Posts By: Phill Snel

Reconciliation through engineering

Researchers at the Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN) are collaborating with Indigenous communities to address pressing infrastructure challenges facing geographically disparate communities across Canada. CGEN’s Reconciliation Through Engineering Initiative (RTEI) […]

REEDDI: Putting power in the hands of the people

Olugbenga Olubanjo holding two Reeddi Capsules. Photo: Phill Snel, Civil and Mineral Engineering/ U of T   A hearty “Yah!” accompanied by a fist-pump of victory, is what Olugbenga Olubanjo […]

Grads to Watch 2019: CivMin’s Md Sami Hasnine

THE TRANSPORTATION DECISION-MAKER Md Sami Hasnine (CivMin PhD 1T9) Hasnine’s research is at the intersection of transportation engineering, economics, data science and psychology. During his graduate studies, he developed behavioural models […]

Microplastics in drinking water: how much is too much?

Is there plastic in your drinking water? Professors Bob Andrews (CivMin) and Chelsea Rochman (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) say there is — but right now, researchers don’t know much more […]

The search for a cleaner solution to crushing rocks

Whether it’s copper for electric cars, or lithium for cellphones, many everyday technologies and devices are made of or rely on metals. But mining and extracting these valuable commercial minerals […]
Showing 751 - 757 of 757 results