Posts Tagged: COVID-19
How can we safely and quickly disinfect surfaces with minimal cost? This is a question that everyone from public transit operators to grocery store managers have had to ask since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Frequent sanitizing of high traffic…
By Tyler Irving A lot of adjectives have been used to describe the year 2020 — unprecedented, unusual, challenging — but Dean Chris Yip would choose a different one: inspiring. “What I saw across our Faculty was people rising…
Like students around the world, U of T Engineering students have had to find new and creative ways to manage their studies and extra-curricular activities during this challenging and unusual Fall term. See the different ways EngSci students have…
By Tyler Irving Six months ago, Shrey Jain (Year 2 EngSci) was a first-year engineering student who just wanted to do his part to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. He could never have imagined that doing so would take him halfway around the world, into…
Bipasha Goyal (Year 3 EngSci) is working on a new tool to help defend against COVID-19. The smart UV lamp she is designing under the supervision of Professor Joyce Poon (ECE, EngSci 0T2) will use sensors for optimal disinfection…
By Tyler Irving Lauren Streitmatter (Year 2 EngSci) thought she’d be heading to Imperial College London this summer, but the pandemic had other plans. “I was really looking forward to the hands-on experience working in a research lab, as…
As governments around the world work hard to contain the coronavirus, a key ingredient is in short supply: detailed data on the presence of the virus in our communities. Without this information, public health agencies cannot accurately identify where localized…
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