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MAY 28, 2025 — MURBs CONFERENCE: Multi-Unit Residential Buildings — Professor Marianne Touchie of the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering (CivMin) at the University of Toronto and Professor Liam O’Brien of Carleton University during a MURB conference at U of T in Toronto on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (Photo by Phill Snel / CivMin, University of Toronto)

Making more of MURBs: Improving housing together is better

By Phill Snel | June 9, 2025

Clockwise from top L: Professor Khandker Nurul Habib, Professor Jeffrey Packer, Augusto Fidalgo (CivMin PhD 2T3) and Henri Monette (CivMin PhD student).

CivMin professors, student and alumnus garner CSCE recognition

By Phill Snel | June 4, 2025

Some of the books that have been collected so far for the upcoming Jay Gordon Library for Queer Fiction, one of the many projects launched by QueerSphere at U of T Engineering. (photo by Jay Gordon)

From trivia nights to a lending library, QueerSphere strengthens connections for LGBTQ+ community in STEM

By Dept. of Civil + Mineral Engineering | June 3, 2025

2025 ITS Award - Baher Abdulhai & Xiaoyu Wang

CivMin researchers win 2025 Excellence in R&D Award from ITS Canada for AI-based traffic control

By Phill Snel | May 29, 2025

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CivMin professors elected as Fellows into the Canadian Academy of Engineering

By Phill Snel | May 23, 2025

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Powering the Future: Exploring Critical Minerals, Energy and AI in Ontario’s Innovation Economy

By Galina Nikitina | May 20, 2025

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Troitsky team brings home second-place finish in 2025 competition

By Phill Snel | May 15, 2025

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U of T Engineering professor and alumni receive Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

By Galina Nikitina | May 13, 2025

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Embodied GHG Symposium 2025 held at U of T

By Galina Nikitina | May 9, 2025

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Prof. Lesley Warren receives 2025 CIM Award

By Phill Snel | May 9, 2025

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