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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/chemical-engineering/events/phd-comprehensiveenhan
 cing-polyglycolic-acid-production
LOCATION:E6 - Engineering 6 Room 2022 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N
 2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Comprehensive/Enhancing Polyglycolic Acid Production in E.coli 
 by\nJonathan Alexiou
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Enhancing Polyglycolic Acid Production in E.coli
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/chemical-engineering/events/seminar-speaker-profes
 sor-bruno-blais
LOCATION:E6 - Engineering 6 Room 4022 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N
 2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Seminar Speaker: Professor Bruno Blais
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT \nThe simulation of flows using computational fluid dy
 namics (CFD) has\nadvanced considerably in recent decades and is now an es
 sential tool\nacross industries ranging from aerospace design to process\n
 engineering. Although CFD is relatively mature for single-phase flows\,\nm
 ultiphase flows (such as particle-laden flows) and multiphysics flows\n(su
 ch as those including microwaves or ultrasound) remain\nsignificantly more
  challenging to simulate\, in part due to their\nintrinsic multiscale natu
 re and conflicting numerical need.\n\nIn the recent years\, high-order met
 hods have gained considerable\nmomentum in aeronautics\, in part due to th
 eir significantly lower\ndispersion and dissipation\, but also for their h
 igher arithmetic\nintensity (FLOPS-to-byte ratio) which suits current hard
 ware\ncapabilities. However\, these methods remain seldomly used in\nchemi
 cal-engineering applications\, in part due to their multiphase and\nmultip
 hysics nature.\n\n 
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/chemical-engineering/events/phd-comprehensivegraph
 ene-materials-redox-flow-battery
LOCATION:E6 - Engineering 6 Room 2022 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N
 2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Comprehensive/Graphene Materials for Redox Flow Battery\nApplic
 ations by Andreina Camano Alcedo
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Graphene Materials for Redox Flow Battery Applications
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/chemical-engineering/events/seminar-speaker-prof-t
 ae-seok-moon
LOCATION:E6 - Engineering 6 Room 2024 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N
 2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Seminar Speaker/ Prof. Tae Seok Moon
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nThe past decade has witnessed the tremendous power 
 of systems and\nsynthetic biology in the creation of genetic parts\, devic
 es\, and\nsystems\, which helps understand complex biological systems.  H
 owever\,\nits potential for real-world applications has not been fully\nex
 ploited. One of its promising applications is the construction of\nprogram
 mable cells that integrate multiple environmental signals and\nimplement s
 ynthetic control over biological processes. My research\ninterests are foc
 used on developing microbes and microbiota that can\nprocess multiple inpu
 t signals and generate user-defined outputs.\nSpecifically\, I aim to buil
 d genetic programs to control various\nbacterial processes such as gene ex
 pression\, chemical reactions\, and\nevolution. I will present published a
 nd unpublished results of my\nselected research projects by discussing the
  potential and challenges\nof systems and synthetic biology to address glo
 bal problems\, including\nplastic and agricultural waste issues\, non-inva
 sive diagnostics and\ndisease treatment using smart probiotics and microbi
 ota engineering\,\nsustainable bioproduction\, and biocontainment of genet
 ically\nengineered microbes.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260828T160000
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/chemical-engineering/events/seminar-speakerprofess
 or-charles-xu
LOCATION:E6 - Engineering 6 Room 2024 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N
 2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Seminar Speaker/Professor Charles Xu
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Biomass plays a key role in capturing and storing solar energy 
 on\nEarth. It is estimated that up to 8\,500 exjoules (×10¹⁸ joules) o
 f\nsolar energy are captured and stored globally each year through\nbiomas
 s\, which is about 10-15 times the current global energy\nconsumption (580
  exajoules). This presentation provides an overview of\nthe availability o
 f biomass and organic solid waste resources\nglobally\, as well as in Chin
 ese mainland and Hong Kong\, and introduces\nhydrothermal technologies and
  their applications in the transformation\nof biomass and organic solid wa
 ste. During these transformations\,\nwater is used as a reaction medium\, 
 solvent\, reactant\, or catalyst.\nHydrothermal technology is especially s
 uitable for the resource\nutilization of high-moisture biomass and biowast
 e (such as food waste\,\nsewage sludge\, manure slurry\, microalgae\, etc.
