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Professor Jennifer Drake (CivMin) received the Young Engineer Achievement Award, which recognizes an engineer under 36 years of age for outstanding contributions. (Photo credit: Tyler Irving)

CivMin professor and alumna receive Engineers Canada Awards

March 29, 2019

Jennifer Drake and Helen Wojcinski honoured for distinguished contributions to Canada

Jenny Hill (CivE PhD 1T6) advises everyone from landscape architects, to professional civil engineers, to condominium developers, on how to put more water back into the ground and the air. (Photo credit: Yuestas David )

Going with the flow: Alumna Jenny Hill aims to improve stormwater management in Toronto and beyond

March 4, 2019

Jenny Hill left a career in crime forensics to become a leading expert in urban water engineering

This prototype toilet can disinfect household waste at source using minimal water and energy, and is designed to address the lack of effective sanitation and safe waste management in many places around the world. (Courtesy: Yu-Ling Cheng)

Reinventing the toilet: U of T Engineering team presents sustainable prototype in Beijing

November 6, 2018

Professor Yu-Ling Cheng’s latest prototype offers a self-contained sanitation solution for the more than 4 billion people without access to effective waste treatment

A way with water

May 29, 2018

U of T Engineering researchers ensuring a safe and sustainable global resource

Professor Amy Bilton (MIE) and graduate student Ahmed Mahmoud examine a model of a passive aerator for fish farms they are designing. The team is among many at U of T Engineering leading innovative research aimed at addressing global challenges related to water. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

#EveryDropMatters: Five ways U of T Engineering research is improving water sustainability

August 15, 2017

New exhibit brings U of T Engineering water research and innovation to the CNE, Canada’s largest fair

Anna Jiang (MIE MASc candidate) demonstrates her passive water controller for community members in Pedro Arauz, Nicaragua. The device could help farmers make more efficient use of irrigation water. (Photo: Anna Jiang)

U of T Engineering invention could help Nicaraguan farmers save water

May 30, 2017

Electricity-free solution developed by master’s student ensures that water is delivered only when crops require it

Zhjie Nie, a Civil Engineering MASc candidate, takes a sample at a Toronto-area drinking water treatment plant for her project on using activated carbon to remove contaminants. Partnerships between U of T Engineering, industry and government enable students to gain valuable experience in a professional setting. (Photo: Ron Hofmann)

A window on the future: Institute for Water Innovation partners with industry and government on next-generation clean water technologies

April 27, 2017

Drinking Water Research Group at U of T Engineering works with municipalities and equipment manufacturers on new techniques for water treatment

Pavani Cherukupally (MIE PhD candidate) has designed a system that uses ordinary sponges to remove droplets of oil or other contaminants dispersed in water. Her technology could help remediate of oil sands tailings ponds, a major environmental challenge for Canada. (Photo: Kevin Soobrian)

Sponging up oil from tailings ponds

February 27, 2017

Pavani Cherukupally is designing a sponge-based system to clean up contaminated wastewater, with potential to help clean spills in Alberta’s oil sands and elsewhere

The invisible clean-up crew: Engineering microbial cultures to destroy pollutants

February 17, 2017

Professor Elizabeth Edwards is leveraging genomics, microbiology and engineering to clean up contaminated industrial sites around the world

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