Grad students juggle many roles and responsibilities, which have been amplified during the pandemic. In her role as Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, University Professor Molly Shoichet has been there every step of the way assisting our grad students in their challenges and celebrating their achievements with them. On July 1, 2022, Professor Charles Jia was […]
Over the summer, the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry appointed Professor Will Cluett as the inaugural Associate Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Development and Professor Jennifer Farmer as the inaugural Associate Chair, Undergraduate Student Experience. During their three-year terms from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025, Professor Cluett will focus on supporting the department’s […]
Dear ChemE students, faculty and staff: I’m pleased to welcome you to the start of the 2022-23 academic year at the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry. I hope your semester is off to a great start. To our new students, I congratulate you on your decision to pursue a degree with us. Advances […]
The Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry (ChemE) has a long-standing tradition of celebrating the achievements of our former Chairs through portraits. On September 1, the department honoured Professor Grant Allen, ChemE Chair from 2011-2021. Over 60 guests consisting of family, friends, professors, staff, and students attended Allen’s portrait unveiling. ChemE Chair Ramin Farnood […]
Professors Daniela Galatro and Ning Yan, along with adjunct lecturer Marko Saban and Sourojeet Chakraborty (ChemE PhD student), successfully incorporated industry standards, codes, and engineering practices into the CHE430 – Plant Design curriculum. The changes were tracked over an entire semester, and revealed that such integrative measures should be performed for other courses too. Professor […]
A U of T Engineering research team has created a new platform that delivers multiple therapeutic proteins to the body, each at its own independently controlled rate. The innovation could help treat degenerative diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss for people over 50. Unlike traditional drugs made of […]
Alumnus Albert Huynh (ChemE 1T2 + PEY) enrolled in TrackOne because he loves to collect input and information before making big decisions. “Having the option to delay the choice to pick a program while I learned more about the discipline was very much in line with my personality style,” he says. During that first year, Huynh was […]
On August 24, BioZone – in partnership with Visions of Science – will be hosting over 20 students between the ages of 10-13 at its inaugural Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Summer Camp. “We wanted to organize a way for BioZone to come together and engage with the broader community. Our hope is to […]
ChemE Professor Brad Saville recently provided insight into the use of cooking oil as a sustainable fuel source for aircrafts. Read the full Corporate Knights story.
A team of researchers from the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR), Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, and Environment and Climate Change Canada, have published a new paper entitled, Characterization of winter air pollutant gradients near a major highway. The group investigated air quality beside a major highway under Canadian winter […]