Concrete check-up: Fae Azhari develops diagnostics for critical infrastructure
U of T Engineering professor develops novel approaches to monitoring the health of large structures, from bridges to hydroelectric dams
Category: Sustainability
Diesel trains may expose passengers to exhaust
Levels of certain airborne pollutants are up to nine times higher in train cars directly behind diesel locomotives than on busy city streets.
Heat, housing and health: Marianne Touchie and the complexity of multi-unit residential buildings
Professor Marianne Touchie 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
Bike lanes on Bloor Street: U of T Engineering partners with Miovision, City of Toronto to help evaluate pilot and track traffic safety
Matthew Roorda (CIvE) performing conflict analysis to help cities evaluate the impact to safety of any changes to a streetscape
The next generation of solar pioneers: Electrifying a nation
U of T Engineering alumni John Paul Morgan and Shawn Qu are entrepreneurs whose ingenuity is lighting up parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Clean water, clean air: U of T Engineering research addresses big sustainability questions from resource scarcity to climate change
Ramin Farnood is an established leader in water decontamination — now he’s applying that expertise to tackle climate-warming emissions