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Sustainability programs and research at U of T Engineering are at the forefront of alternative technologies that can mitigate the impact of climate change.

A close up of a metal component being fabricated by laser-based 3D printing.

New machine learning framework enhances precision and efficiency in metal 3D printing, advancing sustainable manufacturing

March 18, 2025

Research led by Professor Yu Zou (MSE) aims to produce higher quality and more reliable metal parts for aerospace, automotive, energy and health-care applications

Batteries and windmills: How one student’s summer research project is advancing energy storage for sustainable and affordable power

January 23, 2025

Martin Staadecker’s (EngSci 2T4) undergraduate work through the Engineering Science Research Opportunities Program (ESROP) has led to a published study in Nature Communications

Student-led startup Genuine Taste wins national competition with alternative meat innovation

December 16, 2024

Co-founded by CivMin PhD student Emily Farrar, Genuine Taste produces cultivated fat in bioreactors

Kazi is on the left, dressed in a black suit, shaking hands with Cowen on the right, also in a black suit. Both stand in front of a bookshelf, with a table in front of them and the agreements on the table.

U of T and Siemens Canada partner to transform energy grid

November 25, 2024

Strategic industry-academic collaboration aims to accelerate adoption of green energy technologies

From better batteries to cleaner fuels, new provincial support advances research projects across U of T Engineering

November 25, 2024

Five projects from the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have received support from the Ontario Research Fund

New research reveals how large-scale adoption of electric vehicles can improve air quality and human health

October 15, 2024

Large-scale adoption of EVs in the U.S. market, coupled with ambitious grid decarbonization, could result in more than US $100 billion in health benefits by 2050

From left to right: Professor Reza Iravani (ECE), Carmine Pizzurro (MIE 8T9, MIE MEng 9T3), Dr. Carlos Da Silva, Professor Cristina Amon (MIE) and U of T Engineering Dean Christopher Yip.

U of T Engineering partnership with Jule enabled the world’s first battery-powered electric vehicle fast charger

September 18, 2024

Professor Cristina Amon (MIE) and Dr. Carlos Da Silva are currently working with Jule to advance battery thermal management technology

Connor Isaac stands holding his arms in front of him. He's wearing a light blue golf shirt and khaki pants with a pendant around his neck. Behind him is a building with a row of plants in front of it.

U of T Engineering student takes his passion for renewable energy back home to Walpole Island First Nation

August 28, 2024

Connor Isaac (Year 3 MechE), who is Chippewa (Ojibwe) and Potawatomi, will begin a PEY Co-op position working with Walpole Island Chief and Council

Professors Hans-Arno Jacobsen (ECE), left, and Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE, EngSci) are part of a team that is training future computer system designers to integrate sustainability practices into the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. (photo by Jenny Lee)

NSERC CREATE project to train engineering students on environmentally aware development of AI

August 27, 2024

U of T Engineering professors Hans-Arno Jacobsen (ECE) and Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE, EngSci) are part of the team behind the new initiative

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