Radiation Worries Likely Overblown, Says Chemical Engineering Professor
For all the troubles facing the earthquake-stricken people of Japan, a nuclear meltdown may be among the least of their worries, a Canadian radiation expert says. The danger of serious radiation leaks from the Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant have likely been overblown, despite a series of explosions and evidence that three […]
Professor Michael Sefton Awarded the 2011 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal
The 2011 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal has been awarded to Professor Michael Sefton (IBBME, ChemE). The award recognizes excellence and leadership in biomaterials research and practical applications. Professor Sefton is regarded as a pioneer in tissue engineering and a leader in biomaterials, biomedical engineering and regenerative medicine. He is the first to recognize the importance […]
Molly Shoichet is Named to Ontario’s Highest Honour
Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME), a world-renowned researcher of regenerative medicine, is among 30 new appointees to the Order of Ontario, the provincial government announced on Friday. The appointees to Ontario’s highest honour were chosen for their contributions to the arts, justice, science, medicine, history, politics, philanthropy and the environment. The Honourable David C. Onley, […]
Astronaut Touches Down On Campus
Astronaut Robert Thirsk, the first Canadian to live on the International Space Station (ISS), visited the University of Toronto on October 27th. His visit was an opportunity to review the results of an experiment Thirsk conducted while aboard the ISS, which was designed by Professor Masahiro Kawaji (ChemE). Thirsk spent 188 days aboard the ISS between May […]
Are Processed Meats Safe?
Processed meat generally refers to meats preserved by smoking, curing, salting or otherwise adding chemicals, such as sodium nitrite. Many studies over the years have examined whether they increase risk of cancer and other diseases, and concluded that they have. In the 1970s, scientists thought the culprit was the additive, sodium nitrite, which gives processed meats their […]
Calgary Scientists to Create Human ‘Neurochip’
The science fiction of melding man and machine has played out for decades onscreen, from The Six Million Dollar Man to The Terminator. But the bionic hybrid age may well be flickering to life – real life – in the Calgary lab where scientists who made history fusing snail brain cells to a computer microchip six years ago […]
Doug Reeve Wins R. S. Jane Memorial Award
Professor Doug Reeve has been named the 2010 recipient of the R. S. Jane Memorial Award by the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering (CSChE). This is the premier award presented by CSChE and recognizes an individual who has made an exceptional achievement in the field of chemical engineering or industrial chemistry. Professor Reeve, who is Chair of the […]
Assistant Professor Milica Radisic Named a “Scientist to Watch”
The prestigious life sciences magazine, The Scientist, recently named Assistant Professor Milica Radisic of the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) and the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry (ChemE) as the “Scientist to Watch” for her research involving engineered cardiac tissue called the “heart patch.” The idea for the heart patch first came to Radisic […]
ChemE Professor Receives the Babcock-Hart Award
ChemE Professor Levente Diosady has received the Babcock-Hart Award from the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). This honour is awarded annually to a member of the IFT whose contributions to food technology have resulted in improved public health through nutrition or more nutritious food. The award is named after agricultural chemists Stephen Babcock and Edwin Hart who […]
