Alumni

Professor Hector Budman Prof. Hector Budman has been awarded the 2014 D.G. Fisher Award that is presented to a Canadian resident by the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Suncor Energy Foundation and Shell Canada Limited for major contributions in the field of systems and control engineering.

ABSTRACT: Vascular cells adapt and respond to biomechanical forces. The focal nature of most cardiovascular diseases has been linked to a dysfunctional response of endothelial cells and blood components to local hemodynamic forces. My lab studies the role of hemodynamic forces in the initiation, progression and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. In this talk I will present work we have done using three dimensional cell culture models to simulate the vascular hemodynamic environment in order to answer questions on how endothelial cells (ECs) and blood components respo

Picture of Eric Blondeel Professor Marc Aucoin's student Eric Blondeel (PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering) and Moufeed Kaddoura (4A Microbiology) venture is revolutionizing the practice of allergy testing with a non-invasive skin patch for simple safe and certain allergy detection. The standard allergy test attempts to cause an allergic reaction in a patient by piercing known allergens through the skin with needles.

Picture of Professor Tzoganakis Tyromer Inc., a University of Waterloo start-up founded by Chemical Engineering professor Costas Tzoganakis, has just won one of the top 50 entrepreneurial awards (screened from more than 2800 companies from 27 countries) at TiEcon 2014 in San Jose, CA.

ABSTRACT: This presentation describes my recent work in developing small scale fluid devices, microfluidics, for energy applications and CO₂ sequestration. Microfluidics has emerged over the last two decades with applications in biomedical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and life sciences research.

ABSTRACT: This seminar focuses on solving engineering challenges related to the continuous production of HNBR and NBR emulsion. Part 1 - Hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR) which is known for its excellent elastomeric properties and mechanical retention properties after long time exposure to heat, oil and air is produced by the catalytic hydrogenation of nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) using a semi-batch process.

Alumni

Notice of PhD Oral Defence - "Endosomolytic Arginine Rich Peptides for Therapeutic siRNA Delivery" by Wen Xu

Notice of PhD Oral Defence - "Theoretical Investigation of Catalytic Methane Cracking and Carbon Nanotube Growth" by Jingde Li

Prof. Hector Budman has been awarded the 2014 D.G. Fisher Award

Seminar - “Modelling Vascular Cell Response to Hemodynamic Forces: The Importance of Geometry” by Richard L. Leask, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University

Chemical Engineering PhD Student Eric Blondeel participates in Velocity Science Open Lab Event

Notice of PhD Oral Defence - "Development and Integration of Simple and Quantitative Safety, Pollution and Energy Indices into the Design and Retrofit of Process Plants" by Mohammad Hossein Ordouei

Notice of PhD Oral Defence - "Hydrogenation of Nitrile and Olefinic Groups in Butadience Rubbers" by Minghui Liu

Professor C. Tzoganakis has been awarded one of the top 50 entrepreneurial awards

Seminar CANCELLED - “Microfluidics for Energy Industry” by Dr. Hossein Fadaei, Research Associate, Energy and Fluidics Lab, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Toronto

Seminar - “Design of a Continuous Process for HNBR Production & Design and Troubleshooting of Emulsion Polymerization of NBR” by Dr. Chandramouli Madhuranthakam, Lecturer, Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo

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