Posts Tagged: ChemE
From former industrial sites to rail yards and abandoned gas stations, there are an estimated 22,000 environmentally contaminated sites across the country. These areas are polluted with hazardous chemicals that could impact human health, ecosystems and the drinking water supply.…
Nausea, vomiting, hair loss – these are just a few of the unpleasant side effects of chemotherapy. Although the drugs are designed to kill cancerous cells and save lives, the potent chemicals destroy tissues and can damage the human body.…
A U.S. entrepreneur has been garnering headlines around the world for a product called “palcohol”, a powdered alcohol that can be turned into a cocktail by adding water. The University of Toronto’s Dominic Ali sat down with food engineer and…
A Canadian pioneer in nuclear chemistry with an inspiring love for science and engineering, Professor Emeritus Robert E. Jervis (ChemE) passed away May 21 on his 87th birthday. Professor Jervis was born in Toronto and raised during the depression years.…
When Michael Branch (CompE 0T3) founded Inovex over ten years ago, the fledgling software company only had one staff member: him. Now, under Branch’s skilled leadership, Inovex has grown to become a successful company that offers tangible solutions to clients in the…
Today’s assignment: design an outdoor, heated smoking area for a local women’s shelter. Do you take on the project, knowing it propagates a harmful, deadly habit? It’s dilemmas like this that engineers face in the real world, but not necessarily…
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