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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.

From left to right: George Saegh, Mehdi Salakhi, Professor Murray Thomson, Franciska Toth and Luke Di Liddo.

U of T Engineering professor leads new global collaboration to advance net-zero hydrogen economy

September 26, 2023

Professor Murray Thomson (MIE) is the national and methane pyrolysis lead for the Global Hydrogen Production Technologies Centre

Professor Mohamad Moosavi stands in front of blackboard with a notebook in one hand, chalk in the other hand. A formula is written on the board in chalk.

U of T Engineering professor incorporating AI to help decarbonize chemical industries

September 19, 2023

Joint EMHSeed and XSeed Funding Program to support research on expanding database of metal-organic frameworks for AI analysis

Students demonstrate a new catalyst in the lab

New electrocatalyst improves both stability and efficiency in electrochemical conversion of captured carbon into valuable products

August 21, 2023

Improved design enables operation in acidic conditions for more than 150 hours, more than ten times as long as previous versions

MIE PhD candidate Shijie Liu in Professor David Sinton's lab

New electrochemical process could raise the efficiency of capturing carbon directly from air

August 2, 2023

Device designed by U of T Engineering team regenerates carbon capture liquids by rapidly switching between electrolyzer and fuel cell mode

Dr. So Min Park (ECE) holds up a sample of the perovskite solar cell that she and her collaborators designed. When the new cell was measured continuously under solar illumination, it maintained 85% of its original performance even following 1,560 hours at 85 C and 50% relative humidity. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Improved stability could help perovskite solar cells compete with silicon

July 13, 2023

U of T Engineering researchers increase the stability of this emerging solar technology under high temperatures, helping to overcome a key barrier to commercial application

Professor Seungjae Lee (CivMin) is using U of T buildings as models to design deep learning algorithms that could optimize the operations of building heating and cooling systems, significantly reducing energy use.

Can AI help make our buildings more sustainable?

May 23, 2023

New research explores the potential of artificial intelligence to optimize heating and cooling in buildings on the U of T campus

Left to right: Huazhong University of Science and Technology researchers Yuanhao Lou, Qiuhong Min, Jian Jin, Yuanjie Pang and Dan Wu gather around an electrolyzer to test a new catalyst that can convert CO from captured carbon into acetic acid. They are part of a global team that includes U of T Engineering researchers. (Photo: Jiayang Song)

New catalyst could increase the value of captured carbon by transforming it into acetic acid

May 3, 2023

Electrocatalyst achieves record-breaking selectivity toward the desired product, a key step toward industrial production

Professor David Sinton (MIE) is the nominated principal investigator of CANSTOREnergy and academic lead of the Climate Positive Energy institutional strategic initiative. (Photo: Lisa Lightbourn)

U of T-led collaboration to develop community-tailored clean energy technologies

April 25, 2023

Professor David Sinton (MIE) is principal investigator for the CANSTOREnergy project, which receives $24 million through New Frontiers in Research Fund’s 2022 Transformation Competition

U of T Engineering researchers growing microorganisms to recover nickel and clean up tailings ponds

April 18, 2023

A new academic-industry partnership aims to develop bio-leaching technologies to clean up contaminated material and extract valuable products

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