Posts Tagged: sustainability

New Metamaterial Lens Allows for Lighter, Thinner Solar Panels

Researchers in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have designed a new way to focus light over extremely short distances, technology with big applications in photovoltaics and optical imaging. Picture a typical lens, shaped like half…

U of T Researcher Talks Trash in Nature Commentary

Professor Chris Kennedy In a commentary published in the Oct. 30th edition of the journal Nature, Civil Engineering Professor Chris Kennedy (CivE) and colleagues warn garbage is being generated faster than other environmental pollutants, including greenhouse gases. The researchers say that ‘business-as-usual’ projections,…

100 Years of Materials Innovation, 1913–2013

Once known as Department Eight: Metallurgical Engineering, the Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) has seen a lot of changes in 100 years. Today, it can count close to 2,000 alumni, 200 current undergraduate students, 80 graduate students and 17 core…

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 be competing against 39 other…
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