REMINDER: WHMIS Refresher Session

Graduate Office

M.A.Sc. DEPARTMENTAL ORAL - A. A. Tountas
Date of Meeting: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 in WB134 at 10 am
Thesis Title: ON THE CATALYTIC GASIFICATION OF A MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE RESIDUE, USING ALKALI AND ALKALINE EARTH CARBONATE CATALYSTS
Committee: Chair: Prof. C. Q. Jia; Supervisor(s): Prof. D. W. Kirk; Other Member(s): Prof. C. Mims

Ph.D. Reading Committee Meeting - S. Sinichi
Date of Meeting: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 in WB115 at 10 am
Committee: Chair: Prof. E. J. Acosta; Supervisor: Prof. L. L. Diosady; Other Member(s): Prof. D. G. B. Boocock

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.

Chem Eng Events

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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 18, 2014 - Fall Convocation, 10 am - 12 pm, Convocation Hall

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