$4.9 Million for Greener, Lighter Cars
A U of T research team has won $2,513,500 from Automotive Partnership Canada, through its lead agency the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), to work with Ford
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Top 10 Finish for U of T Engineering’s Blue Sky Solar Racing in Solar Cup Challenge
U of T’s Blue Sky Solar Racing team is heading home after a successful eighth-place overall finish, and second among North American teams, in the 2013 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, a gruelling
Faces of Sustainability: U of T Engineering’s Ekaterina Tzekova
Ekaterina Tzekova (CivE) is a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. Currently, she is engaged in a project to retrofit the historic Gemini House with sustainable,
U of T Solar Car Ready to Race 3,000km Across Australia
The Blue Sky team, composed mostly of U of T Engineering students, has been preparing for the annual Bridgestone World Solar Challenge for the past two years. When the race begins on October 6, they’ll
Can Plants Teach Us How to Build Better Solar Cells?
What can we learn from plants about making the best use of the sun’s abundant energy? That’s the question underlying an ambitious new research project that has won $1 million in the 2012–13
Bio-inspired Design May Lead to More Energy Efficient Windows
University of Toronto Engineering professor Ben Hatton (MSE) is turning to nature to find a way to make windows more energy efficient. In a recent article in Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells