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 J.W. Davis

Fusion Energy Plasma Materials Interactions Laboratory

Research Focus
• Study of plasma-materials interactions with ITER-specific materials: carbon, tungsten and beryllium
• Candidate reactor materials are tested using plasma simulation facilities to study plasma-materials-interaction processes

Current Projects
• Studying (i) materials erosion, (ii) diffusion, trapping, and retention of hydrogen isotopes in carbon, tungsten, and mixed materials, (iii) the recovery of deuterium from layers of D-containing deposits formed in tokamaks