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The DistillatorThe first edition of the Chemical Engineering newsletter “The DISTILLATE” has been posted on the website, and announced via e-mail to all Chemical Engineering Alumni.  It is presented in what’s referred to as “Flipping Book” format, where the publication functions as an "open book" whereby the reader can simply flip the pa

Professor Hector BudmanProf. Hector Budman has been awarded the  2014 D.G. Fisher Award that is presented to a Canadian resident by the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Suncor Energy Foundation and Shell Canada Limited for major contributions in the field of systems and control engineering.

Picture of Eric BlondeelProfessor Marc Aucoin's student Eric Blondeel (PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering) and Moufeed Kaddoura (4A Microbiology) venture is revolutionizing the practice of allergy testing with a non-invasive skin patch for simple safe and certain allergy detection.  The standard allergy test attempts to cause an allergic reaction in a patient by piercing known allergens through the skin with needles.

This national individual award, sponsored by GreenCentre Canada, is for an individual working in Canada who has made significant contributions to advance green chemistry and/or engineering, including the technical, human health and environmental benefits. From the award announcement:
"Flora T. T. Ng obtained her BSc at the University of Hong Kong , MSc and PhD from the University of British Columbia.

Grafoid Inc. supports Dr. Aiping Yu’s research on supercapacitor using surface modified graphene.

Grafoid Inc. has signed a R&D agreement to develop a surface tailored graphene material for supercapacitor with potential applications for the automotive and portable electronics sectors.

The R&D agreement includes sponsor $ 200,000 cash for applying NSERC-CRD and $ 50,000 cash for general research donation.

Fourth year Nanotechnology Engineering students Matin Esfahani, Hooman Safaee, Shafi Siddiqi, and Mihail Vlascov were awarded $25,000 in start-up funding through the VeloCity Venture Fund. Their start-up is based upon their Fourth Year Design Project coursework developing transparent scalable displays, Lumotune.