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 M. Yano

Aerospace Computational Engineering Laboratory

Research Focus
• Numerical methods, scientific computation, and numerical analysis for partial differential equations in continuum mechanics
• Improving reliability, efficiency, and autonomy of numerical simulations

Current Projects
• Development of error estimation and adaptation techniques for higher-fidelity simulations
• Development of model reduction techniques for many-query scenarios arising in parametric studies and uncertainty quantification
• Development of mathematical frameworks to combine experimental data and simulation