As part of Canada's largest engineering school and most innovative university, the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo is home to approximately 1,000 students, faculty and staff, and has thousands of alumni worldwide.
Our Department consistently ranks among the top two universities in Canada and the number one university in Ontario in Chemical Engineering according to the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities.
In addition to offering undergraduate and graduate programs in chemical engineering, the Department provides academic expertise and support to Waterloo's collaborative nanotechnology and biomedical engineering programs.
The department's collaborative research culture, engaging teaching practices and state-of-the-art facilities create a vibrant learning environment where students are empowered to solve the problems our world faces.
Learn about Professor Valerie Ward's research in biomanufacturing using biological processes to manufacture products like antibiotics or proteins for pharmaceutical applications and more.
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News
Professor Shahsavan’s work recognized by PNAS
Congratulations to the Department of Chemical Engineering’s Professor Hamed Shahsavan for his recent honour by the National Academy of Sciences in America. He was the lead author of a paper chosen as a finalist for a Cozzarelli Prize, which recognizes the top work published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in 2020.
A message about Fall 2021 class format details from Dean Mary Wells
Today the Faculty of Engineering has shared detailed and program specific class format plans for September 2021 with our incoming and current students.
Each department has posted details in a LEARN course for current undergraduate engineering students and in a TEAMS channel for current architecture students. These details are based on the information we shared with the Registrar’s Office, which is responsible for University-wide schedules and classroom space.
ChE Faculty Spotlight: Professor Rajinder Pal
Professor Rajinder (Raj) Pal of the Department of Chemical Engineering is a world-renowned researcher and an award-winning instructor with a reputation for helping students understand some of the discipline’s most complex and abstract concepts relating to transport phenomena and thermodynamics.
Events
Seminar: Local Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming (Minlp) Through Ordered-Discrete Variable Decomposition: A New Paradigm For Minlp Optimization In Chemical Engineering, by Dr. David Liñán Romero
An online seminar presented by David Liñán Romero on Local Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming (Minlp) Through Ordered-Discrete Variable Decomposition: A New Paradigm For Minlp Optimization In Chemical Engineering
PhD Comprehensive| Functional Hybrid Materials Through Multi-sale Materials Design by Shakiba Samsami
Thesis Proposal Title: Functional Hybrid Materials Through Multi-sale Materials Design
PhD Comprehensive| Exfoliation Effects, Langmuir Films and Device by Teri Siu
Thesis Proposal Title: Exfoliation Effects, Langmuir Films and Device