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Chemical Engineering PhD students Hadi Izadi, Katherine Stewart, and Professor Alexander Penlidis, explain how dry adhesion works in a recent pioneering article in J. Roy. Soc. Interface. For more details, please check:

"How does dry adhesion work?"

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.

The paper by Niousha Kazemi, Tom Duever and Alex Penlidis,  Demystifying the estimation of reactivity ratios for terpolymerization systems, AIChE J., accepted March 2014, was based on a conference presentation at the AIChE Conference, November 2013, San Francisco, and was identified by the industrial session chair, Dr. John R. Richards (E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, USA) as the ‘best presentation of the session’, paper # 432c’.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Capstone Design

Capstone Design Project Poster Fair and Meet-the-Professor Night

Invitations to: Applicants, Alumni, and Members of the Public

Date:  Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Time:  4:30-6:30PM

Location:  Engineering 6 (E6) 1 and 3rd floor Atrium

Come and see the design project work completed by our graduating class. Meet other students and professors.  Get ideas for your design projects or graduate work

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)