Speaker Series

Distinguished Speaker Seminar Mar 24 – Maria C. Iliuta

Distinguished Speaker Seminar Mar 24 – Maria C. Iliuta

Title: Intensified processes for CO2 capture and catalytic conversion. Date and Time: Friday, March 22. Refreshments served at 12:50 p.m. Seminar starts at 1 p.m. Location: MacLeod 2018 Abstract Energy and environmental issues are major concerns today. Unprecedented technological advancement is undoubtedly hastening industrialization while also depleting natural resources and exacerbating a slew of environmental […]
Distinguished Speaker Seminar Jan 26 – Jesse Zhu

Distinguished Speaker Seminar Jan 26 – Jesse Zhu

Title: Research Strategy and Planning — how to Prepare a Research Career? Date and Time: Friday, January 26. Refreshments served at 12:50 p.m. Seminar starts at 1 p.m. Location: MacLeod 2018 Abstract While there are many young scholars going into a research career, how many have really thought about what’s the true purpose of doing […]
Distinguished Speaker Seminar Dec 1 – Jessica Vandenberghe

Distinguished Speaker Seminar Dec 1 – Jessica Vandenberghe

Title: Professional Engineers are key in walking with (Re)conciliation. Date and Time: Friday, December 1. Refreshments served at 12:50 p.m. Seminar starts at 1 p.m. Location: CHBE 102 (2360 East Mall) Abstract Canada has an oppressive past, which has led to intergenerational trauma, complicated land ownership and trust, cultural and language genocide all of which […]
Seminar: Influence of Microbial Intelligence on the Future of Bio-Manufacturing

Seminar: Influence of Microbial Intelligence on the Future of Bio-Manufacturing

Special seminar presented by the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Speaker: Dr. Sunil Sukumaran, Chief Technology Officer, Perfect Day, Inc. Date: November 22, 2023 Time: 2 – 3:30 p.m. Location: CHBE 102 Abstract : Decades of research have finally led to manufacturing nature-identical animal and plant […]
Distinguished Speaker Seminar Nov 10 – Martin Thuo

Distinguished Speaker Seminar Nov 10 – Martin Thuo

Title: Surface Water-Driven Engineering of Cellulose Fibers Date and Time: Friday, November 10. Refreshments served at 12:50 p.m. Seminar starts at 1 p.m. Location: CHBE 102 (2360 East Mall) Abstract Cellulose and its derivatives form a complex array of tunable materials. Beyond the molecular level, however, the chemistry becomes complex due to the extent of […]
Distinguished Speaker Seminar Sep 29 – Shanna Knights

Distinguished Speaker Seminar Sep 29 – Shanna Knights

Title: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology and Commercialization: A Key Piece in the Global Decarbonization Puzzle. Date and Time: Friday, September 29. Refreshments served at 12:45 p.m. Seminar starts at 1 p.m. Location: CHBE 102 (2360 East Mall) Abstract Many solutions will be needed to decarbonize the global energy sector. Hydrogen is a key piece in […]
Distinguished Speaker Seminar Sep 22 – Venkat Venkatasubramanian

Distinguished Speaker Seminar Sep 22 – Venkat Venkatasubramanian

Title: Quo Vadis ChatGPT? Challenges and Opportunities in Chemical Engineering. Date and Time: Friday, September 22. Refreshments served at 12:45 p.m. Seminar starts at 1 p.m. Location: CHBE 102 (2360 East Mall) Abstract The startling success of ChatGPT and other transformer-based generative neural networks in applications such as natural language processing and image synthesis has […]