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Saturday, March 1, 2014 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

March Break Open House and Departmental Showcase Events on Saturday, March 1, 2014

It is the time again to have these exciting events to welcome our admitted students to the Chemical Engineering Department.

Information Booth:

Location:  Engineering 5 (E5), 2nd Floor, Time:  9:00-4:00 PM

Chemical Engineering Departmental Showcase -

Welcome and Presentation: 2:00-2:45

Lab Tours - 2:45-4:00 (various labs locations)

Location: Engineering 6 (E6) Room # 2024 (2nd floor)

Thursday, March 27, 2014 3:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar - "Using the Transmission Line Impedance Model to Monitor Degradation Pathways in Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers" by E. Bradley Easton, Associate Professor, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

ABSTRACT:  Typical catalyst layers (CL) employed in PEM fuel cells are composed of a carbon supported Pt catalyst bound together with an ionomer, most often Nafion. Both the carbon support and ionomer play a crucial role in optimizing the catalyst utilization by proving electronic and ionic conductive pathways, respectively, without hindering gas transport. Upon fuel cell operation, the catalyst layer can degrade by one of 3 primary pathways:

Thursday, April 3, 2014 3:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar - "Microscale Processing for High-Throughput Studies in Water Separations and Bio-Polymer Processing", by David Latulippe, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University

ABSTRACT: There is considerable interest in the use of micro-scale processing (MSP) techniques for process development and optimization.  The advantages of developing miniaturized versions of upstream and downstream unit operations that are scalable to actual production conditions are considerable.  First, it reduces the material costs associated with running a large number of lab-scale or full-scale trials.  Second, it accommodates a parallel approach for experimental testing, instead of the more traditional sequential approach, and thus is ideally suited for high-throughp

Friday, April 4, 2014 11:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar - "How to Become a Professor in N Easy Steps, where N >> 1" by Jeff Gostick, Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University

Abstract:  In this talk, a recent University of Waterloo PhD graduate will discuss the transition from graduate student to assistant professor.  Topics will include the ingredients of a good PhD project, structuring your future research plans, setting reasonable expectations, the joys and burdens of teaching, the paradoxical nature of hiring the best lab rats (PhDs) to become rat trainers (Professors), and generally how to begin ‘thinking like a professor’.  By way of illustration he will discuss his own experience in the context of his research on ‘engineered’ porous mater