 )\, as it eliminates the\ncostly dehydration/drying process (which is esse
 ntial for other\nthermochemical processes like combustion\, pyrolysis\, an
 d\ngasification). This presentation summarizes Professor Xu's team's past\
 nresearch achievements in various hydrothermal technology development\,\ni
 ncluding methanol aqueous phase reforming (APR) for hydrogen\nproduction\,
  biomass hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) to produce\nwater-charcoal\, hyd
 rothermal liquefaction of biomass waste (HTL) to\nproduce biocrude oil\, a
 nd supercritical water gasification (SCWG) of\naqueous biomass (sugars) to
  produce green hydrogen. Professor Xu will\nalso share his experience in s
 caling HTL technology to 6 kg/h and 100\nkg/h\, as well as ongoing commerc
 ialization efforts\, including building\npilot units with a daily throughp
 ut of 10 tons and demonstration units\nwith a daily throughput of 100 tons
 .
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/chemical-engineering/events/phd-comprehensivemicro
 fluidic-assisted-engineering
LOCATION:E6 - Engineering 6 Room 4022 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N
 2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Comprehensive/Microfluidic - Assisted Engineering of Structured
 \nLiquid-State Soft Materials and Hierarchical Cryogel Architectures by\nY
 asamin Noorafkan
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Microfluidic - Assisted Engineering of Structured Liquid-State 
 Soft\nMaterials and Hierarchical Cryogel Architectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260722T130000
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/chemical-engineering/events/phd-comprehensiveeffec
 ts-metal-ion-exposure-cell-behaviour
LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre Room 4402 200 University Avenue West Wat
 erloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Comprehensive/Effects of Metal Ion Exposure on Cell Behaviour b
 y\nXiaolin Kangg
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Effects of Metal Ion Exposure on Cell Behaviour
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/chemical-engineering/events/seminar-speaker-madeli
 ne-leahy-building-global-partnerships
LOCATION:E6 - Engineering 6 Room 4022 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N
 2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Seminar Speaker: Madeline Leahy/ Building Global Partnerships for\n
 Circular Economy Innovation
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nThis seminar will introduce CirkArena\, and the rol
 e of global research\nengagement in advancing circular economy innovation.
  Drawing on MMV\nand CirkArena’s work in circular economy\, waste valori
 zation\,\nsustainable materials and advanced production systems\, Madeline
  Leahy\nwill discuss how international partnerships among researchers\,\nu
 niversities\, research organizations\, and industry can help translate\nid
 eas into collaborative projects with practical impact.  The seminar\nwill
  highlight strategies for building trusted partnerships\, expanding\nresea
 rch networks and connecting technical innovation wit global\nsustainabilit
 y goals.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260625T130000
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/chemical-engineering/events/phd-comprehensivesurfa
 ce-engineered-delignified-porous-wood
LOCATION:E6 - Engineering 6 Room 2022 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N
 2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Comprehensive/Surface Engineered Delignified Porous Wood as a\n
 Tunable Platform for Wastewater Treatment by Mebrat Kidist Worku
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Thesis Proposal Title: Surface Engineered Delignified Porous Wo
 od as a\nTunable Platform  for Wastewater Treatment
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260626T100000
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/chemical-engineering/events/phd-comprehensivetopog
 raphy-functionalized-biomaterials
LOCATION:E6 - Engineering 6 Room 2022 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N
 2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Comprehensive/Topography-Functionalized Biomaterials for Tissue
 \nEngineering by Daichen Liu
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Thesis Proposal Title: Topography-Functionalized Biomaterials f
 or\nTissue Engineering
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