Honours & Awards Archive (2022)

Jeanette Southwood receives prestigious citizenship award

By Jennifer Hsu | May 3, 2022 | Comments Off on Jeanette Southwood receives prestigious citizenship award

A ChemE alumna has been honoured by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) with an Ontario Professional Engineers Award. Jeanette Southwood (ChemE 8T6, MASc 8T8) received the Citizenship Award, for an engineer who has made significant volunteer contributions to the community.  An award-winning engineer and leader, Southwood is Vice-President, Corporate […]

UTCV declared winners of the 2022 Northeast Regional Chem-E-Car Competition!

By Jennifer Hsu | May 2, 2022 | Comments Off on UTCV declared winners of the 2022 Northeast Regional Chem-E-Car Competition!

  On Saturday, April 30, the University of Toronto Chemical Vehicles (UTCV) student group competed in the 2022 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Northeast Regional Chem-E-Car Competition. For the first time, UTCV won first place, beating the reigning champion teams from Clarkson University and Cornell University! “The competition distance was 20.00 m, and our car […]

U of T Engineering professors and staff honoured for excellence

By Jennifer Hsu | April 27, 2022 | Comments Off on U of T Engineering professors and staff honoured for excellence

Fourteen U of T Engineering faculty members and staff, including ChemE’s very own Jennifer Hsu (Jen) and Professor Grant Allen, have been honoured for their outstanding contributions to the Faculty with teaching, research and administrative staff awards. These awards recognize exceptional faculty and staff members for their leadership, citizenship, innovation and contributions to the Faculty’s […]

Professor Levente Diosady Receives U of T President’s Impact Award

By Jennifer Hsu | April 1, 2022 | Comments Off on Professor Levente Diosady Receives U of T President’s Impact Award

Professor Levente Diosady (ChemE) is among this year’s recipients of the University of Toronto President’s Impact Award which recognizes faculty members whose research has made a significant impact outside of academia. Over the past 20 years, Diosady has led the development of novel technologies for fortifying staple foods. He is being recognized for his technique […]

Four ChemE students receive U of T Student Leadership Awards

By Jennifer Hsu | February 28, 2022 | Comments Off on Four ChemE students receive U of T Student Leadership Awards
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022 STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS!

This month, 18 students from the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering earned U of T Student Leadership Awards, which recognizes leadership, service and commitment to the university. Among this group were four outstanding ChemE students. Brohath Amrithraj (ChemE 2T1+1) recognized the lack of international engineering student services and founded an organization called International Transition […]

ChemE Student Discovery Award winners

By Jennifer Hsu | February 11, 2022 | Comments Off on ChemE Student Discovery Award winners

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 Examination within 2 or 5 years of program start date respectively, and have authored/co-authored at least one first-authored paper per year in the program at […]

Professor Honghi Tran inducted to Pulp & Paper Canada’s Hall of Fame

By Jennifer Hsu | January 20, 2022 | Comments Off on Professor Honghi Tran inducted to Pulp & Paper Canada’s Hall of Fame

Congratulations to Professor Honghi Tran, one of the winners of Pulp & Paper Canada’s inaugural Hall of Fame. As Professor emeritus and Director of the Pulp & Paper Centre at the University of Toronto, Professor Tran has contributed immensely to the pulp and paper industry in Canada. Having worked originally in the glass industry in Japan, […]