News & Announcements

Research2Reality spotlights Alison McGuigan

Research2Reality recently interviewed Professor Alison McGugian. Her take away message was, “don’t be afraid to collaborate!” See what else she had to say.

Grad student thwarting away cyber criminals

PhD student Nataliya Mykhaylova, supervised by Professor Greg Evans, recently won a student competition related to cyber security. The competition was sponsored by the London-based SWIFT Institute, which issued a challenge to teams of Canadian university students to come up with new ideas to thwart cyber criminals. Mykhaylova, through her PhD studies, has been testing different devices and came up with lots of ideas to enhance cyber security from the hardware level. Click here to read the full story and listen to a podcast where Mykhaylova talks about her novel model.

Solar fuel breakthroughs from U of T

Making fuel out of polluted air, using it to power industry, and then taking the emissions from that industry back out of the air to create more fuel – it sounds too good to be true. But while there are a few hurdles to clear, a team led by University of Toronto’s Geoffrey Ozin of the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Arts & Science is getting closer to closing the carbon cycle. Ozin is also currently working with a dozen U of T fourth-year chemical engineering students to design and build a pilot-scale version of his laboratory demonstration ‘solar refinery’ connected to U of T’s physical plant. Read the full U of T News story.

WB windows upgraded

If you didn't get a chance last week to view our time-lapse video which documents our window upgrade, click here for a quick glimpse.

MEng/MASc opportunities

If you know someone interested in pursuing a MEng or MASc project at ChemE, please refer them to these posts:

• MEng/MASc project in biomining
• MEng project in high-temperature drop breakup studies for the water-bitumen system
• MEng project in measurement of the interfacial tension of the water-bitumen interface using an in-house developed novel microfluidic platform

Looking for work as an environmental engineer?

McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. is looking to hire a Junior Environmental Professional to join its growing corporate environmental team in Victoria, BC. For details, including how to apply, click here.

Special lecture on Mon, Nov 20

As part of MSE's Distinguished Lecture Series, Kathryn Grandfield from McMaster University will give a special talk entitled, Correlative Microscopies for Investigating Bone and Biomaterials Interfaces. The talk will take place on Monday, November 20 from 4-5pm in MB128.

Global Speaker Series on Tue, Nov 21

Edward Botchwey from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University will be giving a special talk entitled, Harnessing inflammation pathways and membrane lipidomics for stem cell biomanufacturing and regenerative engineering. The talk will take place on Tuesday, November 21 from 12-1pm in the Red Room of CCBR located at 160 College Street. For more info, click here. The event will also be live streamed here.

LLE featuring William Sampson on Wed, Nov 22

William Sampson from the University of Manchester will be speaking at LLE on Wednesday, November 22 starting at 12pm in WB116. He will be giving a talk entitled, Optimising structure-property dependencies of stochastic materials by probabilistic modelling.

CEGSA Movember Bowling on Fri, Nov 24

There's still time to register for CEGSA's Movember Bowling event on Friday, November 24 at Bathurst Bowlerama. Festivities begin in the grad common room (WB247) at 5:30pm. Pizza will be served. $7/person (includes pizza, shoes and of course bowling). A portion of the funds will be donated to the Movember Foundation. To register email cegsa.chemeng@utoronto.ca asap.

Attend the CNA2018 for free!

Looking for that internship or first job in nuclear? Then you need to attend CNA2018...absolutely free! Apply to be one of 100 students to receive an all expenses paid trip to Ottawa to attend CNA2018. Visit cna.ca/conference for full details and fill out the application under the 'Student Registration' tab today! All applications must be received by Thursday, November 30 to be considered.

Conflict Management Workshop on Mon, Dec 4

The Water Environment Association of Ontario (WEAO) will be hosting a hands-on seminar designed by the Whittaker Melnike Group Inc. for anyone looking to improve how they approach and mitigate conflict. The event will take place on Monday, December 4 from 6:30-9pm in BA2159. Space is limited! The cost is $30+HST. For full details and to register, click here.

Song of the Season on Wed, Dec 6

Beloved music of the holiday season comes in many forms, melodies and traditions! The Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto have prepared a special selection of warm-hearted music in honour of this festive time. On Wednesday, December 6 from 5:30-7:30pm at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, performers will share their own traditions through a program of solos, duets and carols. If you wish to attend this free event, click here.

November 17, 2017

In this issue:

Reminders
Grad Office
Chem Eng Events

Reminders

Grad Office

PhD DEPARTMENTAL ORAL – J. Wang

Date of Meeting: Monday, November 20
Start Time: 3pm
Location (Building and Room): WB215
Thesis Title: AIR QUALITY IMPACTS OF VEHICLE EMISSIONS ON THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT: REAL-WORLD EMISSION FACTORS AND CAPTURING THE FLEET SIGNAL
Committee: Chair: Prof. A. Chan; Supervisor: Prof. G. Evans; Other Member(s): Prof. J. Brook (Adjunct), Prof. J. Wallace (MIE)

MASc DEPARTMENTAL ORAL - Eric Donders

Date of Meeting: Tuesday, November 21
Start Time: 11am
Location (Building and Room): Donnelly Centre 11th floor conference room
Thesis Title: MULTICOMPONENT COLLOIDAL AGGREGATES FOR DRUG DELIVERY
Committee: Supervisor: Prof. M. Shoichet; Chair: Prof. E. J. Acosta; Other Member(s): Prof. W. Chan (IBBME)

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