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The Unit Ops Lab is Changing!

Some of you might have noticed the changes happening in the Unit Operations Lab (Unit Ops). The lab has been a cornerstone of undergraduate chemical engineering education in our department for over 65 years. A major project is underway to expand the lab and introduce state-of-the-art Integrated Chemical Engineering experiments to the curriculum. See how things are changing and what the lab looked like in 1948.

Have your own photos of Unit Ops through the years? Contact christina.heidorn@utoronto.ca to add to our archive.

2nd WHMIS Refresher Session Added

A second in-person WHMIS session has been scheduled for Nov 4, 2014, 12PM - 1PM in MC252. You must arrive prior to 12:10 pm to gain entry to the room and receive an attendance form.

Completion of a WHMIS refresher session is mandatory for all staff, graduate students and PDFs. Individuals that attended the refresher session on October 15, or completed CHE2222 in 2014, do not need to attend the session on Nov 4.

By next week, we will also have the WHMIS session available in electronic form on the Department website. If you choose to complete the session online, you can send me email to obtain the accompanying quiz.

Oct 17, 2014

Volume 31, Issue 29

In this issue:

Departmental Offices
Announcements
Chem Eng Events

Departmental Offices

Graduate Office

Ph.D. Reading Committee Meeting – J. Obermeyer
Date of Meeting: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 in CCBR 6th Fl. Meeting Rm. at 11 am
Committee: Chair: Prof. M. V. Sefton; Supervisor: Prof. M. Shoichet; Other Member(s): Prof. C. Morshead

Ph.D. Qualifying Examination – R. E. Juaregui Miramontes
Date of Meeting: Monday, October 20, 2014 in WB115 at 11 am
Research Topic: INCREASING PLANT RELIABILITY OF OFFSHORE GAS INSTALLATIONS
Committee: Chair: Prof. A. McGuigan; Supervisor: Prof. Y. Lawryshyn; Other Member(s): Prof. E. J. Acosta, Prof. A. Jardine

SGS Deadlines

Monday, Oct 27: Final date to drop Fall session full or half courses without academic penalty.

Upcoming Graduate Award Deadlines

Departmental Awards

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

Announcements

Opportunity for Master's Students

BioZone has a opportunities for MASc and MEng students to conduct research in anaerobic digestion. See the full description for details on how to apply.

Fall Convocation

Fall Convocation will take place on Tues, Nov. 18, 10AM - 12PM in Convocation Hall. For details, visit the Office of Convocation.

Chem Eng Events

Click here for the Chem Eng Calendar

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

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CHEM ENG NEWS is a weekly summary of news, events and opportunities for students, faculty and staff of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry. If you have questions or comments, please contact: external.chemeng@utoronto.ca . Catch up on missed issues by visiting our archive.