Garry Rempel was appointed as Member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to the field of chemical engineering, notably for advancing research in rubber technology. He is a professor in chemical engineering and affiliated with the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology.
The University of Waterloo, SPE Student Chapter has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 SPE Calgary Section Corporate Award for Outstanding SPE Student Chapter Activity. This award will be presented to the chapter in Calgary, AB at the Calgary Section Awards Reception to be held on Wednesday May 20st at the Petroleum Club.
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Kate Stewart is currently working on her PhD with Professor Penlidis. She received two awards for her research work a two different conferences. One was for the best poster (one of three out of over 65 posters) at the prestigious Polymer Reaction Engineering Conference IX in Cancun, Mexico (May 10-15, 2015). The other was 2nd place overall (out of 60+ posters) in the poster competition at the Annual AUTO21 conference in Ottawa, ON (May 26-27, 2015).
Pu Chen – Professor, University of Waterloo
The winner for the June 2015 Convocation is Lydia Terisno, a graduate from the Chemical Engineering program with an outstanding academic record.
Lydia has maintained an academic standing of "Excellent" throughout her academic terms and has achieved high grades in some of her courses. She consistently ranked as one of the top students in her class. Ms Terisno has remained the Dean's Honour list for her entire undergraduate career and will graduate top of her class.
1st Prize: Group 4 - $2500 - "A Feasibility Study on Process Alternatives for Benzene Reduction in Gasoline Feedstock" Team Members: Yustus Cyizere, Llewellyn Human, Zahra Elahipour, Micky Agrawal
2nd Prize: Group 26 - $1000 - "In-Situ Mixing of Oil Sands Tailing Ponds Water" Team Members: Gareth Price, Kayleigh Kuindersma, Matthew Craig, Jacob Drouillard
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.
Congratulations to this year’s recipient of the Certificate in University Teaching Award, Marzieh Riahinezhad (Chemical Engineering)! Marzieh is a PhD student with Professors Alex Penlidis and Neil McManus
An interview with Marzieh is featured in the CTE blog, and will also be featured in the May edition of the CTE newsletter, Teaching Matters.
“Significant Achievements in Polymer Devolatilization and Reactive Processing.” His research on numerous reactive systems using screw extruders was recognized with this award from the Extrusion Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) during the 2015 Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC) in Orlando, Florida.