A Winning Week in ChemE

Greg Evans - Teacher Par Excellence

Congratulations to Prof. Greg Evans for receiving this year's Faculty Teaching Award. This award is for a teacher who demonstrates outstanding classroom instruction, develops and uses innovative teaching methods, and goes above and beyond to ensure the best possible learning experience for students.

Prof. Evans has made extensive contributions as an educator and academic leader since joining the Faculty in 1990. He has served as chair of first year, overseeing the first-year curriculum for over 1,000 students, and as vice-dean, undergraduate, providing overall direction to the undergraduate curriculum and student experience. He is also the co-founder of the Faculty's Leaders of Tomorrow program, and serves as associate director of the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering. Read more about Prof. Evans' many contributions and see photos of the awards ceremony.

Smooth-talking Graduate Students

Congratulations to Naomi Zimmerman who is this year’s winner of the CHE2011 Graduate Research Seminar Competition. Naomi will received a $100 gift card that was generously donated by the Engineering Communication Program. The other finalists were Suraj Persaud, Miki Young, and Ben Slater. To watch videos of the five minute seminars by the four finalists, click on their names above. They are all great seminars that achieved the underlying goal of producing engaging presentations that are well delivered and accessible to a broad audience. Congratulations to all!

2014 LOT Awards Winners

The Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry has honoured seven students with the Leaders of Tomorrow 2014 awards. All of these students have made a commitment to lead passionately throughout the academic year through many extra-curricular activities within and outside of the university. We congratulate this year's winners:

Haroon Dawood (The Professor James W. Smith LOT Award )
Stephanie Gaglione (The Class of 8T2 Emerging Leaders Award in Chemical Engineering)
Madonna Khalil (The Class of 5T9 LOT Award)
Lobna El Gammal (The ERCO Worldwide LOT Award)
Larissa Rodo (The Troost Family LOT Award)
Natalia Mykhaylova & Beverly Bradley (The Douglas Reeve LOT Award)

Read more about the awards and this year's winners.

April 25, 2014

In this issue:

Departmental Offices
Announcements
Chem Eng Events

Departmental Offices

Announcements

2014 Summer Safety Training Schedule

Part I: In-Person training , Monday, May 5, 2014, 9:30 to 11:30 am, BA-1160
Part II: On-line training (to be completed prior to the in-person exam)
Part III: In-Person Examination, Thursday, May 8, 2014, 10:00 to 10:30 am, WB-116

The training is compulsory for all summer students/personnel, including those in volunteer positions and on co-op placements.

ILead ChemE Summer Program

ILead ChemE Summer Program is a learning initiative program for students to learn about leadership through the process of self-discovery and team-building. If you have any students in your labs or offices who would be interested in joining us once a week, please feel free to have them attend the 1st session, Friday, May 9 or contact Cecilia in WB 218 for more details.

2014 Student Life Catalyst Awards - Call for Nominations

The Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry is now accepting nominations for the Student Life Catalyst Awards, sponsored by the Department's faculty and staff. These awards seek to annually recognize one undergraduate student and one graduate student prior to his or her convocation for their significant contributions to the life of the Department. Such contributions include undertaking formal leadership positions, initiating new programs or activities, providing significant support to existing activities and/or providing a positive example to which current and future students should aspire.

Nominations can be made by any member of the Chemical Engineering community - students, faculty, staff and alumni. To be eligible, the nominee must be eligible to graduate at spring convocation (spring or fall for graduate students). For more information on the awards and the nomination and selection process, visit the instructions page.

The application deadline is Friday May 23, 2013 at noon in the Chair's Office (WB221).

CEGSA Semi-Formal: Tickets Now On Sale!

Students, Staff and Faculty are cordially invited to attend CEGSA's 3rd Annual Semi-Formal on Friday, June 6, 2014. Come eat and dance the night away in the Music Room & Debate Room at the Hart House starting at 6 pm. Tickets are on sale in the Graduate Common Room during FIKA (2:30 - 3:30 pm, WB 247). The the first 25 tickets will be $55, after which the price goes up to $60. Don't delay as the number of tickets will be capped at 65! If you are unable to purchase your ticket during FIKA, please email cegsa.chemeng@utoronto.ca to coordinate another time.

Come celebrate the year and summer and enjoy a fabulous night with colleagues and friends!

Spring Convocation is Coming - Save the Date!

The Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry will celebrate the convocation of our graduate and undergraduate students in the morning of Wednesday, June 18. A series of activities will be hosted on that day to mark this special occasion. Faculty and staff are invited to participate - details coming soon, save the date!

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