Posts Categorized: News 2024
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…
Professor Grant Allen (ChemE) has been selected as the 2024 R.S. Jane Memorial Award recipient. The R. S. Jane Memorial Award is presented to a person who, while residing in Canada, has made an exceptional achievement to the field of…
Professor Jennifer Farmer (ChemE) has been chosen as the 2024 recipient of the Wighton Fellowship. Awarded by the Sandford Fleming Foundation to just one recipient nationwide each year, the fellowship recognizes excellence in the development and teaching of laboratory-based courses in undergraduate…
Natural ingredients may seem better for the planet, but that’s not always the case. Consider rose oil. It takes thousands of kilograms of rose petals to extract a single kilogram of the popular fragrance ingredient. “If a multinational cosmetics or…
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