Posts Tagged: sustainability
A trio of recently published studies from a team of University of Toronto engineers has found that air pollution could be spreading up to three times farther than thought—contributing to varying levels of air quality across cities. Past research on…
Professor Chul Park (MIE) has been named a University of Toronto Distinguished Professor, an honour that recognizes individuals with outstanding career achievements and promise. Awarded by the U of T Office of the Vice-President and Provost, Park will hold the…
Whether it’s swapping your car for an electric vehicle, or your natural gas furnace for geothermal heating, transitioning from fossil fuels to electric-powered technology is widely believed to be the best way to lower carbon emissions. But according to U…
Originally published in the 2015 issue of Impact Magazine. Google “OLED,” and you’ll find scores of articles confidently predicting that this is the year of the organic light-emitting diode. Some of those articles are ten years old. Still, there are reasons to believe the OLED age…
It’s about to get a whole lot brighter in Toronto thanks to a significant investment from the Canadian government in a U of T Engineering alumnus’ sustainable lighting company. OTI Lumionics, a company co-founded by alumnus Michael Helander (EngSci 0T7,…
Whether it’s mimicking ocean mussels to create powerful non-toxic glue, or designing energy technologies that can store power for a whole city block, U of T undergraduate engineering students have the opportunity to lead innovative research that improves both our…
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