Grad News

Celebrating Our Grads: Kiki Chan

May 29, 2025

Taken from U of T Engineering News: This PhD graduate’s food fortification research took her around the world, from Senegal to India Kiki Chan (ChemE MASc 1T8, PhD 2T5) has […]

U of T Chemical Engineering Students Present at CFEC 2025

May 8, 2025

Students from the Food Engineering research group recently participated in the Canadian Food Engineering Conference (CFEC), held April 24–25, 2025, at the University of Guelph. The event brought together researchers, […]

How can engineering culture be more inclusive? U of T doctoral student turns to her own story for answers

May 7, 2025

Taken from U of T Engineering News: Questions about how engineers are trained, how they use their degrees and what defines engineering culture led Radebe back to U of T […]

ChemE Alumni firms named among TIME magazine’s Top GreenTech Companies

April 23, 2025

Taken from U of T Engineering News: Analysis highlights 250 top companies from more than 30 countries Six companies founded or co-founded by University of Toronto luminaries have been named […]

A Cleaner, Greener Future: ChemE Researcher Develops a More Sustainable Way to Make High-Performance Membranes

March 13, 2025

Every day, industries around the world rely on membranes—thin, specialized materials used to filter, separate, and purify everything from drinking water to industrial chemicals. But making these membranes often involves […]

Building made-in-Canada companies: ChemE alumnae founders share their entrepreneurial journeys

March 6, 2025

Taken from U of T Engineering News: Laura Thompson (ChemE 1T6) and Sofia Bonilla (ChemE PhD 1T7) have used their engineering education to establish Certified B Corporations When Laura Thompson (ChemE 1T6), […]

This new drug delivery method could offer long-lasting relief for eye diseases

January 31, 2025

Taken from U of T Engineering News: Colloidal drug aggregates prolong effect of glaucoma medicine up to seven weeks with a single, non-invasive injection U of T Engineering researchers are […]

Olanrewaju Adetunji, 2024 IBET recipient, aims to advance bioprocessing technology to address environmental and health-care challenges

August 30, 2024

Growing up as a science-track secondary student in Nigeria’s coastal city of Lagos, Olanrewaju Adetunji (ChemE PhD student) found himself inspired by the natural world and the complex processes that […]

Hao Yang Xu and Long Ye chosen as the 2024 MEng Project of the Year award recipients

June 19, 2024

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 […]

ChemE PhD candidate Erica Di Pede wins Scientific Frontiers Student Award at Probiota Americas conference

June 13, 2024

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 […]