Sylvia Sleep, PhD

PhD, Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto
BSc (Eng), Civil Engineering, Queen's University
BA, Economics, Queen's University

Areas of Research

Life cycle assessment of emerging technologies; Sustainable infrastructure; Energy system modelling; Industrial decarbonization; Hydrogen; Mineralization; Carbon dioxide removal technologies; Techno-economic assessment
I am actively recruiting MSc and PhD students for the following research projects: 1) Evaluation of technologies for decarbonizing industrial process heat using a Canada-wide energy system model (TEMOA); 2) Life cycle assessment and techno-economic assessment of hydrogen production and transport technologies; 3) Life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic assessment of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, namely mineralization; 4) Development of methods for assessing emerging technologies using systems tools such as LCA

Supervising degrees

Civil Engineering - Doctoral: Seeking Students
Civil Engineering - Masters: Seeking Students
Sustainable Systems Engineering - Doctoral: Seeking Students

Working with this supervisor

I am currently seeking students interested in life cycle assessment, techno-economic assessment, or energy system modelling. Interested students with some background in one of the above areas should email me with a current CV and a 1-2 page statement in which you describe your goals for graduate school and a brief proposal of a potential research project that fits within the research areas described above.