Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry (ChemE)

Cressy Award winners from U of T Engineering met with departmental chairs, Gordon Cressy and Dean Cristina Amon for a pre-ceremony reception. (Photo: Kevin Soobrian)

U of T Engineering students receive record number of 2017 Cressy Awards

April 26, 2017

Twenty-eight 2017 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards have been awarded to U of T Engineering students

Professor Greg Evans measure air pollution on a Toronto subway platform. A new study shows that airborne particulates in such locations are much higher than in the outside air. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Toronto’s subways expose passengers to more air pollution than Montreal, Vancouver systems

April 25, 2017

Airborne particulates on subway platforms and trains are up to 10 times higher than outside air, around three times higher than levels in Montreal’s Metro

Professor Amy Bilton (MIE) with graduate student Ahmed Mahmoud. Bilton, along with alumni Larry Seeley and Ted Maulucci, is among the recipients of the 2017 Engineers Canada Awards. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

Three U of T engineers honoured by Engineers Canada

April 21, 2017

Amy Bilton, Ted Maulucci and Larry Seeley are among the recipients of the 2017 Engineers Canada Awards.

Professor Elizabeth Edwards (ChemE, right), is being honoured with a 2017 Faculty Award for her pioneering research, which also demonstrates the best in cross-disciplinary collaboration, and for outstanding teaching. The annual prize recognizes U of T teaching staff who consistently demonstrate all-around excellence in both their scholarly work and in the classroom. (Credit: Sara Collaton)

Elizabeth Edwards receives a 2017 Faculty Award for outstanding teaching and research

March 21, 2017

The annual prize recognizes U of T teaching staff who consistently demonstrate all-around excellence in both their scholarly work and in the classroom

The invisible clean-up crew: Engineering microbial cultures to destroy pollutants

February 17, 2017

Professor Elizabeth Edwards is leveraging genomics, microbiology and engineering to clean up contaminated industrial sites around the world

Professor Greg Evans (ChemE) is one of ten recipients of a 3M National Teaching Fellowship, a national award for excellence in post-secondary educational leadership (Photo: Johnny Guatto)

Greg Evans receives 3M National Teaching Fellowship

February 15, 2017

Award is Canada’s most prestigious recognition of excellence in educational leadership and teaching at the post-secondary level

Professor Levente Diosady (centre) and his team developed a way to fortify salt with both iron and iodine. The product is now being distributed to more than 24 million people in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. (Photo: Mark Balson)

Double-fortified salt to improve nutrition for 24 million in Uttar Pradesh

February 13, 2017

U of T Engineering invention provides a simple, effective way to help people whose diets are lacking in iron

Measurements taken by U of T Engineering researchers show that levels of certain airborne particles can be up to nine times higher in train cars pulled by diesel locomotives than on busy city streets. (Photo: Kevin Hiscott, via <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/portway-ave/110344606/" target="_blank">Flickr</a>)

Diesel trains may expose passengers to exhaust

February 7, 2017

Levels of certain airborne pollutants are up to nine times higher in train cars directly behind diesel locomotives than on busy city streets.

Professor Erin Bobicki researches new methods for extracting valuable minerals that use less energy and water than current methods. Her innovations could also enable the extraction of useful metals from materials previously discarded as waste. (Credit: Kevin Soobrian)

Can microwaves make mining more sustainable?

February 1, 2017

Professor Erin Bobicki (MSE, ChemE) is developing more sustainable ways of extracting valuable minerals from ore, including material previously discarded as waste.

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