Paul Chen, a PhD candidate supervised by Prof. Frank Gu, has been awarded a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. His research involves the application of gold nano-particles for detection and identification of pathogens that cause infectious disease.
The Reaxys PhD Prize recognizes young chemists conducting original and innovative research in organic, organometallic and inorganic chemistry. New Scientist Live,
Prof. Zhongwei Chen has received $3 million in funding to further his work into greener, cheaper, more energy-efficient silicon-based batteries.
Chemical Engineering Drew Higgins, PhD wins the Canada's Distinguished Dissertation Award 2016 in the category of Engineering/Medical Science/Natural Science.
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 13th, 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.
