Analytical Methods (Royal Society of Chemistry journal) recently featured two works by Professor Sushanta Mitra and his team in the August issue.
Lassonde’s new Chair of Mechanical Engineering Professor Sushanta Mitra has given an interview to South Asian Generation Next where he talks about why he chose to join Lassonde, more about his research interests, and what it takes to train the Renaissance Engineers of the future.
Please see the news article on Chemistry World for more details.
Guest Lecture
Convergence of Science, Engineering, and Technology for Societal Impact
Friday, April 4 at 3.00PM – 4.00PM
Room 109, Atkinson College (Harry Crowe Room)
Professor Sushanta Mitra, University of Alberta
Please see the news article on Global News for more details.
Please see the news article on the Edmonton Sun website for more details.
Researchers at the MNT Lab have developed an innovative way to deposit drops of oil/water on low-energy surfaces (superhydrophobic/superoleophobic), which creates a paradigm shift in terms of understanding “under-water” wetting behavior of large number of substrates.
Most of the urban population in India use UV filtration at home for drinking water. Similarly, there are a large number of products available in the market that does water treatment and claims to produce water quality as per the standards required for drinking or recreational water.
Many people remember disastrous ocean oil spills such as the 1989 Exxon Valdez supertanker incident in Alaska, and of course the 2010 BP drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
A major part of the problem is that cleanup becomes extremely difficult and costly once the oil sticks to a surface, whether that be rocks or sand or plants, birds or the sea floor and marine life.
University of Alberta mechanical engineering researchers have shown that a simple glass surface can be made to repel oil underwater. This has huge implications for development of a chemical repellent technology for use in cleaning up oil spills.