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TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA; SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 2021 — GRAD STUDENT ATHLETE— A photo of Giuliana Frizzi (MASc Candidate) at a Green Roof Innovation Testing Laboratory (GRIT LAB) on the rooftop of the University of Toronto Student Commons Building on Thursday, September 30, 2021. Frizzi is a graduate student in the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering (CivMin) in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (FASE) with faculty supervisor Prof. Jennifer Drake. Frizzi plays for the U of T Varsity Blues Women’s Lacrosse team as a midfielder (jersey # 16). (Photo by Phill Snel, CivMin)

PROFILE: Giuliana Frizzi, CivE MASc candidate

By Phill Snel | October 26, 2021
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

By Phill Snel | October 19, 2021
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

By Phill Snel | October 14, 2021
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

By Phill Snel | October 12, 2021
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

By Phill Snel | September 29, 2021
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

By Phill Snel | September 17, 2021
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Megaprojects and the ‘need for speed’: How political indecision affects the timelines of large infrastructure

By Phill Snel | September 8, 2021
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

By Phill Snel | August 24, 2021
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

By Phill Snel | August 20, 2021
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

By Phill Snel | August 16, 2021
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Q&A with Prof. Elodie Passeport: Can green infrastructure keep microplastics out of the environment?

By Phill Snel | August 16, 2021
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

By Phill Snel | August 11, 2021
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