Announcements

Graditude 2019 kicks off!

From L to R: Rosten Role (CSChE), Fletcher Han (ALChemE), Jeff Dryden (Chem Club) and Thomas Mazzonna (Chem Club)

Last year, ChemE students raised $1,744 (highest departmental amount across the Faculty). The funds have gone directly back into our student clubs. The 2019 Graditude Campaign has officially commenced. Lets help our students raise even more money this year! To learn more about the campaign and how to give, click here. The Campaign ends on Sunday, March 3.

The 2019 Minerva James Ham Safe Design Competition

Please let your undergrads know that the 2019 Minerva James Ham Safe Design Competition is now open for business. Interested student teams need to send an e-mail to minerva@safetymanagementeducation.com advising they wish to participate in the competition by Friday, February 8. Nothing else is required right now. For more info about the competition, as well as deadline dates, click here.

Team led by Milica Radisic designs ‘training gym’ for lab-grown heart cells

Heart muscle cells need exercise — even when they grow outside the human body. A new device designed by U of T Engineering researchers, led by Prof. Milica Radisic, uses a rigorous training regimen to grow small amounts of cardiac tissue and measure how strongly it beats. The platform is ideal for testing the effects of potential drug molecules, and could help bring personalized medicine closer to reality. Read more.

OCCAM researchers apply modern surface spectroscopies to the study of ancient artifacts in unique cross-disciplinary collaboration

Advances in Engineering is now featuring the collaborative research between OCACAM Researchers Rana Sodhi, Peter Brodersen and Sal Boccia, and Queen’s University Professors Amandina Anastassiades and Cristiana Zaccagnino. Using a combination of specialized surface analytical methods, namely, time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) in conjunction with energy dispersive Xray analysis (EDX), the group managed to obtain ample information results from the selected sample of ancient coins while minimizing the inevitable amount of damage, which would occur if destructive analysis was performed. Read more.

ChemE Future Leaders: Brandon Nagy

This month's issue of ChemE Future Leaders spotlights Brandon Nagy (ChemE 1T7 + PEY), a recent grad who completed his PEY at the Bank of Montreal as a Process Analyst. Click here to find out what he's up to know!

REMINDER: CEGSA Lunar New Year on Wed, Feb 6

CEGSA plans to host its Lunar New Year Party on Wednesday, February 6 in the grad common room (WB247). The party will start at noon. Mark your calendars! More details available soon.

REMINDER: Special talk on Wed, Feb 6

Nobel Laureate John Polanyi will be giving a talk entitled, "What can we do to prevent nuclear war?" The talk will take place on Wednesday, February 6 from 5-6:30pm in the George Ignatieff Theatre located at 15 Devonshire Pl. To learn more about the talk and to register, click here.

January 25, 2019

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