Posts Categorized: News 2022

Using renewable biopolymers (lignin) for dewatering biosludge

Hamed Ghazisaidi (ChemE PhD student) and Vincent Wang (ChemE 2T1 + PEY Co-op, incoming MASc), supervised by Professors Grant Allen and Honghi Tran, as well as Senior Research Associate Dr. Torsten Meyer, are looking for alternative chemicals or additives that…

Curbside dining: SOCAAR featured in The Toronto Star

With curbside patios out in full force along Toronto city streets, Professor Greg Evans says that the air quality pros outweigh the cons when it comes to outdoor dining. Read the full story by The Toronto Star titled ‘How unhealthy…

Recovering nickel from mining waste

The mining industry in northern Ontario, particularly in Sudbury, has been the economic backbone of this region. As the mining operations generate profits, they also produce large amounts of waste in the form of pyrrhotite tailings, which has become an…

Grads to Watch 2022

With the University’s Convocation ceremony on June 16, 2022 U of T Engineering students mark the end of one journey and the beginning of another. Having enriched the U of T Engineering community as undergraduate and graduate students, they will…

Teaching legacy of the two Bills

The very first issue of Interfaces* back in Spring 2003, ran a story about the “two Bills,” Bill Graydon (ChemE 4T2, MASc 4T5) and Bill Burgess (ChemE 3T9). The story highlighted their love for teaching. Snippets are presented here: The…

Wood-derived prototype could lead to self-powered biosensors

Wood-derived materials can be used to harvest electrical energy from everyday movements such as walking, according to a new study from researchers at U of T Engineering and the University of Waterloo. In a paper recently published in Nano Energy, the team…

Alumna creating new & innovative 3D prints using glass flakes

Umema Khan (ChemE MASc 2021), a Materials Print Engineer at Markforged, applies the knowledge she’s gained during her grad studies to continue to create new and innovative 3D printing material formulations with additional kinds of 3D printing technologies. Under the…
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