Posts Tagged: research
University of Toronto Engineering Professor Prasanth Nair (UTIAS) has been awarded the Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Computational Modeling and Design Optimization Under Uncertainty . The prestigious honour recognizes Professor Nair’s research excellence, which involves developing the next generation of computational methods for…
Professor Emeritus John Senders (MIE) is among a number of U of T professors who took home a 2011 Ig Nobel Prize for their “improbable research.” The awards ceremony, which takes place at Harvard University, proves that research can be fun – and…
Researchers at the University of Victoria and U of T Engineering Professor David Sinton (MIE) will design a new fibre-optic system to monitor carbon dioxide (CO2) at underground storage sites. Carbon Management Canada will provide the team with a $983,578 grant to…
Professors Brenda McCabe (CivE), Kim Pressnail (CivE) and Ted Sargent (ECE), as well as CivE PhD candidates Marianne Touchie and Ekaterina Tzekova, have been named to the Clean50, an initiative by the Corporate Knights honouring outstanding contributors to sustainable development and clean capitalism in Canada. Professors McCabe and Pressnail, along…
Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T), King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) and Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) have created the most efficient colloidal quantum dot (CQD) solar cell ever. The discovery is reported in…
Professor Birsen Donmez of the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering wants you to be a better driver. She’s thinking about sending you a report card. Not really — but she is brainstorming ways to provide feedback to drivers on how they’re…
Showing 565 - 570 of 595 results