Posts Categorized: Honours & Awards 2019

Professor Doug Reeve (ChemE) was among four U of T Engineering professors and one alumnus to be included in the latest cohort of individuals to be elected fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC). The appointments honour their exceptional…

On Thursday, December 5, Prof. Milica Radisic (ChemE/IBBME), Prof. Boyang Zhang (IBBME), and Dr. Yimu Zhao (ChemE/IBBME) received the 2019 Innovation & Commercialization Award presented by Tissue Engineering International & Regenerative Medicine Society (TERMIS) at the 2019 TERMIS-AM Annual Conference &…

On November 20, 2019, 233 University of Toronto student-athletes were recognized at the 10th annual Academic Excellence Breakfast, which was held at the Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport. Twenty-three U of T Engineering undergraduate and graduate students were honoured…

The University of Toronto Varsity Blues figure skating team finished first overall at the 2019 fall invitational on Thursday, November 21 hosted by the Carleton Ravens in Ottawa. Erin Ng (ChemE 2T3) won the novice short event, and placed 6th…

More than 150 industry and community leaders, government partners and faculty members gathered Nov. 13, 2019 at the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship for the U of T Engineering Partners’ Reception.   Now in its fourth year, the event celebrated the Faculty’s longstanding ties with over 400 industry partners across…

Engineering Alumni Medal First awarded in 1939, the Engineering Alumni Medal is the highest honour awarded by the Engineering Alumni Association. High achievement is the common thread that links past recipients of this medal. In their diverse careers, these individuals…

On November 4, iGEM Toronto was awarded the distinction of Gold Medal Standard for their project Accelerating Industrial Plastic Degradation With PETase at the 2019 international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Giant Jamboree. This was the first Gold Medal result for…

ChemE students performed extremely well at this year’s 69th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CCEC) hosted in Halifax from October 20-23, 2019. Kimberly Watada (ChemE 2T2) took home first-place and Judy Xia (ChemE 2T2) second-place in the Robert G. Auld Student…

Marcello Oliverio (ChemE 8T2, MASc 8T6) is the recipient of the 2019 Process Safety Management (PSM) Award, which recognizes his outstanding contributions to the PSM field within Canada. He received the award at the 69th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, which…

Since arriving in Toronto from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Urvi Verkhedkar (Year 1, ChemE) has already immersed herself in environmental advocacy efforts. “Getting involved in my passions has definitely been a highlight,” she says. Verkhedkar recently took part in Global Climate…