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ChemE Professor Named to Royal Society College
 Professor Milica Radisic has been named to the inauguaral cohort of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. The College is Canada's first national multidisciplinary recognition for emerging Canadian intellectual leaders.
Professor Radisic is recognized for her leadership in the field of cardiovascular tissue engineering and her innovative research on designing and developing new heart tissue. Read more here.
Molly Shoichet Brings Science to the People
 Professor Molly Shoichet has been named as U of T President Meric Gertler's new senior advisor on science and engineering engagment. In this new role, she will help researchers share their exciting discoveries with the public through initiatives like the Science Leadership program for faculty members and Science Literacy Week. Professor Shoichet is known not only for her groundbreaking research in regenerative medicine but also for her outstanding skill as a communicator of science and engineering. Read more here.
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Sep 19, 2014
Volume 31, Issue 25
In this issue:
Departmental Offices
Announcements
Chem Eng Events
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Departmental Offices |
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Research Office
Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) – Early-Career Faculty Development Grants
Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network of Centres of Excellence (MEOPAR) is building partnerships and a team of Canadian researchers to address critical issues related to human activity in the marine environment, and the impact of marine hazards on human activities in coastal regions.
Under the Early-Career Faculty Development Grants Call for Proposals 2014, MEOPAR will support 2-year research activities starting in January 2015. This Call has a $1.2 million budget and will fund awards of up to $100,000 each, with the expectation that approximately half the budget will be allocated in each of the two calendar years (2015 & 2016).
Internal Deadline: Oct 30, 2014
Sponsor Deadline: Nov 07, 2014
For detailed information about this program and application, please visit the Research & Innovation website.
Publications
The impact of alkali pretreatment and post-pretreatment conditioning on the surface properties of rice straw affecting cellulose accessibility to cellulases
Karuna, N; Zhang, L; Walton, JH; Couturier, M; Oztop, MH; Master, ER;
McCarthy, MJ; Jeoh, T
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, 167 232-240; 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.122 SEP 2014
Enhancing disinfection by advanced oxidation under UV irradiation in polyphosphate-containing wastewater flocs
Azimi, Y., Allen, D.G., Farnood, R.R.
Water Research 2014, 54 pp. 179-187
Potential for reduction of streptogramin A resistance revealed by structural analysis of the VatA acetyltransferase
Stogios PJ, Kuhn ML, Evdokimova E, Courvalin P, Anderson WF, Savchenko A.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Sep 15. Pii: AAC. 03743-14. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:25223995 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
Graduate Office
M.A.Sc. DEPARTMENTAL ORAL - N.Abbas Nejad Orang
Date of Meeting: Monday, September 22, 2014 in WB215 at 9 am
Thesis Title: EFFECT OF FEEDSTOCK MOISTURE CONTENT ON BIOMASS BOILER OPERATION
Committee: Chair: Prof. D. W. Kirk; Supervisor(s): Prof. H. N. Tran; Other Member(s): Prof. C. Chin
Ph.D. Reading Committee Meeting – S. Persaud
Date of Meeting: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 in WB215 at 2:30 pm
Committee: Chair: Prof. V. G. Papangelakis; Supervisor: Prof. R. C. Newman; Other Member(s): Prof. G. Hibbard
M.A.Sc. DEPARTMENTAL ORAL - K. L. Gerbrandt
Date of Meeting: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 in WB407 at 11 am
Thesis Title: THE IMPACTS OF XYLITOL PRODUCTION FROM HEMICELLULOSE RESIDUES: PROCESS DESIGN AND ANALYSIS WITH LIFE CYCLE AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT
Committee: Chair: Prof. E. Master; Supervisor(s): Prof. B. A. Saville, Prof. H. MacLean; Other Member(s): Dr. G. Norval
SGS Sessional Dates
Monday, September 22: Final date to add full-year and Fall session courses
Wednesday, September 24: Summer session grades available for viewing by students on Student Web Services (ROSI)
Upcoming Graduate Award Deadlines
Departmental Awards
Currently accepting applications for the Bert Wasmund Graduate Fellowship in Sustainable Energy Research in the Department of Chemical Engineering
Application Deadline: 5:00 pm on Monday, Sept 22, 2014
Application Instructions
2015-2016 Vanier CGS-A Tri-Agency Award (Vanier)
Open to Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident as well as International Scholars.
