U of T Engineering News
WEB6 days ago · With new installations at Casa Loma and U of T Scarborough, Lyrata offers fresh solutions for sustainable urban farming. U of T Engineering support has helped open doors for a startup that offers hydroponic production of lettuce, herbs and more.
U of T Engineering student team wins national competition with …
WEBSep 2, 2022 · In early August, a team of students from U of T Engineering launched Canada’s first-ever experimental hybrid rocket. The successful flight of their vehicle — dubbed Defiance — earned them first place in the Advanced Flight category of Launch Canada, a new industry-partnered intercollegiate rocket competition. Taking place August 1 – 6, 2022 in Cochrane, Ont., the competition featured ...
U of T Engineering professor leads new global collaboration to …
WEBSep 26, 2023 · Hydrogen will play a crucial role in enabling countries worldwide to reach net-zero emission by 2050. But a sustainable hydrogen economy will require global collaboration and knowledge sharing to drive the necessary technological developments, says Professor Murray Thomson (MIE). Thomson is the one of four national leads of the newly established Global Hydrogen Production Technologies (HyPT ...
U of T Engineering study finds bigger datasets might not always …
WEBNov 13, 2023 · From ChatGPT to DALL-E, deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are being applied to an ever-growing range of fields. A new study from U of T Engineering researchers, published in Nature Communications, suggests that one of the fundamental assumptions of deep learning models — that they require enormous amounts of training data — may not be as solid as once thought.
U of T Engineering team designs new hydrogel that opens …
WEBJul 28, 2022 · A team of U of T Engineering researchers, led by Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME, Donnelly), has designed a new way to grow cells in a laboratory that enables them to better emulate cancerous tumours. The platform — based on a type of material known as a hydrogel, a soft jelly-like substance — opens new ways to advance treatment options for cancer. By investigating the natural ...
U of T Engineering researchers partner with Siemens Energy to …
WEBJan 4, 2024 · U of T Engineering researchers have partnered with Siemens Energy to tackle a key challenge in the energy sector: sustainable energy conversion for propulsion and power generation – such as developing gas turbine engines that can run on sustainable energy sources like hydrogen. Led by Professor Swetaprovo Chaudhuri (UTIAS), the initiative aims to rethink traditional gas turbine engines to ...
U of T Engineering study highlights the tension between Canada’s ...
WEBJun 19, 2024 · A new study from U of T Engineering shows that unless construction practices change, Canada cannot simultaneously meet its targets for both new housing and emissions reductions. “Our analysis shows that in 2018, which is the latest year for which we have the data, the construction sector in Canada was responsible for the equivalent of 90 megatonnes of CO2,” says Professor Shoshanna Saxe ...
New U of T Engineering facility will enable multidisciplinary ...
WEBMar 13, 2024 · A team of U of T Engineering researchers led by Professors Yu Zou (MSE) and Tobin Filleter (MIE) has received $2.8 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Innovation Fund (CFI-IF) to develop the Toronto Integrated Platform for Materials under Extreme Conditions (TIME). This facility will house equipment to test materials in many severe conditions — from temperatures above 1,000 ...
How to build more with less: New model shows how Canada can …
WEBJul 15, 2024 · A new analysis from the Centre for the Sustainable Built Environment (CSBE) shows that adopting the right mix of sustainable construction strategies — including, among others, a shift from single-family homes to more multi-unit dwellings — could enable Canada to reconcile its housing and climate goals. (Image: Adrian So / Envato Elements)
Student team UTWind takes international prize with sustainable …
WEBJul 22, 2024 · A U of T Engineering student team has earned the top spot in the International Small Wind Turbine Contest (ISWTC) with a smart, sustainable design that includes components made of recycled pop bottles and plant-fibre composites. This is the second time the team has won the contest following their debut performance in 2022. Their first-place finish saw them outcompete seven other teams from ...