Our Department ranks as number one in Canada for Chemical Engineering according to the U.S. News and World Best Global Universities.
The department's small class-sizes, engaging teaching practices, and hands-on learning in our state-of-the-art facilities empower our students to solve real-world problems.
The Department of Chemical Engineering is a vibrant center of collaborative research addressing some of the most pressing challenges in energy and materials. Our faculty members are engaged in a diverse array of research in areas such as machine learning and process systems engineering, CO2 capture and conversion, polymer engineering, renewable energy, synthetic biology, environmental remediation, and materials science that push the boundaries of innovation.
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News
CHE students shine at Capstone Design Symposium
Thirty-five teams of fourth-year Chemical Engineering students shared the results of their Capstone Design project with fellow classmates, faculty, family and friends at this year’s Capstone Design Symposium in Engineering 6 on March 11, 2019.
The Symposium was an exciting conclusion to the past two years they have spent researching and attempting to solve some of the challenges our world faces. Each team conceptualized and designed a solution to a problem of their choice.
Congrats to CHE 3MT Competitors
The Department of Chemical Engineering’s hosted its Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on February 28th. The enthusiasm of the students – in the audience and at the podium – showed why this exciting event remains so popular.
Congratulations to the following people for their winning presentations:
- First: Kiana Amini, for Redox Flow Batteries for Energy Storage Applications
- Second: John Kong, for Smart Energy Systems: Developing Energy Infrastructure for the Future
- Third: Prachi Panchal, for Photo-degradation of Epoxy Through Modified CNC
In Memoriam: Professor Garry Rempel
Rempel, Garry Llewellyn, BSc, PhD, CM, FRSC, FCIC
University Professor, University of Waterloo
1944 – 2018