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The Engineering 6 atrium provided a bright backdrop for lively discussion at the CHE Capstone Design Symposium on March 12, 2018
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Capstone Design Symposium showcases CHE innovation

Forty-one teams of fourth-year chemical engineering students presented the results of their Capstone Design projects at the annual Capstone Design Symposium, which was held March 12th in the atrium of Engineering 6. In the process of sharing their research, they demonstrated the diverse and creative nature of chemical engineering and the promise it holds for future generations.

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 3:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

CHE Seminar | Mario Jolicoeur: Modelling Cell Behaviour for the Identification of Biomarkers

Our approach to mathematically describing a cell population behaviour has evolved in the past decades. From the use of Monod kinetics, when a limiting nutrient shows to control cell behaviour, we now see modelling approaches based on a genome-wide description of a biosystem, integrating the various “omics” datasets available. However, do we always need that level of complexity to face a problem of bioprocess optimization or to elucidate the mechanisms of a metabolic disease?

Monday, April 23, 2018 9:00 am - 9:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Defence | Adam Westbrook: The Development of a Comprehensive CRISPR-Cas9 Toolkit for Bacillus Subtilis, and its Application to Strain Engineering for Biomanufacturing Purposes

Supervisors:

C. Perry Chou, Chemical Engineering

Murray Moo Young, Chemical Engineering

Monday, April 9, 2018 11:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

2018 Park Reilly Distinguished Lecture | The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Process Systems Engineering: Is it Here, Finally?, by Venkat Venkatasubramanian

Professor Venkatasubramanian will review the different phases of Artificial intelligence (AI) in process systems engineering (PSE) over the past 30 years and argue that the time for AI in PSE, and in other domains, has arrived, finally.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

CHE embraces 3MT

When Chemical Engineering hosted its departmental heat of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on February 8th, the room was packed with audience members keen to learn more about our research-based masters and doctoral students’ exciting investigations. Eleven graduate students took turns presenting the high points of the research they have spent years conducting – using one static PowerPoint slide, language that could be understood by the general public…and within only three minutes.