Energy
Ontario Tech University’s largest gift to date to support research hub for innovative, clean-energy technologies
December 05, 2022
On November 2, Ontario Tech held a formal ceremony to honour and acknowledge the Estate of Nicholas Sion, a founding donor of the Brilliant Energy Institute (BEI), for the transformational investment of more than $3.5 million that was instrumental in helping launch the BEI at the university.
Ontario Tech engineering, research and development: Helping drive the automotive industry forward
December 02, 2022
On November 25, the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (MEDJCT) hosted an automotive sector roundtable at Ontario Tech. The robust discussion, held at one of the university’s core research facilities, Ontario Tech’s Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE), featured community partners and local automotive industry champions outlining current challenges and opportunities.
Ontario Tech University, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories re-energize partnership
November 28, 2022
A new agreement between AECL, CNL, and Ontario Tech will create opportunities for both organizations to achieve mutual strategic goals and objectives and position themselves for an exciting new era of nuclear energy in Canada.
Ontario Tech again ranked a Top-3 Engineering school in Ontario: International universities survey
November 23, 2022
The community, and the world, are taking notice of Ontario Tech University’s story: the university is now making a powerful imprint on the international stage, appearing annually in the world’s most influential global university rankings.
Ontario Tech University a key hub for facilitating partnerships between government, industry and academia
November 11, 2022
As a key hub of research expertise and an academic institution that graduates highly skilled talent who will drive the industries of tomorrow, Ontario Tech University plays a central role in supporting economic development in Durham Region and beyond.
Nuclear hydrogen workshop reinforces Ontario Tech’s leadership in clean and sustainable energy leadership towards Net-Zero
November 04, 2022
From Saturday, November 19 to Monday, November 21, Ontario Tech will host a major international workshop: The Role of Nuclear Energy in the Hydrogen Economy. The event will bring together researchers and energy sector partners from around the world to discuss state-of-the-art nuclear hydrogen technologies and the role of nuclear energy towards a sustainable hydrogen economy.
Ontario Tech’s research connected to a major international award for promoting sustainability and biodiversity
October 21, 2022
The Gulbenkian Prize has a strong research connection to Ontario Tech University. In 2019, Ontario Tech sustainability expert Dr. Peter Stoett, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, was appointed Co-chair of an IPBES global study on invasive species.
Ontario Tech University adding two new engineering programs for 2023-2024
October 17, 2022
The Ontario Tech Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science’s new Energy Engineering and Industrial Engineering programs will give students even more high-tech avenues to design their future and help make the world a better place.
Ontario Tech research supports a green light on electrifying active transportation options
October 04, 2022
Through funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Infrastructure Canada, Ontario Tech University researchers are exploring ways to better understand what we know about e-bikes. In a recently published paper in the journal Transport Policy, they say e-bike use has the potential to transform personal transportation towards a mode that is eco-friendly, age-friendly, barrier-free, healthy, and cost-effective.
Ontario Tech University among North American post-secondary leaders for sustainability-focused practices
September 26, 2022
In the latest rankings report from the Philadelphia-based Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), released in early September, Ontario Tech has not only retained its Gold rating from AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS), but has also jumped two places over last year on the Top-10 list as a Top-Performing Master's Institution.
Ontario Tech researcher Dr. Marc Rosen awarded highest recognition a Canadian academic can receive
September 14, 2022
In recognition of his extraordinary career contributions to energy research, and outstanding scholarly scientific achievement, Ontario Tech University Professor Dr. Marc Rosen has been elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada.
Ontario Tech’s Brilliant Catalyst Challenge zeroes in on clean technologies and net-zero emissions
September 12, 2022
In an effort to support Canada’s transition to net-zero emissions, Ontario Tech University’s Brilliant Catalyst innovation hub hosted its annual Catalyst Challenge, with $18,000 in prize money provided to winning teams to develop their ideas.
Ontario Tech researcher floating a clean energy solution for vessels in Toronto Harbour
August 30, 2022
Dr. Ibrahim Dincer and his research colleagues are proposing Toronto consider a new system where the Island ferries would be hydrogen-powered. The system would draw energy from floating solar panels adjacent to the Lake Ontario shoreline that produce hydrogen through electrolysis.
Another amazing year of research growth at Ontario Tech University
June 23, 2022
There’s further evidence of Ontario Tech’s impressive research growth this Spring after Canada’s research funding Tri-agencies announced a further $4.3 million in new grants for nearly 30 new multidisciplinary projects being led by the university’s experts.
Another great example of why Ontario Tech research experts are in high demand
June 03, 2022
On June 2, Ontario Tech University nuclear engineering researcher Dr. Kirk Atkinson was asked to share his knowledge on the latest developments pertaining to the new and emerging area of small modular reactors (SMRs) before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research.
Influential Ontario Tech nuclear science researcher reappointed as Canada Research Chair
June 02, 2022
For his outstanding record of research achievement and discovery, the Government of Canada is renewing the Canada Research Chair (CRC) appointment of Ontario Tech University researcher Dr. Markus Piro of the Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science (FESNS) for a new five-year term, retroactive to January 1, 2022.
Ontario Tech Faculty of Science lab’s research device is first of its kind in Canada
May 31, 2022
Ontario Tech University’s Faculty of Science is celebrating a new top-notch research tool to help scientists observe and understand chemical interactions at the smallest conceivable scale.
Moving Ground Plane propels Ontario Tech’s ACE into new automotive engineering territory
May 27, 2022
There’s only one place on Earth where you will find a climatic aerodynamic wind tunnel with enhanced acoustics, combined with leading researchers and top engineers, all under one roof. That place is ACE, at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Fleming College partners with Ontario Tech University and Horizon Aircraft for three-year aviation research project
May 17, 2022
With this funding, expert researchers from both institutions will assist the local aerospace engineering company with the design and prototyping of innovative mechanisms for the company’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Ontario Tech hosts major international workshop on integrated nuclear and renewable energy systems
April 13, 2022
As a prominent centre of sustainable energy research and because of its strong reputation for expertise and new knowledge creation, Ontario Tech University is designated an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Collaborating Centre, the only one in Canada.
Emmeline Meens Miller to represent Ontario Tech at provincial Three Minute Thesis finals
April 05, 2022
This year’s 3MT® competition attracted 15 of the university’s current candidates for master’s degrees and PhDs. After the virtual online ‘heats’ on March 23, the field was trimmed to six participants for the March 24 final round and awards presentation.
We’ve got the power: Ontario Tech University installs its largest solar panel structure to date
March 23, 2022
After three months of construction throughout the winter, in late February the finishing touches were placed on a gigantic five-storey solar retrofit ‘façade’ on the south exterior wall of ACE (Ontario Tech’s Automotive Centre of Excellence).
Ontario Tech cracks Top 200 among the world’s youngest universities
March 02, 2022
For the first time, Ontario Tech has made the Top 200 list of the world’s best young universities. The compilation was released February 15 by Times Higher Education (THE), considered by many experts to be the most prestigious international ranking organization.
