Welcome to the Centre for Sustainable Energy

Based at the University of Toronto

NEWS & ANNOUCEMENTS

• U of T Sustainability Symposium

  

• CSE Researcher, Profressor Aimy Bazylak, receives Early Researcher Award

  • DGRC Associate Director, Aimy Bazylak is one of seven U of T Engineering professors in the early stages of their research careers whose work has been honoured with funding from the Province of Ontario's Early Researcher Awards (ERA) Program, which helps recently appointed Ontario researchers to build their teams and enables Ontario to attract and retain the best and brightest research talent. Each researcher receives $140,000 toward their projects.

    “This research work is important to helping us meet our healthcare challenges while fostering long-term job creation and economic growth. Ontario is a leader in healthcare innovation, and this furthers that position,” said Brad Duguid, Minister of Economic Development and Innovation.

    Bazylak says the ERA will enable her to “lead my research group to advance the understanding and development of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, which convert hydrogen and oxygen to electricity, with only water and heat as local by-products. This funding will enable me to use state-of-the-art x-ray radiography to study the microscale features of the fuel cell and develop a powerful modelling tool for designing the next generation of fuel cells.”

    See the official release.

• University of Toronto part of consortium to announce new Center for Urban Science and Progress

  • The University of Toronto is a core member of an international consortium creating the next milestone in New York City’s groundbreaking Applied Sciences NYC initiative. The initiative seeks to increase the City’s capacity for applied sciences and dramatically transform its economy.

    The Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) was announced today by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. CUSP will focus on research and developing technologies for the critical challenges facing the world’s cities, including infrastructure, tech integration, energy efficiency, transportation congestion, public safety, and public health.

    See the official release.

• University of Toronto recognized as one of Canada's greenest employers

  

  • Launched in 2007, the Canada's Greenest Employers competition is organized by the editors of the Canada's Top 100 Employers project. This designation recognizes the employers that "lead the nation in creating a culture of environmental awareness in their organizations."
    

    See the official release.

• Centre Researchers James Hinebaugh and Professor Aimy Bazylak co-author book chapter

  • “Multi-scale modeling of two-phase transport in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells.” was authored by PhD student James Hinebaugh with Prof. Bazylak and Prof. Mukherjee (Texas A&M University).  The chapter appears in “Polymer electrolyte membrane and direct methanol fuel cell technology: Fundamentals and performance of low temperature fuel cells (Volume 1)” Edited by C Hartnig, Chemetall GmbH and C Roth, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.

    

    http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/book.aspx?bookID=2034

• One and Two Day Courses delivered by Carbon Management Canada at Carleton (May 22 & May 26-27)

  • CCS Overview course
    When: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
    Where: Carleton University, Room 2228, River Building
    Instructors: Steve Larter, CMC Scientific Director, Bernard Mayer, Assistant Scientific Director and four Theme Leads
    Fees: $75 CDN for HQP; $100 CDN all other registrants
    Details: Food & Accommodation covered for HQPs
    Registration information

    Organizational GHG Accounting
    When: Sat. & Sun., May 26 & 27, 2012
    Where: Carleton University, Room 270, Commons Building
    Offered by: GHG Management Institute
    Fees: $250 CDN for HQP; $1100 CDN all other registrants
    Details: Food & Accommodation covered for HQPs
    Registration information

• Centre Researcher Thomas de Haas profiled by Carbon Management Canada

  • Centre Researcher Thomas de Haas, a Masters student under the supervision of CSE Associate Director David Sinton was profiled by Carbon Management Canada on his research employing micro-fluidics to develop small scale test systems to determine CO₂ behaviour in resevoirs. Read the full profile here.

• UOIT Summer Course on Exergy and Its Applications for Better Environment and Sustainability

  • This timely course is intended to provide training for postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, researchers, scientists and engineers on the theory and methods of exergy analysis and its applications to the a large variety of systems through several lectures given by the leadings experts in this field.
    
    Dates: April 30 - May 4
    Location: University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Oshawa, Ontario Additional information found here.

ABOUT THE CENTRE

The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) at the University of Toronto is an inclusive, multidisciplinary centre designed to bring together researchers, students, and teachers from across the university, together with partners from industry and government, with the goal of increasing energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of energy use and conversion.

By bringing together information about energy-related pursuits throughout the university in one central location and by organizing seminars and events with an energy-related theme, the centre will facilitate the formation of connections between researchers, students, and teachers interested in energy issues. These connections can lead to the formation of multidisciplinary research or project teams to solve complex problems related to energy systems or to research advanced technologies that enable cleaner and more sustainable use, conversion, storage, and distribution of energy. An interdisciplinary approach to the solution of complex energy problems will allow synergies between different energy sources and technologies to be identified and utilized to design more effective larger-scale energy systems that can improve on the separate performance of the individual components. The centre will also serve as a source of information for students and faculty members regarding scholarships, research opportunities, course offerings, thesis projects, funding opportunities, seminars, and opportunities for collaboration, all with a specific energy-related focus.

Faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students are all welcome to join CSE, with separate discussion groups for each group, along with general announcements for information dissemination of interest to all members. A steering committee helps in the day-to-day organization of the centre, which was founded via the generosity of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, under the leadership of Chair, Professor Jean Zu.