Posts Categorized: News 2024
Three professors from U of T’s Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry – Edgar Acosta, Gisele Azimi, and Frank Gu – have been named recipients of the 2023-24 Connaught Innovation Award, recognizing and supporting their groundbreaking contributions to innovative…
Each year, U of T Engineering complies a list of graduates nominated by their departments for demonstrating exceptional dedication and promise during their tenure as students. This year’s list of 14 grads includes two from ChemE: Erin Ng (ChemE 2T3 +…
Badr Abbas (ChemE 2T4 + PEY) is a driven Chemical Engineering student on a mission to tackle climate change. He’s contributed extensively to the ChemE community through roles as a teaching assistant, F!rosh Week volunteer, Chembook co-producer, and as a…
ChemE’s 2024 Student Life Catalyst Award winners were recognized at this year’s convocation reception. The Student Life Catalyst Awards recognize deserving undergraduate and graduate students for their significant contributions to the ChemE student-life experience. Congratulations to this year’s winners! …
Bo Zhang (ChemE 1T4 + PEY) graduated from ChemE in 2014 before pursuing his Ph.D. at Oxford University. Pairing his interest in human biology with the analytical and problem-solving skills acquired through his engineering education, Zhang has had a successful career…
Jeffrey Michael Karp (ChemE PhD 0T4) completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering with a collaborative specialization in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto in 2004. He is currently a professor at Harvard University, and holds appointments at Brigham and Women’s…
University Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME) has been named the inaugural Pamela and Paul Austin Chair in Precision and Regenerative Medicine. The chair, situated within the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, was created in November 2023 via a gift from the…
The MEng Project of the Year award, which began last year and honours two MEng students for outstanding achievement in their MEng project, has been awarded to Hao Yang Xu and Long Ye for the 2023-24 academic year. Xu’s project…
At the recent Probiota Americas conference in Salt Lake City, Erica Di Pede (ChemE PhD candidate) claimed the Scientific Frontiers Student Award for her work on the functionality and efficacy of a novel mannan-oligsaccharide (MOS) prebiotic. Di Pede’s project involves…
U of T Engineering researchers have designed a new way to recycle steel that has the potential to decarbonize a range of manufacturing industries and usher in a circular steel economy. The method is outlined in a new paper published…
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