Posts Tagged: industry
Professor Giovanni Grasselli’s research improves predictions of how different rock types respond to engineering activities, from hydraulic fracturing to excavating a new subway tunnel to capturing carbon underground
Four Engineering professors travelled to India with U of T president Meric Gertler earlier this year to discuss Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to build 100 smart cities in his country. “I think Prime Minister Modi’s decision to spearhead the…
A first-time donation of $3.5 million by alumnus Henry Wu (EngSci 7T5, ChemE MASc 7T9) will help support the construction of the Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CEIE). In recognition of the gift, and in honour of Wu’s late…
Originally published in the 2014 issue of ANNUM Magazine. It wakes up next to you, sits by to you at lunch, hits the gym with you after work. Face it—your smartphone is your best friend. But how good is it at keeping…
Originally published in the 2014 issue of ANNUM Magazine. A single unpruned tree was all it took. On Aug. 14, 2003, one hot day in a hot summer, a power line sagged onto some branches in the small village of Walton Hills,…
People used to say that the journey was as important as the destination. But that was back when travel was exotic and exciting—before voyagers were so infuriated by gridlock, so concerned about safety and so consumed with their carbon footprint…
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