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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.

Aimy Bazylak wears a striped blouse and she stands against a softly lit interior background with a green plant partially visible behind her.

U of T Engineering professor Aimy Bazylak receives a Dorothy Killam Fellowship

April 2, 2024

Award supports outstanding Canadian scholars across a wide range of fields

Pratish Gawand pipettes a coloured liquid in a beaker. Gaward, who appears to be in a lab setting, is dressed in a white lab coat.

From nature to the lab: U of T Engineering startup brews more sustainable food ingredients

March 6, 2024

Ardra Inc., a startup founded at U of T Engineering, aims to replace natural flavour ingredients in food with more sustainable alternatives

A flat-bed truck holding passenger vehicles drives on a lane highway. The right lane shows a line up of passenger vehicles.

How the CLUE research group is rethinking urban freight logistics

February 29, 2024

Professor Matthew Roorda (CivMin) is leading the group of researchers from U of T, McMaster University and York University

In the foreground: a researcher adjusts air quality equipment. In the background: cars are driving by, on a major roadway.

U of T Engineering team embarks on two large-scale urban air quality studies

February 12, 2024

Research will assess non-exhaust pollutants and winter air quality in Toronto

Four students hold up their first place certificates.

ISTEP hosts environmental design challenge motivating students to create impactful sustainable solutions

February 9, 2024

The 2024 Clarke Prize Environmental Design Challenge was two-day hackathon held at the end of January

Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou smiles in an office while holding a navy-coloured mug with the words "Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto".

The Road to Net Zero: New federal funding boosts research on how shifts in transportation infrastructure impact emissions, public health and equity

February 2, 2024

Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivMin) leads research collaboration that focuses on the social, environmental and economic outcomes of infrastructure investments

Dr. Zhe Gong walks walks past equipment that make up the electric vehicle lab station.

ECE electric vehicle systems course a first for the University of Toronto

January 23, 2024

Graduate-level course, developed by faculty, UTEV researchers and ECE undergrad lab managers, prepares students to meet anticipated industry demand

PhD student Yazdan Naderzadeh (left) in the Propulsion and Energy Conversion Lab at UTIAS investigates flames with lasers. (Photo: Neil Ta)

U of T Engineering researchers partner with Siemens Energy to tackle sustainable energy production

January 4, 2024

Professor Swetaprovo Chaudhuri (UTIAS) is researching how to build a novel, fuel-flex gas turbine engine to harness hydrogen-based power

Ambrish Kumar makes his pitch at Falling Walls Lab in Berlin, Germany on November 7, 2023.

U of T Engineering student pitches green hydrogen startup at international competition in Berlin

November 20, 2023

Ambrish Kumar (MSE MEng candidate), who developed his startup at The Entrepreneurship Hatchery, won Falling Walls Lab Toronto

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