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In the News

Diamond Milestone for ChemE Professor
During a ceremony at Roy Thomson Hall on February 6, 2013, Molly Shoichet, Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry and at the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), will be awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, an award that marks the Queen's 60 th year of reign. Read More.

NASA Astronaut Lands on Campus
An astronaut with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Catherine Coleman, was at U of T January 9, 2013 to deliver the latest talk in the Lectures on the Leading Edge (LLE) series hosted by the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry. Read More.

One to Watch
Professor Yu-Ling Cheng might not be a household name, but her invention could end up in households around the world. Read More.

January 11, 2013

Volume 30, Issue 1

In this issue:

Grad Office
Notices
Chem Eng Events

Grad Office

M.A.Sc. DEPARTMENTAL ORAL - T. Sun
Date of Meeting: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in WB115 at 9:00 am
Thesis Title: IMPACT OF PRETREAMENT METHODS ON ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS OF SOFTWOOD
Committee: Chair: Prof. E. Master; Supervisor(s): Prof. B. A. Saville; Other Member(s): Prof. R. Mahadevan

Upcoming Deadlines
Graduate students, please be aware of the following deadlines:

January 16: Fall grades available for students on ROSI
January 21: Final date to add Winter courses
For M.Eng. students: If you have finished your program in Fall 2012 and request June 2013 convocation or March 2013 degree certificate by mail, submit an email to Pauline Martini at grad.chemeng@utoronto.ca to review your file as soon as possible. January 25: Students completing a project need to complete the Oral defense and confirmation of final corrections to the project.
For M.A.Sc. students: If you complete your program in Fall 2012 and request June 2013 convocation or March 2013 degree certificate by mail. January 25: Deadline for your supervisor to submit confirmation that your final thesis corrections are made.

Notices

Mobile App Economy Talk
You are invited to the first Engineering Entrepreneurship Series talk of 2013. If you've ever thought about starting your own company, this series is for you!

Speaker: Ray Sharma
Title: The Mobile App Economy
Date: January 17, 5 p.m., in SF1105

Note: There is a free, informal dinner with the speaker following the talk. Please RSVP to susan.grant@utoronto.ca asap if you wish to attend the dinner as space is limited. You don't need to RSVP to attend the talk.

Outline: Ray Sharma offers a unique perspective on the evolution of the app economy. Ray is the founder and CEO of XMG Studio Ind, the largest independent mobile game studio in Canada. Critically acclaimed XMG hit titles with multi-million unique installs for iOS/Android include Cows vs.
Aliens, Marine Sharpshooter, Drag Racer and Style Studio.

Bio: Ray Sharma offers a unique perspective on the evolution of the app economy. Ray is founder and CEO of XMG Studio Inc., the largest independent mobile games studio in Canada. Critically acclaimed XMG hit titles with multi-million unique installs for iOS/Android include Cows vs Aliens, Marine Sharpshooter, Drag Racer and Style Studio. Prior to XMG, Ray was part of Xtreme Labs, presently one of the world’s largest app developers, where he previously held the position of Chairman of the board. Prior to Ray’s entrepreneurial experience he spent 10 years on Bay/Wall Street within investment banking research. In 2001 Ray held a title that represented his views of the future - Vice President, Mobile Internet Devices and Applications at CSFB Technology Group based in San Francisco. Ray’s vision that the mobile device represented the next evolutionary wave of computing had significant influence in becoming the top-ranked analyst in his field for 5 of 8 eligible years based on Greenwich and Brendan Woods International survey of fund managers.

Chem Eng Events

Click here for the Chem Eng Calendar

January 16, 2013 - LLE: David Colcleugh, University of Toronto, Everyone a Leader, WB116, 12:30-2pm

January 30, 2013 - LLE: Janet Jansson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Omics Analysis of the Impact of Thaw on Permafrost Microbiomes, WB116, 12:30-2pm

January 31 to February 3, 2013 - GRW: Professors interested in meeting prospective grad students are encouraged to take part in GRW 2013. To register, click here.

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