Posts By: Jennifer Hsu

SOCAAR profs reveal how leaf blowers can be dangerous

Professor Greg Evans and Jeff Brook from the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR) were recently interviewed by Global News to discuss the unseemly danger of leaf blowers on public health. Click here for the full Global News…

Sheida Stephens receives Engineers Canada Manulife Scholarship

Sheida Stephens (PhD Candidate) supervised by Professor Grant Allen is one of three recipients of the 2021 Engineers Canada Manulife Scholarship, which provides $12,500 to each recipient to further their study/research in an engineering field. Click here to explore the…

Research workshop led by Prof. Molly Shoichet sparks innovation

Inside a Petri dish in a lab at the University of Toronto is a muscle — made from scratch using human stem cells — that has Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). To study the biological properties of DMD, a degenerative muscle…

Engineers Canada Leadership Scholarship awarded to Kimberly Watada

The Engineers Canada – Leadership Scholarship consists of eight scholarships of $4,000 each annually to provide financial assistance to undergraduate students in CEAB-accredited engineering programs. These scholarships are awarded to undergraduate engineering students who have completed one year of engineering…

Some Canadians living in areas exceeding WHO guidelines

Professor Jeff Brook shares with Global News that some Canadians are living in areas exceeding the World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines. Click here for the full Global News story.

Suraj Borkar’s work featured in Nature Communications

Substrate colonization by an emulsion drop prior to spreading, work by Suraj Borkar (ChemE PhD Candidate) and Professor Arun Ramchandran, was just published in Nature Communications: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26015-2. In classical wetting, the spreading of an emulsion drop on a surface is…

ChemE Future Leader: Tristyn Haghgoo

Tristyn Haghgoo (ChemE 2T3) chose to study chemical engineering at the University of Toronto because of the wide variety of potential careers the degree will open up, including aerospace, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, and food just to name a few.…

ChemE Future Leader: Hannah Kot

Hannah Kot (ChemE 2T3) wasn’t initially considering a future in chemical engineering, that is until a chance encounter with a recruiter at a universities fair which set her on her current path. “I have always been someone who loves solving…

ChemE Future Leader: Alton Rego

The University of Toronto’s reputation within Canada and around the world, the challenge of the chemical engineering program, the large network of alumni, and the ability to gain real-world experience through the Professional Experience Year Co-op program were all very…
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