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ChemE Alumnus Honoured With Arbor Award

2014Arbor ChemE Alumnus Constantine Karayannopoulos (BASc 8T3, MASc 8T8) is one of the recipients of the 2014 University of Toronto Arbor Awards for his outstanding work in support of the university. These awards recognize volunteers whose personal service and generosity have added immeasurably to the quality of experience for students, faculty, staff and alumni.

Mr. Karayannopoulos has been a committed and active member of the ChemE Department’s Board of Advisors and has directly supported teaching excellence and the student experience. Read more about this contributions and this year's Arbor Awards ceremony.

Researchers Take On Grand Challenges

ChemE researchers are bringing their expertise to two recently announced Grand Challenges Canada grants that address urgent health issues in the developing world.

Professor Yu-Ling Cheng and collaborators in Bangladesh will harness the power of the sun to provide clean drinking water using a technique called Enhanced Solar Disinfection (eSODIS).

PhD student Scott Genin is part of a multidisciplinary project called "Mother's Milk" that will provide mothers working in garment factories in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with a way to express, pasteurize and store breast milk while at work, thereby combatting infant malnutrition.

Oct 3, 2014

Volume 31, Issue 27

In this issue:

Departmental Offices
Announcements
Chem Eng Events

Departmental Offices

Graduate Office

Ph.D. Reading Committee Meeting – N. Guilford
Date of Meeting: Monday, October 6, 2014 in WB407 at 2 pm
Committee: Chair: Prof. B. A. Saville; Supervisor: Prof. E. A. Edwards; Other Member(s): Prof. D. G. Allen

Ph.D. Reading Committee Meeting – Y. Hassan
Date of Meeting: Monday, October 6, 2014 in LM151
Committee: Chair: Prof. T. Bender; Supervisor: Prof. M. Winnik (Chemistry), Prof. G. Scholes ; Chemistry), Other Member(s): Prof. D. Seferos

Upcoming Graduate Award Deadlines

SGS Conference Grant
Open to full-time master's and doctoral students
Submission Deadline: Application system closes on Oct 10, 2014 @ 4pm, Supervisors have until Oct 17, 2014 @ 4pm to complete their approval (required).
Award Details

2015-2016 Social Science & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Awards
Open to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada
Submission Deadline: 5:00pm on Fri, Oct 17, 2014
Award Details

2015 Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarships
Open to Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident as well as International Scholars
Submission Deadline: 5:00pm on Fri, Oct 17, 2014
Award Details

Doctoral Research Award (CIHR for doctoral students)
Open to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada
Apply directly online via CIHR website.

Departmental Awards

*Students are also encouraged to check the Scholarships & Awards section of the SGS website.

Announcements

CEGSA Thanksgiving Lunch

It's that time of year when the leaves are change colour and the air is brisk. But also a time to celebrate Thanksgiving by surrounding ourselves with good friends and family, and of course, delicious food! Please join CEGSA for their annual Thanksgiving Lunch on Thurs, Oct 9 at 12 pm in the Graduate Student Common Room (WB 247). The price will be $5 per person, but only $4 if you bring your own plate/cutlery or a nonperishable food item. AND, with both the donation of a canned good and sustainable plate/utensils, the price is only $3! What a deal! So make sure you leave your lunch at home and bring your empty stomach for some yummy turkey (vegetarian options as well), mashed potatoes, squash, and, of course, pie!

WHMIS Refresher Session

Our annual WHMIS refresher session will be held on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 from 1-2pm in WB116. Only one in-person session will be held. The WHMIS refresher will be available online for those who cannot attend in person, with an exam required at the end of the online session.

This is a requirement for all personnel registered with or working in the Department and includes those registered with the Department but working elsewhere on or off campus. People who have successfully completed CHE2222 in 2014 are exempt.

Attendance will be taken. It is important to attend the whole session as all information is important. Doors will be locked once the session begins at 1:10pm. No exceptions. Please be prompt.

Alumni Event: BizSkule – The 3rd Urban Revolution: Re-thinking the Future of Transportation

Engineering alumni are invited to this BizSkule event to hear from industry experts concerning seamless, efficient, “complete mobility” solutions that will redefine urban travel in the coming decades.
Wed., Oct. 29, 2014, 6:00PM - 8:30PM
Learn more and register for the event.

Chem Eng Events

Click here for the Chem Eng Calendar

October 8, 2014 - University of Toronto Graduate Engineering Fair, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Bahen Centre

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, Bucknell 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 Waterloo, 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 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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