Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE)

Phil De Luna (MSE PhD candidate) is one of the lead authors of a new paper published in Nature Chemistry that reports a low-cost, highly efficient catalyst for chemical conversion of water into oxygen. The catalyst is part of an artificial photosynthesis system being developed at U of T Engineering. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Artificial photosynthesis gets big boost from new catalyst

November 20, 2017

U of T Engineering system takes inspiration from plants to convert electrical energy to chemical energy at 64 per cent efficiency, the highest yet reported for renewable carbon fuels

Professor Doug Perovic (right) and engineering technologist Sal Boccia look over images produced by a high-powered electron microscope. (Photo: Romi Levine)

This U of T Engineering professor teaches his students to think like detectives

October 20, 2017

Forensic engineering course uses real-life examples to teach students about problem-solving

U of T Engineering students win global speedbike competition

September 18, 2017

Vehicle achieves speed of 127.6 kilometres per hour

Meet U of T Engineering’s six inaugural Hart Teaching Innovation Professors.

Hart Teaching Innovation Professorships: Six innovative ways U of T Engineering enriches the student experience

May 30, 2017

Awards support active teaching technologies, Indigenous outreach and more

Pirithayini Srikantha and her supervisor, Professor Deepa Kundur, study how the smart grid can incorporate power from renewable sources such as wind and solar. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Grads to Watch: Meet 14 global engineering leaders

May 24, 2017

Having enriched the U of T Engineering community as undergraduate and graduate students, these aspiring engineers will transition into our vibrant, global network of Skule™ Alumni

Cressy Award winners from U of T Engineering met with departmental chairs, Gordon Cressy and Dean Cristina Amon for a pre-ceremony reception. (Photo: Kevin Soobrian)

U of T Engineering students receive record number of 2017 Cressy Awards

April 26, 2017

Twenty-eight 2017 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards have been awarded to U of T Engineering students

Professor Erin Bobicki researches new methods for extracting valuable minerals that use less energy and water than current methods. Her innovations could also enable the extraction of useful metals from materials previously discarded as waste. (Credit: Kevin Soobrian)

Can microwaves make mining more sustainable?

February 1, 2017

Professor Erin Bobicki (MSE, ChemE) is developing more sustainable ways of extracting valuable minerals from ore, including material previously discarded as waste.

The 2008 Sunrise Propane plant explosion in Toronto is one of the case studies taught in Professor Doug Perovic’s Forensic Engineering course. The course will be part of a new Certificate in Forensic Engineering, launching in Fall 2017. (Credit: Michael Gill via Flickr, under creative commons).

Making sense of disasters: U of T Engineering offers new certificate in Forensic Engineering

December 13, 2016

Undergraduate students will learn how to investigate disasters, accidents and failures, including plane crashes, explosions and structural collapses

U of T Engineering alumnus John Paul Morgan (EngSci 0T1, ECE MASc 0T5) was inspired to found his company, Morgan Solar, by his experiences with Doctors Without Borders in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Morgan is part of a new generation of entrepreneurs helping to bring inexpensive electricity to energy-impoverished regions. (Courtesy: John Paul Morgan).

The next generation of solar pioneers: Electrifying a nation

December 7, 2016

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

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