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The CECA U of T presentation team (left to right): Yiyang Hu (Year 3 CivE), Sarah De Sousa (Year 4 CivE), Joanna Melnyk (Year 4 EngSci), Zhiyuan Zhu (Year 4 Architecture), Ruth Zachariah (Year 4 CivE) and Lina Mollazadeh (Year 3 CivE). (Photo supplied)

U of T student success at U.S.-based ECIC competition: Third place overall

The carbon footprint of concrete is mainly due to the chemistry of Portland cement, one of its key ingredients. Research by U of T engineering professor Doug Hooton (CivMin) shows that a few simple substitutions can cut this carbon footprint in half. (Photo: twenty20photos, via Envato Elements)

CivMin professor on a mission to lower concrete’s carbon footprint

TORONTO, CANADA — AUGUST 31st 2021: Olugbenga Olubanjo, the founder and CEO of Reeddi, has developed a portable power system, called the Reeddi Capsule, to bring affordable electricity to areas not served by conventional power grids. Olubanjo has been shortlisted for Olugbenga Olubanjo (CivE MASc 1T9), Founder and CEO of Reeddi Inc with a Reeddi Energy Capusule. (Ian Willms / Panos Pictures)

CivMin alumnus is finalist for £1-million Earthshot Prize

A new analysis by U of T Engineering researchers shows that concrete basements are the top driver of material intensity for new single-family homes. (Photo: twenty20photos, via Envato Elements)

Large carbon footprint of new house construction mostly due to concrete basements

Olugbenga Olubanjo, Founder and CEO of Reeddi Inc with a Reeddi Energy Capusule. (Photo: Reeddi Inc)

Reeddi named a finalist by Prince William for Earthshot Prize

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Megaprojects and the ‘need for speed’: How political indecision affects the timelines of large infrastructure

GULL LAKE, ONTARIO, CANADA; AUGUST 14, 2021 2021 — SURVEY CAMP— A photo from U of T Survey Camp on Gull Lake, near Minden, Ont. on Saturday, August 14, 2021. Newly built facilities, include the HCAT Bunkhouse, MacGillivray Student Lounge, as well as new washroom and showers. Civil and Mineral Practicals (CAMP, course code CME358) is a course held by the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering (CivMin) in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (FASE), at the University of Toronto. (PHOTO BY: Phill Snel, CivMin)

A cast of many to plan and run U of T Camp

GULL LAKE, ONTARIO, CANADA; AUGUST 14, 2021 2021 — SURVEY CAMP— A photo from U of T Survey Camp on Gull Lake, near Minden, Ont. on Saturday, August 14, 2021. Newly built facilities, include the HCAT Bunkhouse, MacGillivray Student Lounge, as well as new washroom and showers. Civil and Mineral Practicals (CAMP, course code CME358) is a course held by the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering (CivMin) in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (FASE), at the University of Toronto. (PHOTO BY: Phill Snel, CivMin)

Introducing Camp’s newest facilities

The first students to arrive in the new HCAT Bunkhouse on Saturday, August 14, 2021 explore their room. (Photo by Phill Snel / CivMin)

Camp hosts the first in-person Engineering classes after 17-month hiatus

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Q&A with Prof. Elodie Passeport: Can green infrastructure keep microplastics out of the environment?

In the Rock Fracture Dynamics Facility (CivMin), rock samples are subjected to the stress, fluid pressure and temperature conditions they would experience in nature. The research is one of nine projects boosted by new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. (Photo courtesy Sebastian Goodfellow)

Rock music: Listening for induced earthquakes, research by CivMin’s Prof. Goodfellow, is among nine U of T Engineering projects funded through CFI

GULL LAKE, ONTARIO, CANADA; AUGUST 7, 2021 2021 — SURVEY CAMP—A photo of U of T Survey Camp on Gull Lake, near Minden, Ont. on Friday, August 7 and Saturday, August 8, 2021. Nearly completed new facilities, including the HCAT Bunkhouse and  MacGillivray Student Lounge, as well as new washroom and showers. Civil and Mineral Practicals (CAMP, course code CME358) is a course held by the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering (CivMin) in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (FASE), at the University of Toronto. (PHOTO BY: Phill Snel, CivMin)

Survey Camp set to open and showcase newly built facilities