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Model based multi-parametric optimization provides a complete map of solutions of an optimization problem as a function of, unknown but bounded, parameters in the model, in a computationally efficient manner, without exhaustively enumerating the entire parameter space. In a Model-based Predictive Control (MPC) framework, multi-parametric optimization can be used to obtain the governing control laws – the optimal control variables as an explicit function of the state variables.

Interested in learning more about the fascinating research that Waterloo's chemical engineering graduate students are conducting? Now is your chance!

Join us at the Master's Research Colloquium, where master's students will present their research throughout the day.

POSTER SESSION: 9:15-10:15 am in the 1st and 3rd floor atriums

PRESENTATIONS: 

Session 1

Group A, Process Systems Engineering: E6 2024 10:30-11:30 am

Group B, Biochemical & Biomedical Engineering: E6 2022 10:30-11:15 am

Please find attached the invitation with our new date, Thursday, Feb. 5^th. All are welcome but you must register to attend!

Even if you had previously registered, you must re-register, so we know how much delicious pizza we need to order for the new party date.

Hope to see you there!

Battery Workforce Challenge party

Abstract :

Humanity faces multiple converging crises such as pandemics, climate change, ecosystem degradation, and environmental pressures from rising global prosperity. We urgently need transformative solutions. At the same time, the past three decades have also witnessed sterling advances in genomics, synthetic biology, and computation, which have re-cast living systems as programmable platforms for innovation. Biology has now matured into a form of infrastructure - an enabling layer upon which solutions to health, the energy transition, material de-fossilization and the circular economy can be built.

Just as physical infrastructure underpinned the industrial age and digital infrastructure drives the current information age, biological infrastructure now offers the foundation for a sustainable one. Engineered biological systems can facilitate a more rapid response to emerging threats, enable sustainable resource recovery, as well as upcycle waste into high-value products. In this sense, biology is no longer confined to the laboratory; it is becoming the scaffolding of a new industrial paradigm where living and designed systems work in concert to sustain civilization.

Join us for a CERC Research Lecture by:
Professor Ruibing Wang PHD, FRSC
Wednesday, November 19th 1:30-2:30pm
PSE 7th Floor – 7303

Please join us for a Chemical Engineering Grad Fair on Thursday, October 23rd in PSE in the 1st Floor Ideas Clinic.

The event runs from 10:00am-12:30pm.

Come and learn about the exciting and innovative research happening in our department!

✅ Chat with profs about cutting-edge research
✅ Learn how you can get paid to do a research-based degree
✅ Discover how domestic students pay less than undergrad tuition
✅ Find out how you can finish a course-based Master’s in just 1 year
 

Did you know our researchers are making new feedstocks from algae, using machine learning to solve real-world problems, making biodegradable plastics from food waste, creating synthetic vascular grafts for bypass patients, and more.

Come and chat with us and stay for the candy bar! We'd love to see you there!

The Chemical Engineering Department is hosting a special graduate seminar on Materials and interfaces for the next generation batteries.

The Chemical Engineering Department is hosting a special graduate seminar on Environmental Sustainability Challenges in Canadian Healthcare.

Photopolymerization reactions have been explored and utilized since the time of the ancient Egyptians; however, development of new photopolymerization methodologies and applications continues at an ever more rapid pace.  Traditionally, photopolymerization of multifunctional monomers results in highly crosslinked materials suitable for applications as optical lenses, optical fiber coatings, and dental materials.  These reactions are ubiquitous not only because of the nature of the final polymer product, but also for the characteristics of the reaction itself.  Photopolymerizations are far more energy efficient than their thermal counterparts, are typically performed in a solventless manner that is more environmentally compatible, the reactions occur rapidly at ambient conditions, and the polymerization can be controlled in both time and space.