Posts Tagged: sustainability

Yu-Ling Cheng Named U of T Distinguished Professor in Global Engineering

Professor Yu-Ling Cheng (ChemE), Director of the Centre for Global Engineering(CGEN), has been recognized by the University of Toronto with a Distinguished Professor Award. Established in 2009, this award is designed to advance and recognize individuals with highly distinguished accomplishments. Professor Cheng will…

Meet the 2013 McLean Award Winner and his Photosynthetic Friends

Professor David Sinton is a mechanical engineer. So at first glance it seems odd his lab is full of algae. Sinton’s research has always focused on small-scale plumbing, or fluidics — the movement of fluid at the micro- and nano-scale. Traditional applications have…

U of T Student Team Takes Top Prize at Green Building Design Challenge

Civil engineering students Amanda Cirinna (1T3) and Steven Goldstine (1T3) recently took top honours at the Home Sweet Home Student Challenge, an annual competition developed by OntarioGreenSpec.ca and vied for by schools across the province. The competition, which is adjudicated by an advisory board of 12…

U of T Shares in Federal ecoEnergy Grant Funding

U of T Electrical Engineering Professor Reza Iravani is one of several beneficiaries of federal ecoENERGY funding grants announced May 3. Iravani heads the Centre for Applied Power Electronics (CAPE), which received a $560,000 grant for circuit breaker technology for fast protection…

Intelligent Community Forum Visits Steve Mann’s Lab

Delegates were treated to a water show Wednesday morning when they visited ECE Professor Steve Mann’s lab in a greenhouse atop the Faculty of Forestry building. The group was led by Robert Bell, co-founder of the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum,…
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