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U of T's Molly Shoichet racks up the prizes

University Professor Molly Shoichet was featured in NOW Magazine's online site today regarding the numerous awards she's been winning. Molly recently won the 2016 Till & McCulloch Award, which recognizes Canadian stem cell researchers, for her studies related to the use of hydrogels for stem cell transplantation. Read Now's full story on her.

Third-year ChemE student places first at CSChE Conference

Caption: Ziyu Bao (ChemE 1T8) is second from the right.

Earlier this week, Ziyu Bao (ChemE 1T8) from Cathy Chin's lab presented at the Robert G. Auld Student Paper Competition during the CSChE Conference in Quebec City and won first prize. His oral presentation was entitled, Kinetic study of naphthalene hydrogenation on Pt catalyst.

CEGSA's Halloween Pub Night on Fri, Oct 28

Join CEGSA on Friday, October 28 for some Halloween fun. Festivities begin at 5pm in the Grad Common Room and include pumpkin carving, refreshments, games and a costume contest. Pub night at O'Grady to follow at 8pm.

Special talk on Thu, Oct 27

James Bateman, creator of MedChart, will be giving a talk on Thursday, October 27 from 5-6pm in SF1105. He will discuss how he started his company while obtaining a Master’s at the University of Toronto. His story will recount his journey from identifying a solution to a simple problem to raising $1M and building a viable business. He will discuss serial entrepreneurship, his experience trying to find the right idea and the right team, and leveraging the rich University of Toronto and Toronto start-up scene to launch your idea. This talk is followed by an informal dinner with the speakers in SFB 560. Please RSVP at http://bit.ly/1oh0snt if you wish to attend the dinner. You do not need to RSVP to attend the talk.

REMINDER: Special talk on Wed, Oct 26

Hear Dr. Manfred Fischedick (VP at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, and professor at the Schumpeter School of Business and Economics at the University of Wuppertal) talk about Germany's Energy Transition on Wednesday, October 26 from 4:30-5:30pm in UC161.

October 21, 2016

Volume 33, Issue 36

In this issue:

Grad Office
Events

Grad Office

PhD Qualifying Examination – Kaushikraj Venkatesan

Date of meeting: Friday, October 28
Start time: 12:30pm
Location (building and room): WB134
Thesis title: ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE OF GENETIC CIRCUITS IN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
PhD Qualification Examination Committee Membership
Committee: Chair: Prof. E. A. Edwards ; Supervisor: Prof. R. Mahadevan ; Other Member(s): Prof. Will Cluett, Prof. K. Pardee (Pharmacy)

MASc Departmental Oral - Viive Sarv

Date of meeting: Monday, October 24
Start time: 10am
Location (building and room): WB115
Thesis title: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CAMELINA, CANOLA AND HEMP SEED PROCESSING AND PRODUCTS
Supervisor: Prof. L. Diosady; Co-Supervisor: Prof. O. Trass; Chair: Prof. D. Kirk; Other Member: Prof. E. Acosta

* PhD and MASc Departmental Orals are open to all graduate students.

SGS sessional dates

Monday, October 31: Final date to drop fall session full or half courses without academic penalty.

Upcoming awards and scholarships

Events

Click here for the Chem Eng Calendar

Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - LLE - Extreme Transitions of Flow Properties: Gas Hydrate Jamming and Discontinuous Shear Thickening, Jeffrey Morris, City College of New York, 12-1pm, WB116

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - LLE - Helping Nanomaterials Reach Their Colloidal Potential, Keith Johnston, University of Texas, 12-1pm, WB116

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