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Top Poster Prize for ChemE Student

Zuliani Congratulations to PhD student Jocelyn Zuliani who is part of the Green Technology Group! She recently received top honours at the U of T Institute for Sustainable Energy's annual research symposium, taking home one of three $1000 prizes for best poster.

Her poster "Helping to Green the Canadian Oil Sands: from Oil Sands By-Product to Green Energy Storage" was co-authored with Donald Kirk, Charles Jia and Shitang Tong and was selected from among 50 submissions by the Institute's Industry Board of Advisors.

Read about Jocelyn's work.

Dec 5, 2014

Volume 31, Issue 35

In this issue:

Departmental Offices
Announcements
Chem Eng Events

Departmental Offices

Graduate Office

***The Graduate Office will be closed on Mon, Dec 8, 2014.***

M.A.Sc. Bypass Oral Examination – D. A. Valleau
Date of Meeting: Tuesday, December 9, 2014 in WB215 at 10 am
Research Topic: THE ESSENTIAL MANIPULATION OF THE UBIQUITIN PROTEASOME SYSTEM BY BACTERIAL PATHOGENS
Committee: Chair: Prof. R. Mahadevan; Supervisor: Prof. A. Savchenko; Other Member(s): Prof. A. Ensminger, Prof. A. Yakunin

Ph.D. Reading Committee Meeting – A. Boza Troncoso
Date of Meeting: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 in WB115 at 9 am
Committee: Chair: Prof. Y-L. Cheng; Supervisor: Prof. E. Acosta; Other Member(s): Prof. C. A. Mims

Ph.D. Reading Committee Meeting – E. J. T. McGee
Date of Meeting: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 in WB217 at 10 am
Committee: Chair: Prof. E. J. Acosta; Supervisor: Prof. L. L. Diosady; Other Member(s): Prof. V. Rao (Nutritional Sciences)

Ph.D. DEPARTMENTAL ORAL – A. J. Knox
Date of Meeting: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014 in WB115 at 11 am
Thesis Title: ENGINEERING STRATEGIES AND METHODS FOR AVOIDING AIR-QUALITY EXTERNALITIES: DISPERSION MODELING, HOME ENERGY CONSERVATION, AND SCENARIO PLANNING
Committee: Chair: Prof. A. Chan; Supervisor(s): Prof. G. Evans, Prof. B. Karney; Other Member(s): Prof. E. A. Edwards, Prof. K. D. Pressnail

Ph.D. DEPARTMENTAL ORAL – M. Yang
Date of Meeting: Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 in WB115 at 12 pm
Thesis Title: THE EFFECT OF ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF PULP MILL EFFLUENTS ON REACTOR PERFORMANCE AND GRANULAR SLUDGE
Committee: Chair: Prof. R. R. Farnood; Supervisor(s): Prof. D. G. Allen, Prof. E. A. Edwards; Other Member(s): Prof. E. Master, Prof. B. A Saville

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

Announcements

Women in Engineering Mentorship Initiative

The Ontario Public Service Women in Engineering Initiative (WEMI) is a volunteer program that provides opportunities for women engineering students enrolled in Year 2 or higher of an accredited engineering program in Ontario to be mentored by women engineers working in the Ontario Public Service.

If you know of a student who could benefit from this program, please encourage them to apply. For more information about the program visit the WEMI web page or view the program flyer.

SOCAAR Seminar

Two Perspectives on Ultrafine Particles: Modeling Size-Resolved Urban Traffic Impacts in Los Angeles, and One Year of Number Size Distribution Measurements in the North Central U.S.
Dr. Charles Stanier, Associate Professor, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, and IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Iowa
Tues, Dec 16, 2014, 2:00PM - 3:00PM, Wallberg Building, 200 College Street, Room 407

REMINDER: CEGSA Holiday Lunch

You’re invited to CEGSA’s annual Holiday Lunch on Thurs, Dec 11 in WB 247! Food will be served from 12 pm until 1:30 pm and we will have turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, salad, vegetarian options, cookies, pies, and more! For a plate full of deliciousness, the cost is only $5! With the donation of a canned good or the use of non-disposable plates and cutlery, the cost is only $4! AND, with both a canned good and non-disposable plate, the cost is only $3! So save the date and come get festive celebrating the holidays with friends and colleagues.

Call for Nominations for 2015 Chancellor's Award

The Chancellor's Award recognizes administrative staff members for exceptional leadership in advancing the University's mission. Two awards are available: Emerging Leader and Influential Leader (see previous recipients here). Nominations must be submitted prior to the deadline of 4:00PM on Jan 26, 2015.

For more info visit the Chancellor's Award webpage.

Chem Eng Events

Click here for the Chem Eng Calendar

Dec 22, 2014 - Jan 2, 2015 - Holiday Break: The university will be closed.

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 6, 2014 - Graduate Research Days, Hart House and Wallberg Building, 9:00 am - 10:00 pm

February 6, 2014 - Industry Open House, Hart House and Wallberg Building, 9:30 am - 2:00 pm

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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