Welcome to Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo
Part of Canada's largest engineering school, the department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo is home to more than 1200 students, faculty and staff, with thousands of alumni worldwide.
At Waterloo, we have one of Canada’s largest undergraduate programs in chemical engineering, and the impact on industry shows. An estimated 10% of working chemical engineers graduated here!
Our collaborative and interdisciplinary research benefits from many faculty cross-appointments in Science and Engineering. And, with the recent opening of the department’s new home, Engineering 6, students and faculty have access to a truly state-of-the-art facility, complete with an in-house water treatment plant and 115,000 square feet of new research labs and teaching space.
News
- Mar. 7, 2017Department "3 Minute Thesis" competition winners announced
Congratulations to the graduate students in Chemical Engineering for winning in the 3 minute Thesis on Thursday, February 16, 2017.
- Feb. 9, 2017Prof. Ricardez-Sandoval's career highlighted in Mexican national newspaper
Prof. Ricardez-Sandoval's career was featured in a national Mexican newspaper REFORMA. The original Spanish-language version of the article can be found here, with an English translation as follows:
- Jan. 17, 2017Graduate student Laura Edmonds receives the Murray Moo-Young scholarship
The 2016-2017 Murray Moo-Young Biotechnology Scholarship has been awarded to Laura Edmonds, a graduate student in Prof. Evelyn Yim's research group. The Murray Moo-Young Biotechnology Scholarship was established in 1982 with a donation by Distinguished Professor Emeritus Murray Moo-Young to encourage research of bioprocessing strategies in industrial biomanufacturing and environmental bioremediation.
Events
- June 29, 2017Notice of PhD Oral Defence, "Advanced Nanostructure Materials for Hybrid Supercapacitors" by Salah Abureden
- July 20, 2017Notice of PhD Oral Defence - "Nanocarbon-containing High Power Cathode for Rechargeable Hybrid Aqueous Battery" by Xiao Zhu
- July 20, 2017Seminar - “Pressure Sensitive Adhesives & Related Products: A 3M Core Technology Platform”, Prince Antony, Senior Scientist, 3M Canada, London, ON
ABSTRACT: Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (PSA’s) are adhesives which forms a bond when pressure is applied between the adhesive and the adhered (substrate). PSA is tacky at room temperature and requires no activation by water, solvent or heat to form a strong bond. Glass transition temperature (Tg) of the adhesive is well below the room temperature.
Meet our people
David Simakov
Assistant Professor
Professor Simakov’s research focuses on advanced heterogeneous catalysis and reactor design for sustainable reaction engineering, including conversion of greenhouse gases into renewable synthetic fuels.
