from accomplished alumnae

Pratish Gawand pipettes a coloured liquid in a beaker. Gaward, who appears to be in a lab setting, is dressed in a white lab coat.

From nature to the lab: U of T Engineering startup brews more sustainable food ingredients

five individuals stand around a pillar with a sign that reads "Salvatore (Sam) Mantenuto & Family Learning Lounge." They are facing forward with windows behind them. From left to right: Sam Mantenuto (ECE 8T0, MBA 1990), Zaira Mantenuto, Daniel Mantenuto, Thalia Zolis, Michael Mantenuto.

‘A sense of satisfaction and purpose’: Alumnus Sam Mantenuto reflects on Skule and giving back

Professor Myrtede Alfred is pictured smiling outdoors wearing a black coat and red scarf.

U of T Engineering professor addresses maternal care disparities for racialized patients in U.S. health care systems