U of T ENGINEERING

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

Metallurgical Processing & Sustainability

Overview

Materials Engineers develop sustainable materials and manufacturing processes that reduce environmental footprint.

Research Topics

Processing of wastes into valuable products
Novel technologies with lower environmental footprint
Biomass waste materials for electrochemical energy storage
Lithium-Ion battery recycling
Recycling of strategic materials, including rare-earth elements, PGMs, Lithium, Iron and steel

Related Faculty

Mansoor Barati

Mansoor Barati

Sustainable Materials Processing Research Group

Ali Asgarian

Ali Asgarian

ASPIRE Lab (ASgarian’s Process & Powder Intelligent REsearch)

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Adjunct Faculty

S. Marcuson (Vale Canada)

S. Mostaghel (AtkinsRealis)

S. Nafisi (Rocket Lab)

G. Sa (Hatch Ltd.)

J. Young (Hatch)

Cross-Appointed Faculty

G. Azimi (ChemE)

Related Links

Laboratory for Strategic Materials

Sustainable Materials Processing Research Group

UofT Engineering Sustainability Research Cluster