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U of T Engineering’s CERT team, led by Alex Ip (ECE PhD 1T5, second from left) is one of just five teams from academia and industry to advance to the finals of the international NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition, where they hope to bring home the $7.5-million grand prize for their carbon-capture and conversion technology. (Credit: Laura Pedersen)

CERT team advances to finals of Carbon XPRIZE

April 9, 2018
Faculty and members of the Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation for Education celebrate with undergraduate scholarship recipients in the Galbraith Building foyer. (Photo: Jamie Hunter)

U of T Engineering students (including MSE) recognized for academic and extracurricular excellence

April 5, 2018
From right: George Myhal (IndE 7T8), Dean Cristina Amon and Rayla Myhal. As the finishing touches are made on U of T Engineering's newest building ahead of its official opening on April 27, George and Rayla Myhal have bolstered their commitment to engineering innovation and entrepreneurship with a generous gift that will name the building in their honour.

Myhal family champions next-generation engineering innovation and entrepreneurship

April 5, 2018
Within a few years, we could be capturing the carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and recycling it into fuel. Victor Lauer/Shutterstock

Science: MSE’s Phil De Luna say we’re on the cusp of a carbon dioxide–recycling revolution

March 29, 2018
Phil De Luna (MSE PhD candidate) is first author on an analysis of how researchers could capture and recycle the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. "If we continue to work at this, it’s a matter of time before we have power plants where CO2 is emitted, captured and converted,” De Luna says. (Credit: Tyler Irving)

MSE PhD student proposes how we could use climate-warming CO2 for good

March 29, 2018
Mikhail Burke (MSE 1T2, IBBME PhD 1T8) is the new Dean’s Advisor on Black Inclusivity Initiatives and Student Inclusion & Transition Mentor (Photo: Tyler Irving)

MSE Alumnus Mikhail Burke New Dean’s Advisor on Black Inclusivity Initiatives and Student Inclusion & Transition Mentor

March 29, 2018
Left to right: Dr. Franco Muleya (The Copperbelt University), Dr. Nadine Ibrahim (CivE postdoctoral researcher), Dr. Innocent Musonda (University of Johannesburg), Professor Murray Metcalfe (MIE, CivE), Malik Ismail (EngSci 1T6 + PEY), and Dr. Erastus Mwanaumo (University of Zambia). Ismail visited Zambia to present the results of his Engineering Science thesis project, which inspired him to create Global Engineering Week at U of T Engineering. (Photo: Courtesy Murray Metcalfe)

March 12–16 is Global Engineering Week at U of T Engineering

March 8, 2018
The Skule Orchestra is one of the many musical groups affiliated with U of T Engineering. A new minor and certificate will enable engineering students to pursue courses from the Faculty of Music as part of their degree program.

High performance: U of T Engineering launches new music minor and certificate

February 20, 2018
Professor Hani Naguib (MIE, MSE), director of the Toronto Institute for Advanced Manufacturing, discusses research into custom composite materials with mechanical engineering students Ali Anwer and Vina Hui. Canada’s new Innovation Supercluster in Advanced Manufacturing, announced today, includes contributions from Naguib and several other U of T Engineering Professors. (Photo: Kevin Soobrian)

Innovation superclusters: Two future-facing ideas from U of T Engineering

February 15, 2018
Multi-talented engineering student and artist Andrew Forde was inspired by Glenn Gould’s 1967 CBC radio broadcast 'The Idea of North' to compose a contemporary piece that reflects Canadian diversity. (Credit: Markus Staley)

Andrew Forde aims to connect Canadians with a new Idea of North

February 6, 2018
Professors Rita Kandel and Robert Pilliar (IBBME), at right, are working on a promising new treatment that could see diseased joints replaced with new tissue-engineered joints developed at U of T Engineering. (Credit: Jennifer Robinson)

New joints for arthritis sufferers research project receives Connaught Innovation Award support

February 6, 2018
Professor Ben Hatton (MSE), Professor Yoav Finer (Dentistry) and PhD candidate Cameron Stewart (IBBME) (Photo Credit: Faculty of Dentistry Yodit Tedla

The fight against tooth decay gets help with a new smart material from U of T researchers

January 30, 2018
Ye Olde Mighty Cannon Guard at Cannonball 2018. The theme of this year's "Godiva's Hymn" contest was Skule™ Life. (Photo: Anthony Tang)

MSE student provides winning verses to update Godiva’s Hymn

January 29, 2018
Broken water mains, like this one on Park Road in Yorkville in late December, can cause widespread road closures. The city says there have been 120 water main breaks since Dec. 28, compared to 17 over the same time a year ago.

CBC News: Doug Perovic comments on 120 water main breaks caused by extreme cold

January 6, 2018
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Check that list-U of T Engineering Holiday Gift Guide has something for everyone

December 12, 2017

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