Submission deadline: 5:00 pm EST on Friday, Sept 26, 2014
Award Overview and Application Information
***Late applications will not be reviewed.
Frank Howard Guest Bursary
Amount: 2 awards, $5,000 each
Application Deadline: 5:00pm on Monday, Sept 29, 2014
2015-2016 Doctoral National Science and Engineering Research Council Awards (NSERC CGSD and PGSD)
Open to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada
Submission Deadline: 5:00pm EST on Monday, Sept 29, 2014
Award Overview and Application Information
University Designate for Transcripts: Pauline Martini, grad.chemeng@utoronto.ca
***Late applications will not be reviewed.
Student Discovery Award
Open to MASc and PhD students
Application Deadline: Departmental Oral Examination
*Students are also encouraged to check the Scholarships & Awards section of the SGS website.
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REMINDER: Basic Occupational Health & Safety Awareness Training - Deadline Sep 26
All University of Toronto employees, including senior management, academic administrators, faculty members, managers, supervisors, staff-appointed and casual employees, are now required by law to take basic occupational health and safety awareness training according to a new Ontario regulation that took effect on July 1, 2014.
In order to comply with the regulation, faculty and staff are asked to complete the online training session before September 26. Please ensure that a copy of your certificate of completion is sent to Leticia Gutierrez at leticia.gutierrez@utoronto.ca or provide a hard copy to her in WB217.
SOCAAR Seminar
"Of mice and men…and how interactions of Medicine and Engineering lead to good things…"
Dr. Chung-Wai Chow, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Respirology and Multi-Organ, Transplant Programme, Toronto General Hospital
Tuesday, Oct 1, 3:00 - 4:00 PM, Wallberg Building, Room 407
Seminar in the Institute for Sustainable Energy
"Thermophysical Property Measurement and Prediction for Undistillable Hydrocarbons – getting a handle on the bottom of the oil barrel"
John M. Shaw, Dept. of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Alberta
Tuesday, Oct 14, 2:10 PM,
Bahen Centre, Room 1190
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October 29, 2014 - Emerging Leaders, Dr. Carlo Visconti, University of Milan, Intensification of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis through a novel structured packed-bed reactor, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
November 5, 2014 - Emerging Leaders, Dr. Claudia Fischbach-Teschl, Cornell University, Cancer research from a tissue engineering and biomaterials perspective, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
November 12, 2014 - Emerging Leaders, Dr. Abraham Duncan Stroock, Cornell University, Engineering perspectives on structure, thermodynamics, and transport in vascular plants, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
November 26, 2014 - Emerging Leaders, Dr. Shaily Mahendra, UCLA, Biodegradation of Emerging Contaminants: Polyfluorinated Compounds and 1,4-Dioxane, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
December 3, 2014 - LLE, Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, UC Berkeley, Illuminating glycans, the dark matter of the cell surface, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
January 7, 2015 - LLE, Dr. Margot Vigeant, Buckell University, Making Education Sticky: Approaches to the repair of undergraduates’ misconceptions about thermodynamics and heat transfer, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
January 14, 2015 - LLE, Dr. Samir Mitragotri, UC Santa Barbara, Bio-inspired Strategies for Targeted Drug Delivery, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
January 28, 2015 - LLE, Dr. Linda Nazar, University of Guelph, Unravelling the Complexities of Electrochemical Energy Storage at the Nanoscale, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
February 4, 2015 - LLE, Dr. John Brady, California Institute of Technology, Chemical Swimming and Active Matter, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
February 11, 2015 - Emerging Leaders, Dr. Antoine Allanore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrochemical engineering for sustainable materials extraction: the promises and challenges of molten electrolytes, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
March 4, 2015 - Emerging Leaders, Dr. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, Understanding and implementing new oxide catalysts, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
March 11, 2015 - Emerging Leaders, Dr. Nathalie Tufenkji, McGill University, Myth or Fact: Can Drinking Cranberry Juice Help Prevent Urinary Tract and Other Infections?, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
March 18, 2015 - LLE, Dr. Alison Emslie Lewis, University of Cape Town, Rethinking Precipitation Processes: The Art of the State, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
March 25, 2015 - LLE, Dr. Ponisseril Somasundaran, Columbia University, Next Generation Sustainable Surface Active Agents, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
April 1, 2015 - LLE, Dr. Yu-Ling Cheng, University of Toronto, Technologies for global development and global health, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, WB116
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