UTIAS News

UTAT division launches first satellite into space

On November 11, 2023, U of T Engineering students gathered in the basement of the Sandford Fleming Building — known to many as The Pit — to witness the deployment of HERON Mk. II into space.   The 3U CubeSat satellite, […]

Researchers partner with Siemens Energy to tackle sustainable energy production

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 […]

Reducing aviation’s CO2 emissions challenging but not impossible

For aviation, the path to reduced climate change impact and eventually net-zero carbon dioxide emissions is clear. We must replace fossil fuels with net-zero energy sources, and improve aircraft energy efficiency. The latter is essential given that future energy sources […]

Faculty Spotlight

Professor S. Chaudhuri

Propulsion & Energy Conversion Laboratory

Research Focus
• Developing hydrogen-based power and propulsion systems by understanding fundamental mechanisms of turbulent reacting flows
• Turbulence – transport – chemistry interaction in contrails and in exhaled aerosols

Current Projects
• Micromix based hydrogen combustion for gas turbine engines. Partners: Siemens, NRC, UPoly-M, McGill
• Flame speeds of turbulent, lean hydrogen-air flames
• Combustion dynamics of hydrogen-air flames: Partner: NRC
• Self-decarbonizing combustor
• Contrail in a lab – effect of fuel composition. Partner: Pratt & Whitney, UTIAS faculty members
• Aerosol dispersion and superspreading in homeless shelters: Partners: UofT Medicine, Unity Health, Fields Institute