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 presented to participants for best short talks, best poster presentations and most engaging social media poster presentation. Among the award winners were seven ChemE graduate students across human health, water and sustainability:
HUMAN HEALTH
- Ade Oluwafolakemi Oyewole (ChemE PhD candidate) — poster presentation first place
SUSTAINABILITY
- Emma Harrison (ChemE MASc candidate) — poster presentation first place
- Dazhi Ren (ChemE MASc candidate) — short talk first place
- Legeng (Robin) Yu (ChemE PhD candidate) — poster presentation second place
WATER
- Noel Daveare (ChemE MASc candidate) — poster presentation first place
- Chenbo Xu (ChemE MASc candidate) — short talk first place
- Mitchell Zak (ChemE PhD candidate) — poster presentation second place
Watch the five winning poster presentations as shared on Twitter:
Development of an electrochemical sensor for the in-situ measurement of oxidation-reduction potential of aqueous processes operating at high temperature
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto#UTERCposter2020#UTERCSustainability pic.twitter.com/Y1II5GcVw8— Legeng Robin Yu (@LegengY) June 9, 2020
Who wants to learn about how to recover some critical resources with algae? (Now in higher resolution!) #UTERCWater #UTERCposter2020 pic.twitter.com/85P6GqC9Kx
— Mitchell T.E. Zak (@MitchellTEZak1) June 9, 2020
Excited to be taking part in the #UTERCposter2020 contest. Kindly view my poster to get a sense of my research thesis focussed on increasing iron intakes in sub-Saharan Africa. To promote #nutritionsustainability Hibiscus beverage is my subject #UTERCHealth #UTERCSustainability pic.twitter.com/EgFNPgqt07
— Folake Oyewole (@flakyOyewole) June 9, 2020
Excited to share my research on the use of computational tools for designing microbial cell factories for bioproduction applications!#UTERCSustainability#UTERCposter2020 pic.twitter.com/BrL9aArMDs
— Emma Harrison (@el_harrison144) June 9, 2020
How to improve water sustainability with a thin sheet of polymer, some salty water, and a chiller? #UTERCposter2020 #UTERCWater (Pause the video if you want a closer look) pic.twitter.com/M7jqsLOTni
— Noel Devaere (@NoelDevaere) June 9, 2020
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