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CivMin Professors Emerit Frank Vecchio (L) and Doug Hooton. (Photo by Phill Snel)

Two CivMin professors emeriti recognized by ACI celebrations

By Phill Snel | April 30, 2025

DECEMBER 12, 2024 — LOOKING INSIDE STRUCTURES — Professor Shoshanna Saxe of Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering (CivMin) at the University of Toronto and Alex Olson, a senior AI researcher at the Centre for Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Engineering (CARTE) pose for a photo: (1) on a downtown Toronto residential street and (2) in an office with Streetview images. They are part of a team that has used machine learning (AI) to recognize various characteristics of structures. (Photo by Phill Snel / CivMin, University of Toronto)

Eyes on the street: Harnessing Street View images to “peer into” structures

By Phill Snel | April 28, 2025

U of T's structure (L) on display at the SDC. (Supplied photo)

Shaking things up: U of T seismic design team earns second-place finish at international competition

By Phill Snel | April 9, 2025

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Cameron Goss receives Pomerleau’s Intern Excellence Award 2025

By Galina Nikitina | April 1, 2025

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First place at U of T IMI Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Competition

By Phill Snel | March 25, 2025

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Celebrating more than 40 years of giving: Paul Cadario reflects on engineering and philanthropy

By Dept. of Civil + Mineral Engineering | March 20, 2025

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CivMin Experts In The News

Prof. Shoshanna Saxe | Why the Best Bike Lanes Always Get Blamed

April 16, 2025 | Bloomberg

Prof. Tamer El-Diraby | ‘I don’t know where to hide’: Noise from round-the-clock work on the Ontario Line leaves nearby residents sleepless and afraid — and there’s no end in sight

April 5, 2025 | Toronto Star

Prof. Tamer El-Diraby | City of Toronto suing consultant for Gardiner work it claims caused 8 months of delays

April 5, 2025 | CBC

Prof. Tamer El-Diraby | City of Toronto suing consultant for Gardiner work it claims caused 8 months of delays

April 5, 2025 | yahoo!news

Prof. Shoshanna Saxe | How eliminating underground parking is helping the climate

April 3, 2025 | CBC Online

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An illustration of the adjustable multidimensional (AMD) testing device to be installed in CivMin's Galbraith side of the Structural Testing Facilities (STF).

World’s first adjustable multidimensional structural testing system coming to CivMin’s Structural Testing Facilities

By Phill Snel | July 25, 2023

Alumni Updates

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Celebrating more than 40 years of giving: Paul Cadario reflects on engineering and philanthropy

By Dept. of Civil + Mineral Engineering | March 20, 2025

Awards & Recognition

CivMin PDF Asieh Hamidi receives WIM Canada research grant

Shaking things up: U of T seismic design team earns second-place finish at international competition

Cameron Goss receives Pomerleau’s Intern Excellence Award 2025

First place at U of T IMI Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Competition

CivMin students recognized at 2025 student leadership awards

5MT competition sees two CivMin graduate students awarded

Two CivMin researchers awarded funding in advancing collaboration between U of T and the University of Illinois Systems

CivMin PhD student Junzhe (David) Liu wins Best Oral Presentation Award from CGS-SOS

CivMin PhD student Omar Abdelazeem and supervisor, Prof. David Meyer, selected for EWRI award

Samantha Seo receives the 2025 Donald Tong Graduate Scholarship in Structural Engineering from DIALOG

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