U of T Engineering News
WEB3 days ago · With new installations at Casa Loma and U of T Scarborough, Lyrata offers fresh solutions for sustainable urban farming. U of T Engineering support has helped open doors for a startup that offers hydroponic production of lettuce, herbs and more.
U of T Engineering partnership with Jule enabled the world’s first ...
WEB3 days ago · Through a partnership with Jule powered by eCAMION, U of T Engineering researchers are meeting the demand for innovative energy solutions that can help advance the widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EV). This innovation offers drivers the ability to charge their EVs in under 30 minutes ...
New U of T Engineering facility will enable multidisciplinary ...
WEBMar 13, 2024 · A team of U of T Engineering researchers led by Professors Yu Zou (MSE) and Tobin Filleter (MIE) has received $2.8 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Innovation Fund (CFI-IF) to develop the Toronto Integrated Platform for Materials under Extreme Conditions (TIME).. This facility will house equipment to test materials in many severe conditions — from temperatures above ...
U of T Engineering researchers developing next generation of …
WEBDec 14, 2017 · Researchers from the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering are working collaboratively to design the automotive battery of the future.
U of T Engineering study finds bigger datasets might not always …
WEBNov 13, 2023 · From ChatGPT to DALL-E, deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are being applied to an ever-growing range of fields. A new study from U of T Engineering researchers, published in Nature Communications, suggests that one of the fundamental assumptions of deep learning models — that they require enormous amounts of training data — may not be as solid as once thought.
‘Self-driving labs’: $200-million federal grant powers AI-driven ...
WEBMay 1, 2023 · The University of Toronto has been awarded a $200-million grant from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) to revolutionize the speed and impact of scientific discovery through its Acceleration Consortium. The funding – the largest federal research grant ever awarded to a Canadian university – will support the consortium’s work on ‘self-driving labs’ that combine ...
Beyond lithium-ion: New battery technologies among nine …
WEBMar 31, 2022 · With global demand for dynamic, reliable and renewable energy storage solutions on the rise, Professor Gisele Azimi (ChemE, MSE) and her Laboratory for Strategic Materials are investigating new battery chemistries that could offer superior performance and enhanced safety.. Renewable energy from intermittent sources — such as solar or wind power — requires reliable energy storage systems to ...
U of T Engineering researchers partner with Siemens Energy to …
WEBJan 4, 2024 · U of T Engineering researchers have partnered with Siemens Energy to tackle a key challenge in the energy sector: sustainable energy conversion for propulsion and power generation – such as developing gas turbine engines that can run on sustainable energy sources like hydrogen.
U of T Engineering rises two spots in THE’s World University …
WEBOct 6, 2021 · U of T Engineering remains Canada’s top-ranked engineering school and is now ranked #26 in the world, according to Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for Engineering 2022. The rankings, released today, mark an increase from last year’s position of #28.
U of T Engineering student team wins national competition with …
WEBSep 2, 2022 · In early August, a team of students from U of T Engineering launched Canada’s first-ever experimental hybrid rocket. The successful flight of their vehicle — dubbed Defiance — earned them first place in the Advanced Flight category of Launch Canada, a new industry-partnered intercollegiate rocket competition. Taking place August 1 – 6, 2022 in Cochrane, Ont., the competition featured ...