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University of Waterloo chemical engineering professor Zhongwei Chen is one of the new cohort of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. The RSC has named the incoming 80 members of The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists on Sep 13^th, 2016. Those named to the College represent the emerging generation of scholarly, scientific and artistic leadership in Canada.

The winner of the 2016-2017 Chemical Engineering Medal for Proficiency in Research (Park and Veva Reilly Medal) is Dr. Marzieh Riahinezhad.  Marzieh Riahinezhad (PhD, Chemical Engineering, September 2015) received the international and extremely prestigious “Best Dissertation of the Year ADIPEC Award” in excellence in energy (November 2015). Marzieh’s PhD thesis was selected by an international scientific panel of 26 judges in the oil and gas industry as one of the top three best 2015 dissertations (from a record number of 501) in energy, worldwide.

Chemical Engineering Professor Michael Fowler his students John Catton, Mohamad Farkhondeh and Manoj Mathew are working in the GAIA Battery Test Centre on various projects, including, new Battery Management Systems to incorporate battery life, battery degradation modelling and innovative battery thermal management systems.

Professor Costas Tzoganakis has been elected as a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) for outstanding contributions in the field of plastics engineering, science and technology. He was officially recognized at the SPE Celebrates Banquet on May 22, 2016 during the Society’s 74^th Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC® 2016) in Indianapolis, IN.

SPE Honor The Achievements of 12 Fellows of The Society at ANTEC 2016

Fathy Hassan a Postdoc from Chemical Engineering Research under Chen group is 2016 Reaxys PhD Prize Announced.  Fathy was also awarded NSERC postdoc fellow.

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Inspiring Chemistry Reaxys

First Prize Shell Canada Chemical Engineering Capstone Symposium 2016

Group 8 - Peatland Gasification

• Matthew Warren,
• Chu Yin (Holly) Huang,
• Sheryl Peters,
• Zhengkai (Numbers) Tu

Dilip and Manjusha Bhattacharyya Award 2016 - Best Overall Capstone Project

Dilip and Manjusha Bhattacharyya award valued at $3,000 is for the Chemical Engineering project that, in the opinion of the judges, demonstrates an innovative and practical design solution to a problem, preferably made ready for immediate application, having large potential long-term benefit to society. 

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