Grad News

Improving the energy efficiency of pulp and paper mills

April 12, 2022

Pulp and paper mills are often plagued with sodium salt scaling in their high solid evaporators. Research in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry is looking to improve […]

Investigating the fate of phosphorus in the chemical recovery cycle of kraft pulp mills

April 7, 2022

Maryam Mousavi (ChemE PhD student) supervised by Professor Niko DeMartini is working on the fate of phosphorus in the chemical recovery cycle of kraft pulp mills. As mills tighten water […]

ChemE student research published in ACS ES&T Water

March 16, 2022

Microplastics are common pollutants that can be found everywhere: in the food we eat, in the air we breath, in the Sahara Desert, and in deep oceans. A common way […]

Reducing water pollution through advances in microplastic research

March 16, 2022

Microplastic debris in major water systems has become a significant issue in recent years. Monitoring microplastic pollution and evaluating its health risks are largescale jobs. Bin Shi, a PhD student […]

ChemE Student Discovery Award winners

February 11, 2022

Four graduate students have received Student Discovery Awards. Established in 2013, this award is presented to students who have successfully defended their MASc or PhD thesis at a Departmental Oral […]

Sheida Stephens receives Engineers Canada Manulife Scholarship

October 28, 2021

Sheida Stephens (PhD Candidate) supervised by Professor Grant Allen is one of three recipients of the 2021 Engineers Canada Manulife Scholarship, which provides $12,500 to each recipient to further their […]

Suraj Borkar’s work featured in Nature Communications

October 7, 2021

Substrate colonization by an emulsion drop prior to spreading, work by Suraj Borkar (ChemE PhD Candidate) and Professor Arun Ramchandran, was just published in Nature Communications: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26015-2. In classical wetting, […]

Grad Shout Out: Patrick Diep Wins 3rd Place in MetSoc Paper Competition

August 19, 2021

Patrick Diep, a PhD Candidate supervised by Profs. Alexander Yakunin and Krishna Mahadevan, placed 3rd at the 60th Conference of Metallurgists which was virtually hosted by MetSoc from August 17-19. […]

Grad Shout Out: Amardeep Singh

August 17, 2021

In this Grad Shout Out, we talk to Amardeep Singh, a recent MEng graduate who completed a Biomanufacturing emphasis.   What are you currently working on? Currently, I’m focusing on […]

Grad Shout Out: Congratulations 2020-21 CHE graduates!

July 16, 2021

Congratulations to our newest graduates: Hadel Al Asafen, Esmeralda Bukuroshi, Nicolas Antonio Rodriguez Carunungan, Danmei Chen, Zahra Choolaei, Shreyas Choudhary, Ashutosh Desai, David Ferguson, Andrew Haddad, Yingnan He, Xin Huang, […]