Posts Tagged: sustainability

May 29, 2018 | By Tyler Irving

A way with water

Toronto’s King Street includes a complex mix of various transportation modes, including cycling, walking, driving and transit. How infrastructure impacts commuter choices is one of the topics being examined by U of T Engineering researchers within the new U of T School of Cities. (Image: City of Toronto, via Flickr)

May 29, 2018 | By Tyler Irving

Sustainable cities: Three U of T Engineering researchers join multidisciplinary research initiative

Professor Jennifer Drake (CivMin), an expert in stormwater systems, is pictured in the GRIT Lab green roof at U of T. Drake is receiving the 2018 Young Engineer Medal from the Ontario Professional Engineer Awards. (Credit: Tyler Irving)

May 24, 2018 | By Carolyn Farrell

U of T Engineering professor and alumni receive Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

Dr. Cao-Thang Dinh, left, and Dr. Md Golam Kibria (both ECE) demonstrate their new catalyst. In a paper published today in Science, their team demonstrated most efficient and stable process for converting climate-warming carbon dioxide into the building blocks for plastics, all powered using renewable electricity

May 17, 2018 | By Marit Mitchell

New catalyst upgrades greenhouse gas into renewable hydrocarbons

Professor Warren Chan and a student in a lab

May 3, 2018 | By Engineering Strategic Communications

Seven U of T Engineering faculty members named Canada Research Chairs

Xiwen Gong (ECE PhD candidate, centre) with Wendy and Eric Schmidt. The Schmidt Science Fellows program administered in partnership with the Rhodes Trust provides postdoctoral opportunities in areas different from those in which they completed their PhD research. (Courtesy: Schmidt Science Fellows).

May 1, 2018 | By Sean Bettam

U of T Engineering’s Xiwen Gong among inaugural class of Schmidt Science Fellows