Story by Carolyn Farrell Professor William R. Cluett (ChemE) has been recognized by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) with a 2020 OCUFA Teaching Award. This award recognizes university faculty who have made exceptional contributions to postsecondary education through teaching and leadership. Cluett is currently the Director of the Division of Engineering Science. He has held several academic leadership roles in the Faculty, including Vice-Dean, First […]
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 […]
Story by Tyler Irving, U of T Engineering News Two U of T Engineering professors have been awarded new Canada Research Chairs. Professor Gisele Azimi (ChemE, MSE) now holds the Canada Research Chair in Urban Mining Innovation, while Professor Arthur Chan (ChemE) is the new Canada Research Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry and Health. Azimi’s research focuses on innovative ways to […]
Liam Donaghy, Kelly Low, Shashank Sharma, all Year 4 ChemE, were part of a U of T Engineering team that placed second in the 2020 CSA Group Academic Challenge. Every year, students participate in the CSA Group Academic Challenge by sharing forward-looking ideas and competitive proposals about industry practices and issues that are influenced by […]
Professor Greg Evans (ChemE, ISTEP) is among four U of T Engineering professors inducted as inaugural Fellows of the Canadian Engineering Education Association. The honour recognizes noteworthy service to engineering education, engineering leadership, or engineering design education. The U of T Engineering inductees were among 21 engineering education professionals from across Canada in the association’s inaugural […]
Professor Grant Allen (ChemE) has been award the Frank Dottori Chair in Pulp and Paper Engineering and Professor Yuri Lawryshyn (ChemE) has been awarded the Joseph C. Paradi Chair in Information Engineering. Both endowed Chair appointments are awarded to senior faculty members within the Department. Each Chair term is five years including the possibility of […]
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 […]
Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE) was named a 2020-21 Senior Member of Massey College. As a Senior Member, Radisic will contribute to intellectual life at the College. Radisic is a Canada Research Chair in Functional Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering and a Senior Scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute. She is also the Associate Chair-Research for […]
Professor Charles Jia (ChemE), is one of five U of T Engineering professors elected into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) for 2020. The CAE is a national institution through which Canada’s most distinguished and experienced engineers provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to the country. Jia has been a champion in promoting […]
Professor Gisele Azimi (ChemE, MSE) is the 2020 recipient of the CSChE Innovation Award presented by the Chemical Institute of Canada. This award recognizes Azimi’s distinguished contribution as an early career researcher to the field of chemical engineering. Azimi is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair joint-appointed between the Departments of Chemical Engineering & Applied […]
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