Microfluidics Technology Opportunities for an Energy Industry in Transition



CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE SESSION

David Sinton is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Microfluidics and Energy. Before joining the University of Toronto, Dr. Sinton was an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) at the University of Victoria and a Visiting Associate Professor at Cornell University. He received a BASc from the University of Toronto, an MEng from McGill University and a PhD from the University of Toronto. The Sinton Lab develops fluid systems for applications in energy and analysis. The group is application-driven and is currently developing fluid systems to produce renewable fuels from CO2, develop energy efficient industrial working fluids, and quantify the environmental impacts of future climate conditions. The group previously developed a library of industrial fluid testing systems to improve chemical performance in the energy industry, now commercialized through the startup Interface Fluidics Ltd.

Dr Sinton was selected to be an NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellow in 2016. He is also a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a recent the University of Toronto McLean Senior Fellow. He serves on the advisory board of the journal Lab on a Chip.