Beyond lithium-ion: New battery technologies among nine projects supported by 2022 Connaught Innovation Awards
Professor Gisele Azimi (ChemE, MSE) is exploring aluminum as an alternative to lithium and cobalt to develop more cost-effective and reliable components for next-generation batteries
Tracking community transmission: Researchers advance COVID-19 variant detection in GTA wastewater
A collaboration between ChemE and U of T’s Department of Chemistry is strengthening viral signals and the early detection of variants of concern in wastewater
Organ-on-a-chip research identifies new strategy for treating health complications associated with COVID-19
U of T Engineering researchers used lab-grown models of human vasculature to screen potential drug candidate molecules for effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 vascular dysfunction and cytokine storm
Mending the Gap: Professor Molly Shoichet joins multidisciplinary team working to develop new treatments for spinal cord injuries
International collaboration is supported by $24 million from Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund
U of T Engineering alumna named to Forbes 30 Under 30
Laura Burget (ChemE 1T6) and her business partner Connie Lo started Three Ships Beauty in 2017
New method for testing muscle repair in a dish to impact development of stem cell-based therapies
Researchers from two labs at the University of Toronto have discovered a novel way to test self-repair of skeletal muscle, and this method has the potential to rapidly advance the development of treatments for diseases like muscular dystrophy (MD) and other degenerative muscle conditions. “If you would have told me before we started this project […]
ChemE welcomes new faculty member Chris Lawson
This September, the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry welcomed new Assistant Professor Chris Lawson, an emerging leader in the field of environmental biotechnology and microbiome engineering. Lawson’s research focuses on harnessing the metabolic processes of anaerobic microbiomes for sustainable wastewater treatment and the production of renewable bioenergy and bioproducts from waste resources. He […]
