ChemE Professor Awarded PAPTAC’s John S. Bates Medal
Professor Honghi Tran (ChemE), Director of the Pulp & Paper Centre, has been awarded the John S. Bates Memorial Gold Medal by the Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada (PAPTAC). The Bates Medal is PAPTAC’s most prestigious award, instituted in 1989 to recognize the organization’s founder and first chairman, John S. Bates. The engraved […]
Three U of T Engineers Elected Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada
Professors Nasser Ashgriz (MIE), Shahrokh Valaee (ECE) and Christopher Yip (ChemE, IBBME) have been elected Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), on the basis of “exceptional contributions to engineering in Canada.” The EIC is a federation of Canadian engineering societies that sponsors education standards, recognizes individual engineers and records engineering history. Nasser Ashgriz […]
Canada Foundation for Innovation Awards 17 Grants to Engineering
A boost of over $1.7-million worth of grants from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has been directed toward Engineering and will be used for infrastructure that will advance research in everything from testing drinking water to cancer. The funding comes from the CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund, a program designed to help universities […]
U of T Engineers Win Grants from Grand Challenges Canada
U of T Engineers got a big boost for their work in the developing world, thanks to grants from Grand Challenges Canada (GCC). Four of eight grants awarded to U of T researchers go to Engineering faculty: Timothy Chan (MIE), Radhakrishnan Mahadevan (ChemE), Javad Mostaghimi (MIE) and Edmond Young (MIE). “This is a testament to the outstanding quality and standard of research here, […]
Six Members of U of T Engineering Community Honoured with Professional Engineers Awards
Six members of the U of T Engineering community have been recognized by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) with Ontario Professional Engineers Awards. Professor Stavros Argyropoulos (MSE) has been awarded a Research and Development Medal. Alumni Michael Branch (ElecE 0T3) received the Young Engineer Award, Carlos de Oliveira (CivE MASc 0T6) garnered the Entrepreneurship […]
ChemE Postdoc Receives Banting Fellowship
The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program, administered through NSERC, provides $70,000 annually for two years to national and international postdoctoral applicants who positively contribute to the country’s economic, social and research-based growth. It is arguably the most prestigious postdoctoral fellowship available in Canada. Only 23 were distributed this year. Lessard plans to use the funding to […]
ChemE Prof Brews a Life-saving Tea
According to the World Health Organization, nearly 600,000 perinatal deaths, and more than 100,000 maternal deaths are caused by iron deficiency each year. Professor Emeritus Levente Diosady (ChemE) believes these numbers can be reduced by creating an ‘iron brew,’ or in other words, developing iron-fortified tea leaves for consumption. He was recently awarded a $250,000 grant for […]
Yu-Ling Cheng Named U of T Distinguished Professor in Global Engineering
Professor Yu-Ling Cheng (ChemE), Director of the Centre for Global Engineering(CGEN), has been recognized by the University of Toronto with a Distinguished Professor Award. Established in 2009, this award is designed to advance and recognize individuals with highly distinguished accomplishments. Professor Cheng will hold the title of Distinguished Professor in Global Engineering for a five-year term effective July […]
Professor Molly Shoichet Profiled in Forbes
Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME) was recently profiled by Forbes for her research into stem-cell delivery. Professor Shoichet’s lab is looking to solve a complex challenge facing stem-cell researchers: how to ensure that cells delivered to patients don’t die after transplantation to the point of care. Speaking to colleagues of the International Society of Stem […]
