Ontario Tech University advances bold, ethical technological solutions to address humanity’s most urgent challenges — from clean hydrogen energy and Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) to AI ethics, autonomous electric vehicles in our world-renowned ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel, and next-generation healthcare informatics.
Ontario Tech University’s Strategic Research Plan focuses on six interconnected clusters that combine cutting-edge science, ethical technology adoption, and tangible community impact.
Clean hydrogen production via thermochemical cycles, next-generation nuclear Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), geothermal heating networks, and grid battery storage.
Ethical AI algorithms, autonomous mobile robots for hazardous environments, machine vision for EV inspection, and real-time smart grid anomaly detection.
Aerodynamic drag reduction, extreme climate battery performance in our ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel, Project Arrow EV validation, and vehicle-to-grid communications.
Artemis Big Data clinical monitoring for neonatal intensive care, wearable sensors for first responder fatigue tracking, and kinesiology biomechanics.
ACE (Automotive Centre of Excellence) is one of the world's most sophisticated climatic and aerodynamic research and testing facilities. It features a full-scale climatic wind tunnel capable of recreating every weather condition on Earth under one roof.
Undergraduate engineering students conduct fourth-year capstone design projects directly inside ACE, collaborating alongside engineers from GM, Honda, Magna, and Pratt & Whitney.
Tour ACE in 360°CERL is a world-class institute dedicated to clean hydrogen production and nuclear safety. Ontario Tech pioneered the world’s first lab-scale Copper-Chlorine (Cu-Cl) thermochemical cycle to generate zero-emission clean hydrogen using waste heat from nuclear power plants.
Features full-scope real-time simulators for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and CANDU nuclear power stations, training the next generation of nuclear scientists in Ontario.
High-efficiency fuel cell testing, hydrogen storage metal hydrides, and industrial decarbonization pathways for steel and heavy freight transport.
Addressing cyber threats against critical national infrastructure (energy grids, nuclear plants, hospitals) and pioneering transparent, trustworthy artificial intelligence.
Developing quantum-resistant cryptographic protocols and zero-trust intrusion detection systems for industrial SCADA and smart city networks.
Creating privacy-preserving federated machine learning models, algorithmic bias auditing frameworks, and explainable AI for healthcare diagnostics.
Brilliant Catalyst is Ontario Tech’s innovation and entrepreneurship hub. We empower students, faculty, and alumni to turn breakthrough research discoveries into scalable high-growth tech ventures.
We bridge academic research with private sector innovation. Ontario Tech partners with over 300 Canadian and international enterprises to solve complex industrial engineering and software challenges.
Leverage funding through NSERC Alliance, Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI), and Mitacs Accelerate to double or triple your research investment dollar.
Hire graduate and undergraduate research fellows directly trained on your company’s proprietary tools and hardware stacks.
Our Technology Transfer office protects and commercializes intellectual property created at Ontario Tech, licensing breakthrough patents to industry leaders and university spin-off startups.
Ontario Tech boasts a progressive, creator-friendly intellectual property policy that encourages inventors to commercialize their discoveries.
Explore available patents in hydrogen thermochemistry, battery cooling systems, cybersecurity encryption, and neonatal biosensors.
ACE offers commercial contract testing services for global aerospace, automotive, transit, defence, and structural engineering clients requiring verified extreme climate validation.
Five independent climatic chambers testing thermal shock, humidity, icing, and solar soak on products from EV battery packs to full transit buses.
Full aeroacoustic wind tunnel measurement of exterior noise, cabin acoustics, lift/drag coefficients, and flow visualization.
Undergraduate students can receive paid NSERC USRA grants ($7,500+) and university research stipends to conduct original summer research in university laboratories alongside faculty leaders.
Advance your academic career with competitive multi-year funding packages, graduate research assistantships (GRA), and postdoctoral research appointments under world-class Canada Research Chairs.
Full-time research-based Ph.D. students receive guaranteed annual funding packages ($22,000+ per year) through fellowships, GRAs, and teaching assistantships.
Support for NSERC CGS-M, CGS-D, SSHRC, CIHR, and Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) applications with top-up award bonuses.
Discover the latest scientific milestones, high-impact journal publications, and technological breakthroughs originating from Ontario Tech University laboratories.
New catalyst design reduces operating temperature by 40°C, lowering the production cost of clean nuclear-driven hydrogen.
Real-time physiological streaming data detects hospital-acquired infection onset 24 hours earlier than traditional monitoring.
The Office of Research Services (ORS) provides comprehensive administrative support for grant applications, ethics review (REB), animal care compliance, financial reporting, and industry contract management.
Guidance and protocol approvals for all human participant research under the TCPS 2 ethical conduct policy.
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