News

In 2020 Jared Cheverie attained an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo and faced the daunting prospect of looking for work during the global pandemic. Cheverie had begun a Master’s program online when he ran across an article titled “Canadian mining companies go begging!” The article chronicled the shortage of employees in Canada’s critical mining sector.

The Process Systems Engineering group (PSE) in the Department of Chemical Engineering recently organized the 2023 Control and Stats Meeting on May 8th and 9th. This event provided an opportunity to showcase the research projects of professors and graduate students from various universities in Ontario and Quebec, focusing on the field of process systems engineering.

Professor Yverick Rangom is an expert in the field of batteries for Electric Vehicles (EVs), specifically focusing on battery longevity under the conditions of repeated fast charging and low maintenance required by EV applications.

Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is becoming an increasingly important approach for increasing the sustainability of food production globally. CEA enables the minimization of resource usage, reduced environmental effects, and improved productivity.

Professor Milad Kamkar has been awarded the 2023 Early Career Award by the Polymer Processing Society. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding young researchers who have obtained their PhD in the field of polymer processing within the past eight years.

One of the challenges in treating burn victims is the frequency of dressing changes, which can be extremely painful.

Kiyoumars Zarshenas and Carlo Cunanan

Two Chemical Engineering graduate students have won a nationwide video contest focused on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

It was a full house for the second Sustainable Future Perspectives event cohosted by the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and the Department of Chemical Engineering.

Mary Wells, Dean of Engineering dropped by the IdeasClinic to engage with first-year chemical engineering students.

Daniel Tuana, a chemical engineering alumnus always knew he wanted to work toward creating sustainable energy, but he never dreamed it would be in the field of nuclear energy.