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Profile: Nicole Doucette (MinE 1T4 + PEY)

By Phill Snel | November 27, 2019

MapinHood is a new navigation app designed to take account of issues that affect pedestrians — from sidewalk construction to low-hanging branches — especially those that affect people with low vision. (Image courtesy iMerciv)

This U of T startup aims to make the world more navigable for pedestrians

By Phill Snel | November 13, 2019

Olubanjo says the idea of helping and giving back has always been central to his entrepreneurial outlook (photo by Rahul Kalvapalle)

CivMin entrepreneur creates his own job post-graduation: Delivering clean, affordable energy to Nigeria

By Phill Snel | October 30, 2019

SPOTLIGHT ON ALUMNI: Barry Hitchcock (Civ 5T8)

By Phill Snel | October 23, 2019

VISITING ALUMNAE (ALUMNI) -- Joyee Pu (Min 1T4 + PEY), Senior Operations Anyalyst at Imperial Oil (blue shirt) and Karsmina Kam (Min 0T8), Miner Performance Team Lead at Imperial Oil (in pattern shirt) at the University of Toronto campus on Thursday, September 12, 2019. The duo visited the St George Campus to provide a meet and greet with students on behalf of Imperial Oil/Kearl Oilsands. The company is looking for co-op and full-time employees from within the undergraduate and graduate engineers.
PHOTO: Phill Snel, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering/ U of T

Alumnae from the west

By Phill Snel | September 26, 2019

These prosthetic devices to improve mobility were created using 3D PrintAbility, an end-to-end fabrication toolchain developed by not-for-profit social enterprise Nia Technologies. (Photo courtesy Nia Technologies)

How 3D printing has sped up prosthetic development for people around the world

By Keenan Dixon | March 28, 2019

Professor Murray Metcalfe (MIE, second from left) was among the EESC-A team members at a recent conference on strategies for low-carbon growth and sustainable energy use in Dar es Salaam. The event was held at the Bank of Tanzania Conference Centre and was co-hosted by the International Growth Centre (IGC), Ardhi University, and U of T Engineering’s EESC-A project. (Photo: Victor Faustine)

A global approach to sustainable cities engineering

By Keenan Dixon | March 28, 2019

Jenny Hill (CivE PhD 1T6) advises everyone from landscape architects, to professional civil engineers, to condominium developers, on how to put more water back into the ground and the air. (Photo credit: Yuestas David )

Going with the flow: Alumna Jenny Hill aims to improve stormwater management in Toronto and beyond

By Keenan Dixon | March 20, 2019

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VIDEO: Students Win 2017 U.S. Department of Energy Race to Zero

By Dept. of Civil + Mineral Engineering | October 10, 2017

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CIV 150 | Legacy Lecture – Canada 150 Edition

By Dept. of Civil + Mineral Engineering | August 25, 2017

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Students win grand prize in the 2017 U.S. Department of Energy’s Race to Zero design competition

By Dept. of Civil + Mineral Engineering | June 2, 2017

Professor Marianne Touchie (CivE, MIE) is working with Toronto Community Housing and The Atmospheric Fund to better understand how changes to energy use affect indoor environmental quality in multi-unit residential buildings. Toronto Public Health is collaborating to use their data to inform policy. (Photo: Kevin Soobrian)

Heat, housing and health: Marianne Touchie and the complexity of multi-unit residential buildings

By Dept. of Civil + Mineral Engineering | January 25, 2017