Version One Ventures, led by alumna Angela Tran (EngSci 0T5, ChemE MASc 0T7, ChemE PhD 1T2) and Boris Wertz, invested US$2-million across two private financings of Coinbase in 2017 and 2018, picking up about 151,000 shares. Both investments were made from its $35-million (US$28-million) second venture fund. Read the full story in the Globe and […]
Story by Liz Do, U of T Engineering News For 99 years, U of T Engineering students have put on a musical and comedy show, Skule™ Nite, to packed audiences at Hart House Theatre. But in its 100th year, while surefire jokes about Skule™ life and Arts & Science students will remain, almost nothing else about […]
This story was originally published by U of T Engineering News You can’t grow food without water, and in many parts of the world, there isn’t a lot to spare. Two U of T Engineering graduates have a solution they think could help. Austin Mclean (MechEng 1T5+PEY, MEng 1T9) and Rashmi Satharakulasinghe (ChemE 1T7) are the co-founders of Corridor […]
Story originally published by The Charlatan With the pandemic keeping most students out of the lab, University of Toronto professor Ariel Chan is bringing in-person learning to her classroom with the help of virtual reality. Using Labster, a virtual lab platform, to run her labs with 3D simulations, Chan is giving her third-year chemical engineering and applied chemistry […]
Professor Jeff Brook (ChemE) was featured on CBC News The National to discuss pollution and air quality levels during COVID-19 and the app he’s developing to measure air quality and the health of communities. Watch the full segment
The annual Iron Ring Party is one of the most anticipated events for graduating chemical engineering students to come together and celebrate the culmination of their degree – receiving their iron ring. Making the best of current COVID-19 gathering restrictions, students moved the event online and organized the Department’s first-ever virtual Iron Ring Party. In […]
This article was adapted for Chem Eng News. Read the full list of startups to watch at U of T News. With nearly a dozen startup incubators and accelerators spread across its three campuses, the University of Toronto is a thriving hotbed of entrepreneurial activity — even amid the pandemic. U of T Engineering entrepreneurs and their startups are finding […]
The Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry remains Canada’s top-ranked chemical engineering program and maintains its spot in the global top 30, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2021. Overall, the Department ranks 26th globally, marking an increase from last year’s ranking of 27th. Additionally, the rankings placed U of […]
Ajay Kochhar (ChemE 1T3) is an alumnus of the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry. This story originally appeared in the Globe and Mail. Battery recycler Li-Cycle Corp. is raising cash for global expansion by going public on the New York Stock Exchange in a deal that values the Mississauga-based company at US$1.7-billion. Li-Cycle […]
Story by Julien Couture-Senécal This story was originally published by the Institute of Biomedical Engineering Dr. Ahil Ganesh graduated in 2019 from Chemical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering, where he completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Dr. Molly Shoichet’s lab (ChemE, BME, Donnelly). Dr. Ganesh is now a senior research scientist at Spark Therapeutics, working on gene therapies. […]