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A Toronto subway train opens its door at a station. From a distance, passengers are seen exiting and embarking the train.

New U of T Engineering study identifies sources of indoor air pollution in Toronto subway system

July 2, 2024

Research led by Professor Greg Evans (ISTEP, ChemE) and Keith Van Ryswyk (ChemE PhD 2T3) points to two ways to improve subway air quality

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U of T Engineering study highlights the tension between Canada’s climate and housing goals

June 19, 2024

Researchers from the Centre for the Sustainable Built Environment show that current construction practices cannot restore housing affordability while also meeting emissions targets

Professor David Lie appointed director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society

June 17, 2024

Lie has worked on a number of interdisciplinary research projects at the intersection of computing, policy, law, and the use, stewardship, and governance of data

From left to right: Professor Amy Bilton (MIE), Calvin Rieder (MIE MASc graduate and research engineer), Puwaner Gou (MIE PhD student), Nitish Sarker (MIE postdoctoral associate) and Jordan Bouchard (research scientist, not pictured), are members of the Water and Energy Research Laboratory. The team is seen with the Frodo prototype and samples of their engineered foam, which is used as the treatment media. They are proceeding to the final stage of the challenge. (photo courtesy of Monisha Naik).

U of T Engineering team finalists in NRCan’s Oil Spill Response Challenge

June 17, 2024

Professor Amy Bilton (MIE) is leading a team that has been awarded $1.3M to develop and test their prototype

From left to right: ChemE PhD candidate Jaesuk (Jay) Paeng stands next to Professor Gisele Azim. They are both in a lab setting and are wearing personal protective equipment: white lab coats, blue gloves and goggles.

This new way to recycle steel could reduce the industry’s carbon footprint

June 11, 2024

Professor Gisele Azimi (ChemE, MSE) and her lab group have designed a new electrochemical pathway to remove contaminants such as copper from steel scrap

A close portrait of Jonathan Rose wearing a dark blazer over a blue dress shirt. He is standing in front a building and next to blossoms.

Professor Jonathan Rose receives the Engineers Canada Gold Medal Award

June 3, 2024

Honour recognizes outstanding engineering achievements and leadership in the Canadian engineering community

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Professor Timothy Chan receives 2024 U of T President’s Teaching Award

May 27, 2024

Honour recognizes faculty members who demonstrate a substantial commitment to teaching innovation and excellence

A visualization of a nuScenes dataset used by the researchers. The image is a mosaic of the six different camera views around the car with the object bounding boxes rendered overtop of the images.

U of T Engineering researchers are making self-driving cars safer by enhancing tracking abilities

May 22, 2024

The research, led by Professor Steven Waslander (UTIAS), will be presented at the 2024 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Japan

Canadian Hub for Health Intelligence and Innovation in Infectious Diseases awarded $72 million to strengthen talent development and health intelligence

May 7, 2024

Support for HI3 and the four funded research programs through the CBRF and BRIF is part of a larger investment in Canada’s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy

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