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Interfaces coverInterfaces (Fall 2016) now online

This year's issue of Interfaces showcases our Unit Operations (Unit Ops) Lab. Since the late 1940's, our undergraduate students have had the opportunity to grow and transform from their experiences in Unit Ops. Read more about the lab's past, present and future.

ChemE Connect's official launch

Since launching yesterday, ChemE's new social media platform - ChemE Connect - already has close to 400 members. The primary goal of the platform is to engage our alumni. However, current graduate students and professors are also encouraged to join. Signing-up only takes two minutes. Simply visit chemeconnect.ca and register using your Facebook, Linkedin or email. Hope to see you on the site!

Clean water, clean air: ChemE research addresses big sustainability questions

Every person on this planet needs clean water to survive. Yet the World Bank estimates that 1.6 billion people - that's more than one in five - live in a region of "absolute water scarcity." That number is expected to climb to 2.8 billion by 2025 due to climate change. Ramin Farnood has devoted much of his career to developing novel methods of treating both waste and drinking water to eliminate both microbial and chemical contaminants. Now, he's applying that expertise to mitigating climate change. Read full story.

Wallberg Building closed on Sun, Dec 4

The Wallberg Building will be entirely closed on Sunday, December 4 due to a scheduled power outage. There will be absolutely no power in the building during that day.

Grad Office relocating

Effective Wednesday, December 7, the Grad Office will be moving and sharing space with the Undergrad Office, WB216a. To help facilitate the move, the Grad Office will be closed on Monday, December 5 and Tuesday, December 6.

REMINDER: Call for nominations - FASE Adminstrative Staff Awards

If you would like to be considered for a Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering Administrative Staff Award, please contact jennifer.hsu@utoronto.ca at your earliest convenience. The Department will work with you to determine the award you are best suited for and will project manage the assembly of your nomination due on February 6, 2017.

REMINDER: Bill Dowkes announces 500 for 50k Challenge

Devoted alumnus Bill Dowkes (ChemE 6T2) recently confirmed that he will provide the Department with $50,000 for ChemE student scholarships if we can generate 500 monetary gifts from alumni, staff and faculty by December 31, 2016. Last week, our very own Chair Grant Allen donated $1,000 to the 500 for 50K Challenge! Thanks for taking us one step closer to unlocking $50,000. To learn more about the campaign, click here.

REMINDER: Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream - Laboratories in Chemical Engineering - Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry - 1601754

The Department is looking to fill the above titled position. If you know anyone who might be interested and qualified, have them visit https://utoronto.taleo.net/careersection/10050/jobdetail.ftl?job=1601754

 

December 2, 2016

Volume 33, Issue 42

In this issue:

Grad Office
Events

 
 

Grad Office

 
 

PhD Departmental Oral Examination – S. Bonilla Tobar

Date of Meeting: Tuesday, December 6
Start Time: 10am
Location (Building and Room): WB215
Thesis Title: PROTEIN–BASED CONDITIONERS FOR ENHANCING BIOSLUDGE DEWATERABILITY
PhD Departmental Oral Examination Committee Membership
Committee: Chair: Prof. A. Yakunin; Supervisor: Prof. D. G. Allen; Other Member(s): Prof. E. Acosta, Prof. R. R. Farnood

*PhD and MASc Departmental Oral Exams are open to all Graduate students

PhD Reading Committee Meeting – A. E. G. Baker

Date of Meeting: Friday, December 9
Start Time: 2pm
Location (Building and Room): CCBR 6th Floor Meeting Room
Reading Committee Membership
Committee: Chair: Prof. A. McGuigan; Supervisor: Prof. M. Shoichet; Other Member(s): Prof. E. Kumacheva (Chemistry)

Upcoming Awards & Scholarships

Application deadlines are fast approaching for early December 2016 re the awards and scholarships below:

 
 

Events

Click here for the Chem Eng Calendar

 
   
 
   

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

Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - LLE - Teaching Learning by Learning Teaching: What I’ve Learned and Wish I’d Known, Greg Evans, University of Toronto, 12-1pm, WB116

Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - LLE - Linking Tailpipe to Ambient: Atmospheric Evolution of Combustion Emissions, Allen Robinson, Carnegie Mellon University, 12-1pm, WB116

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - LLE - Reinventing the Toilet: Tapping Innovators to Birth a Billion Dollar Industry That Will Change the World, Brian Arbogast, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 12-1pm, WB116

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - LLE - How Biofilm Processes Open New Opportunities in Environmental Biotechnology, Bruce Rittmann, Arizona State University, 12-1pm, WB116

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - LLE - The Photophysics of Optoelectronic Materials, Neil Greenham, University of Cambridge, 12-1pm, WB116

Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - LLE - The Role of Food Science and Engineering in Food Security, Rickey Yada, University of British Columbia, 12-1pm, WB116

Friday, April 7, 2017 - 32nd Annual Chemical Engineering Dinner - details coming soon

 
 


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