Grad News

ChemE students and faculty take home top prizes at CCEC 2020 Virtual

November 6, 2020

From October 26 to October 30, 2020, ChemE students and faculty virtually attended and participated in the 70th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CCEC) hosted annually by the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC). Over 600 delegates representing 16 countries attended the conference. Attendees included undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members and industry experts. This year, ChemE […]

ChemE students take home top prizes at Hatchery’s 2020 Demo Day

September 23, 2020

Student-founded startup Themis co-founded by Amardeep Singh (MEng) — which leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline contract-drafting for lawyers — recently took home the top prize at the eighth-annual Hatchery Demo Day 2020, hosted by the Entrepreneurship Hatchery. The event is the culmination of the Hatchery Nest program, a four-month accelerator that connects student teams […]

5 Tips for Hosting a Virtual Research Conference

September 18, 2020

By Samantha Cheung (ChemE PhD candidate) From April to June 2020, I led a committee that organized the U of T Engineering Research Conference (UTERC) — the Faculty’s first-ever virtual research conference for graduate students. We planned this conference completely from scratch and ended up having over 400 registrants with a program consisting of alumni […]

Back to Skule™ 2020 with ChemE student leaders: Nina-Francesca Farac

September 11, 2020

As the Chemical Engineering Graduate Students’ Association (CEGSA) prepares for the 2020-21 Skule™ year, writer Amanda Hacio caught up with incoming president, Nina-Francesca Farac (ChemE PhD candidate), to learn more about what her plans are for the upcoming Skule™ year, how she’s preparing for the Fall, and how students can get involved in CEGSA. This […]

ChemE students spark new solutions for COVID-19 challenges

July 3, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic rearranged the plans of students across U of T Engineering over the past few months, one question was on many minds: what can I do to help? Now, dozens of students are taking action. The U of T COVID-19 Student Engagement Awards were created to fund inspiring innovations designed to respond […]

Seven ChemE graduate students place in first-ever virtual U of T Engineering Research Conference

June 22, 2020

Between the second and third week of June 2020, U of T Engineering held its first-ever virtual research conference. The conference featured the latest in undergraduate and graduate research in six key areas: advanced manufacturing; data analytics and artificial intelligence; human health; robotics; sustainability; and water. At the end of the conference, 21 awards were […]

#UofTGrad20: ChemE Grads to Watch

June 2, 2020

Story by Tyler Irving & Liz Do, U of T Engineering News With the University’s virtual Convocation ceremony on June 2, 2020 U of T Engineering students mark the end of one journey and the beginning of another. Graduating in the midst of a global pandemic, the Class of 2020 will long be celebrated for […]

Prof. Arthur Chan and ChemE PhD candidate Samantha Cheung part of team to host U of T Engineering’s first-ever virtual research conference

May 14, 2020

Professor Arthur Chan (ChemE) and Samantha Cheung (ChemE PhD candidate) are among eight organizers of the first-ever U of T Engineering Research Conference (UTERC). Nearly 100 undergraduate and graduate students will be taking part in the inaugural conference happening June 9 and 10. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the event will be broadcast digitally, with students […]

By raising lab coats to the rafters, U of T biomedical engineering lab celebrates its student MVPs

December 13, 2019

Baker, McLean and Wang aren’t exactly household names but they have a special place in the memories of researchers in University Professor Molly Shoichet’s (ChemE, IBBME) lab. They’re among the former University of Toronto PhD student all-stars whose names appear on the back of lab coats hanging from pillars in Shoichet’s laboratory on the fifth floor of the Donnelly Centre […]