Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry (ChemE)

Nazir Kherani (at right) is just one of the six U of T Engineering professors and five alumni inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering today. (Photo: Jacklyn Atlas)

11 U of T Engineering professors and alumni inducted into Canadian Academy of Engineering

June 27, 2016

Six professors and five alumni named fellows in the CAE’s Class of 2016

Born into a fifth-generation salt producing family in India, honorary graduand Venkatesh Mannar has spent close to four decades working in developing countries around the world to help put an end to malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency. (courtesy: Venkatesh Mannar)

Engineering Convocation 2016: Global health pioneer M.G. Venkatesh Mannar

June 8, 2016

This honorary graduand has been the principal architect of the global salt iodization program now reaching nearly five billion people

Grads to Watch: Meet 16 global engineering leaders

June 8, 2016

This year’s 16 “Grads to Watch” are just a few of the talented and accomplished Engineering graduates who will receive their degrees at Spring Convocation

“Over the last 15 years the idea that engineers work in teams has become much more prevalent,” Professor Evans says (Photo: Johnny Guatto)

Innovations in teaching: Greg Evans

June 2, 2016

Adding teamwork to curriculum in chemical engineering course

Left to right: Jaclyn Obermeyer, Malgosia Pakulska and Irja Elliott Donaghue, supervised by University Professor Molly Shoichet, are the first to show controlled release of proteins without encapsulating them in nanoparticles. (Credit: Marit Mitchell).

Simple attraction: U of T Engineering researchers control protein release from nanoparticles without encapsulation

May 27, 2016

Discovery stands to improve reliability and fabrication process for treatments for chronic conditions and serious injuries such as spinal cord damage and stroke

Pei-Yu Kuo, a PhD candidate in Forestry, and Rana Sodhi, Senior Research Associate and adjunct professor (ChemE), work on the a new secondary ion mass spectrometer at the Characterization of Advanced Materials (OCCAM). (Photo: Neil Ta)

OCCAM: Advancing research from the depths of the ocean to outer space

May 12, 2016

The Ontario Centre for the Characterization of Advanced Materials (OCCAM) — a $20 million analytical laboratory at U of T Engineering — has officially unveiled its newest machines and is ready to take on new industrial partnerships

Elizabeth Edwards is one of the five recipients of this year’s Killam Prizes, presented by the Canada Council for the Arts. (Photo: Jen Hsu)

Professor Elizabeth Edwards wins Killam Prize

April 18, 2016

Killam Prizes presented by the Canada Council for the Arts to honour eminent Canadian scholars and scientists actively engaged in research

Professors Peter Herman and Milica Radisic have both received prestigious Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). (Credit: Michael T (left) and <a />Neil Ta</a> (right))

Two CREATE grants boost U of T Engineering research into optical technology and lab-grown human tissues

April 14, 2016

Two CREATE grants received by Professors Peter Herman and Milica Radisic will help train a new generation of experts in optical technologies and tissue engineering

Professor Michael Sefton receives European Society for Biomaterials International Award

April 1, 2016

Award recognizes his scientific profile, major contributions to the field of biomaterials and longstanding active collaboration with the European scientific community

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