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News & Upcoming Events

Elements of bio-mining: Engineering collaboration aims to turn mine waste into valuable metals

An industry-academic collaboration - led by Professors Vlad Papangelakis and Elizabeth Edwards - is studying the use of microorganisms to treat mine waste in tailings ponds. The project hopes to extract valuable metals that could offset the cost of processing. Read full story.

Canada-China Forum on Smog and Haze: From Science to Solutions

All are welcome to attend the plenary lecture and panel discussion for the Canada-China Forum on Smog and Haze: From Science to Solutions. The plenary lecture and panel discussion will take place on Thursday, September 28 from 8:15-10am in WB116. Seating is limited so get there early. Click here for the detailed agenda.

Uber Advanced Technologies Group info session on Wed, Sep 27

Uber Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) is hosting an info session on Wednesday, September 27 from 6:30-8:30pm in SF1105. ATG is looking to hire prospective interns/co-ops and full-time employees. If you wish to attend, Reserve your spot today on the Career Learning Network website (cln.utoronto.ca).

REMINDER: CEGSA election TODAY at noon

CEGSA's election is taking place TODAY at 12pm in the grad common room (WB247). Free Indian food will be provided to all voters.

REMINDER: Special lecture on Mon, Sept 25

Professor Mattheos Koffas from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will be giving a special lecture on Monday, September 25 from 10-11am in WB407. The talk is entitled, Sensitive cells: enabling tools for static and dynamic control of microbial metabolic pathways.

September 22, 2017

Volume 34, Issue 31

In this issue:

New Faces
Grad Office
Chem Eng Events

New Faces

Kim Woodhouse

Professor Kim Woodhouse will be joining our Department as a visiting professor until June 30, 2018. She was a former professor in our Department with research interests in the biomedical engineering area. She moved to Queen’s University in 2007 to serve as Dean for its Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Professor Woodhouse just completed two five-year terms as Dean. She plans to spend most of her time here in Toronto working with Professor Susan McCahan focusing on engineering education. Her knowledge and experience is wide ranging including chemical engineering, bioengineering, education, administration and strategic planning, as well as significant industrial experience with Procter and Gamble after her undergraduate degree. Her office at U of T is WB203. She can be reached at kim.woodhouse@queensu.ca or 416-978-3106.

Rodney Gensell

This week Rodney Gensell joined our main office team, as our new Departmental Administrative Assistant & Secretary of the Occupational Health & Safety Committee. Rodney has been with the University of Toronto for six years and brings with him diverse experience. He has worked as the Operations Coordinator at Ancillary Services overseeing campus food services and providing front-line support to students. Rodney also worked as the Welcome Desk Attendant for the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education providing support to students, faculty and staff, as well as responding to inquiries related to the registrar’s office. Prior to joining U of T, Rodney participated on health and safety committees for various hotels, restaurants and airlines. Rodney works out of WB217 and can be reached at rodney.gensell@utoronto.ca or 416-978-3063.

Grad Office

MASc Bypass Oral Examination – Tim Rodgers

Date of Meeting: Monday, September 25
Start Time: 11am
Location (Building and Room): WB 115
Research Topic: MODELLING HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT
Committee: Chair: Prof. G. J. Evans; Supervisor: Prof. M. Diamond; Other Member(s): Prof. A. Chan, Prof. P. Helm (MOECC)

MASc DEPARTMENTAL ORAL - Eric Shum

Date of Meeting: Wednesday, September 27
Start Time: 10am
Location (Building and Room): WB215
Thesis Title: WATER RECOVERY FROM INORGANIC SOLUTIONS VIA NATURAL FREEZING AND MELTING
Committee: Supervisor: Prof. V. G. Papangelakis; Chair: Prof. D. W. Kirk; Other Member(s): Prof. N. DeMartini

MASc DEPARTMENTAL ORAL - Muhammad Zaman

Date of Meeting: Wednesday, September 27
Start Time: 1pm
Location (Building and Room): WB215
Thesis Title: A GOLD NANOPARTICLE-BASED ASSAY FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF NITRITE AND NITRATE LEVELS FOR SOIL MACRONUTRIENT MEASUREMENT
Committee: Supervisor: Prof. A. Ramchandran; Chair: Prof. D. W. Kirk; Other Member(s): Prof. A. Chan

MASc DEPARTMENTAL ORAL - Volodymyr Miklyukh

Date of Meeting: Wednesday, September 27
Start Time: 10am
Location (Building and Room): WB115
Thesis Title: OPTIMAL INVENTORY POLICY THROUGH DUAL SOURCING
Committee: Supervisor: Prof. Y. Lawryshyn; Chair: Prof. A. Chan; Other Member(s): Prof. J. C. Paradi

Important Dates

Monday, September 25: Final date to add full year and fall session courses.

Chem Eng Events

Click here for the Chem Eng Calendar

Wednesday, October 4 - LLE - David Dreisinger, University of British Columbia, The Role of Hydrometallurgy in Meeting the Supply Chain for Life in the 21st Century, starts at 12pm, WB116

Wednesday, October 18 - LLE - Kathleen Stebe, University of Pennsylvania, Curvature Directed Assembly of Colloids at Interfaces, starts at 12pm, WB116

Wednesday, November 22 - LLE - William Sampson, University of Manchester, Optimising Structure-Property Dependencies of Stochastic Materials by Probabilistic Modelling, starts at 12pm, WB116

Wednesday, December 6 - LLE - Julia Kornfield, California Institute of Technology, Megasupramolecules, starts at 12pm, WB116

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - LLE - Philip Jessop, Queen's University, Co2-Switchable Materials, starts at 12pm, WB116

Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - LLE - Peter Adriaens, University of Michigan, CleanTech Meets FinTech: A Data-Driven e-Ship Disruption in Environmental Engineering, starts at 12pm, WB116

Friday, February 23, 2018 - ChemE Graduate Research Day (ChemE GRD) - Details coming soon

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - LLE - Sanjay Sarma, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rethinking Education for the 21st Century, starts at 12pm, WB116

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 - 2017 AEESP Distinguished Lecture/LLE - Pedro Alvarez, Rice University, Proliferation and Control of Multidrug-Resistant "Superbugs" in Sewage Treatment Plants, starts at 12pm, WB116

Friday, March 23, 2018 - 2nd annual Chemical Engineering Exhibition and 33rd Chemical Engineering Dinner - Details coming soon

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - LLE - Kristala Jones Prather, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Metabolite Valves: Dynamic Control of Metabolic Flux for Pathway Engineering, starts at 12pm, WB116

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