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Park Reilly, who taught in the Department of Chemical Engineering between 1967 and 1988 and continued taking on graduate students long after, has passed away in his 100^th year.

The Capstone Design project reinforces the concepts of team work, project management, research and design. This year’s fourth-year Chemical Engineering students added video production to the list of skills they learned from the project.

Ralph Dickhout, Chemical Engineering’s Manager of Analytical Services and Laboratory Safety, retires after providing behind-the-scenes support for the research conducted in the department for almost thirty years.

Department of Chemical Engineering’s Professor Marc Aucoin and two colleagues from the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy lean on years of collaboration across disciplines as they join the race to develop a vaccine for COVID-19.

University of Waterloo chemical engineering professor Bill Anderson continues his work to mitigate the shortage of protective gear needed by healthcare workers during the COVID-19 crisis by enabling the safe re-use of existing equipment.

Professor Bill Anderson from the Department of Chemical Engineering is applying his expertise with UV-C disinfection to tackle a timely and potentially life-threatening problem: the shortage of N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) that protect users from particles and aerosols in the air that they breathe.

Congratulations to Christopher Deutschman, Keith Cleland and Sabrina Mattiasi for their first-, second- and third-place finishes in Chemical Engineering’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) department heat on February 4^th.

How do you decide what is safe to put on your body? Jenise Lee, a Chemical Engineering alumna (BASc 2006), provides the information you need to make educated choices about your skincare products.

Professor Hector Budman, a process systems engineering specialist who conducts multi-disciplinary research in the pharmaceuticals, water treatment, minerals processing, and pulp and paper industries, was recognized with the 2019 Faculty of Engineering Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision at the Engineering Faculty & Staff Awards Dinner in E7 last night.