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 P. Lavoie

Flow Control and Experimental Turbulence Laboratory

Research Focus
• Study of transitional and turbulent flows, including flow structures and instabilities associated with these phenomena
• Investigating the fundamental dynamics of attached and separated shear layers and how these can be manipulated to improve flow characteristics

Current Projects
• Collaboration with Bombardier to investigate different sources of airframe noise and how these can be mitigated
• Active control of turbulent boundary layers in order to reduce skin friction drag
• Study of unsteady aerodynamic effects due to gusts and sudden maneuvers for application to unmanned aerial vehicles