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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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ECE PhD candidate Yan Li (pictured), along with his supervisor Professor Willy Wong, built an online simulator showing the progression of glaucoma. The simulator is based on a data-driven model they developed that takes into consideration the physiological mechanism of the eye. (Photo: Matthew Tierney)

Online simulator could help glaucoma patients and doctors better understand disease progression

Elizabeth Whitmell (ISTEP) and her Dragon Boat Canada teammates celebrate one of their gold medal wins at the World Dragon Boat Racing Championships in Thailand this August. (Photo: submitted)

U of T Engineering’s Elizabeth Whitmell wins four gold, sets world record at World Dragon Boat Racing Championships

New ECE faculty member Professor J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves comes to The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering after 30 years at the University of California Santa Cruz. (Photo: Submitted)

‘We are at an inflection point’: ECE welcomes new faculty member Professor J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

LaShawn Murray stands outside between two buildings.

IBET Momentum Fellow LaShawn Murray aims to use human factors engineering to advance health equity for marginalized populations