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News

Mar. 5, 2019Congrats to CHE 3MT Competitors
The Department of Chemical Engineering’s hosted its Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on February 28^th. The enthusiasm of the students – in the audience and at the podium – showed why this exciting event remains so popular.

Congratulations to the following people for their winning presentations:
- First: Kiana Amini, for Redox Flow Batteries for Energy Storage Applications
- Second: John Kong, for Smart Energy Systems: Developing Energy Infrastructure for the Future
- Third: Prachi Panchal, for Photo-degradation of Epoxy Through Modified CNC
Nov. 7, 2018In Memoriam: Professor Garry Rempel

Rempel, Garry Llewellyn, B.Sc., Ph.D., C.M., F.R.S.C., F.C.I.C.

University Professor, University of Waterloo

1944 – 2018
Oct. 25, 2018CHE graduates to receive official diplomas at Fall Convocation this weekend
This weekend, on Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27, more than 20,000 recent graduates will return to campus to participate in the University of Waterloo’s 117th convocation. Among them will be 39 recent graduates of the Department of Chemical Engineering’s undergraduate and graduate programs.