Producing fuels from under-utilized biomass instead of fossil based feedstock is an effective means of alleviating concerns about climate change and energy security, according to an engineering professor who will present his research at a conference in India this week.
“These are the major factors driving our search for cheap renewable energy sources,” said Jerald Lalman, a professor in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Wudneh Shewa measures the electrical current being produced by a microbial fuel cell in his lab in the Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation.
Manufacturers in the pulp and paper industry may one day convert a toxic by-product from their processes into electricity, thanks to the work of an engineering graduate student.
An award-winning researcher from California and long-time collaborator with the Los Alamos National Laboratory will speak here tomorrow about his efforts to help create the equivalent of “hurricane charts” that help predict when structures might fail.
A video podcast of a lecture featuring engineering professor Rupp Carriveau and his predictions for what life will be like in Ontario in 2030 is now available on line.
Dr. Carriveau, whose expertise is in renewable sources of energy, is the university’s representative in a campaign called Research Matters. Organized by the Council of Ontario Universities, its aim is to increase public awareness about the importance of university level research.
Sorting through the University’s garbage can be a little disheartening, says Taylor Purdy.
A master’s student of environmental engineering, she combed through a pile of trash Friday outside the maintenance compound on Union Avenue, conducting an audit of the waste produced on campus.
“At least half of this could have been recycled,” Purdy said. “It’s especially sad because this pile comes from the Centre for Engineering Innovation, a LEED-certified building where we are not recycling like we could be.”
Besides supplying clean, renewable energy, Canada’s rapidly growing wind generation sector can provide plenty of economic benefits for depressed areas, according to a national wind energy research leader who will speak here Wednesday.
 Wind Energy Institute of Canada CEO Scott Harper. |
Entire communities will be able to generate their own energy and will do so in the not-so-distant future with a much greater reliance on such renewable sources as wind, solar and biomass, according to Rupp Carriveau.
In order for a traffic micro-simulation model to be effective it must be able to replicate both supply and demand characteristics, as well as their interaction, says Laurence R. Rilett.
Environmental engineering Master’s student Taylor Purdy was honoured Friday at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital for her efforts to help the hospital significantly reduce its environmental footprint and save thousands of dollars in annual operating costs.
If the closure of Sunset Avenue between Fanchette and Wyandotte streets results in a smoother traffic flow around campus and beautiful green spaces replacing parking lots, you may have a group of civil engineering students to thank.
Fourth-year students Jingda He, Ahmad Merheb, Zaid Najjar and Mahmoud Shahwan presented preliminary plans for redesigning the Sunset corridor during a poster display Friday in the Centre for Engineering Innovation, showing the progress of capstone design projects for seniors in civil and environmental engineering.
