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Saint John Commission Defends Parking Garage Decision

By Engineering|October 28, 2011
Earlier this week, Saint John, N.B., city council was told the parking commission dropped plans to put an epoxy coating on the floors of the new Peel Plaza Parking garage, shaving $350,000 off the

Eleven Alumni Recognized With Arbor Awards

By Engineering|October 27, 2011
Eleven alumni from the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have been honoured by the University of Toronto with Arbor Awards. The awards, which recognize outstanding voluntary service to

Inflatable, Solar-Powered Plane Takes Off in Toronto

By Engineering|October 25, 2011
Toronto-based company, Solar Ship, has built and flown the first solar-powered aircraft that has the potential to hold heavy cargo for a distance of 1,000 km per day. “Caracal,” named after the

Recent Civil Grad Converts PhD Research Into Company

By Engineering|October 17, 2011
It was an earth-moving idea that won recent Civil Engineering graduate Michael Montgomery (CivE, PhD 1T1) the NSERC Innovation Challenge Award. Or rather, it was the novel approach to keeping buildings