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Robin Hutchinson New Head of Chemical Engineering

Robin Hutchinson New Head of Chemical Engineering

Congratulations to Dr. Robin Hutchinson who has been appointed Head of the Chemical Engineering department, effective July 1, 2024 for a 4 year term.

NSERC Awards CHEE Faculty over $900,000 for RTI and DG Programs

NSERC Awards CHEE Faculty over $900,000 for RTI and DG Programs

Congratulations to Chemical Engineering Researchers who have been awarded over $900,000 in new Research Funding from the Natural Sciences and...

Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day

Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day

Future-Proofing Ontario’s Students

Future-Proofing Ontario’s Students

Congratulations to Dr. Paul Hungler for winning a Minister’s Award of Excellence in the category of Future-Proofing Ontario’s Students,...

National graduate training program anchored at Queen's aims to create a circular economy for plastic waste

National graduate training program anchored at Queen's aims to create a circular economy for plastic waste

NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience grant will provide graduate students skills to reduce plastic waste via practical business and...

Advancing High-Risk, High-Reward Research

Advancing High-Risk, High-Reward Research

The research challenging the frontiers of medical science has received a significant investment from the federal government through the New...

James McLellan awarded NSERC CREATE

James McLellan awarded NSERC CREATE

Congratulations to a Team out of Chemical Engineering who has been awarded an NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program...

Chemical Engineering at Science Rendezvous Kingston

Chemical Engineering at Science Rendezvous Kingston

On Saturday, May 11th, Science Rendezvous Kingston returned for its 14th edition one day in-person event at the Slush Puppy Place, with over 5,200...

Carlos Escobedo Awarded CSME Fellowship

Carlos Escobedo Awarded CSME Fellowship

Congratulations to Dr. Carlos Escobedo who has been named Fellow of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME) for 2024.

Michael Cunningham selected as Donald and Sarah Munro Chair

Michael Cunningham selected as Donald and Sarah Munro Chair

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Cunningham who has been selected as the next Donald and Sarah Munro Chair in Engineering and Applied Science.

Graduate Students Recognized for Excellence in Teaching

Graduate Students Recognized for Excellence in Teaching

Congratulations to the four Chemical Engineering students that were awarded this years’ Dean’s Teaching Assistant Award (DTA2) for...

Smith Engineering Innovation, Leadership in Teaching awards announced

Smith Engineering Innovation, Leadership in Teaching awards announced

Congratulations to the faculty recipients of this year’s Engineering Teaching and Learning Awards.

Early Career Researchers across Smith Engineering exceed expectations

Early Career Researchers across Smith Engineering exceed expectations

While it often takes a few years to set up the lab, recruit and train the first students, some early career researchers have shown very impressive...

Kim McAuley Awarded CIC Fellowship

Kim McAuley Awarded CIC Fellowship

Congratulations to Kim McAuley, one of six Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) members awarded the CIC Fellowship.

Raz Abbasi wins Excellence Award in Green Chemistry and Sustainability

Raz Abbasi wins Excellence Award in Green Chemistry and Sustainability

Congratulations to PhD student, Raz Abbasi who is 2024 Queen’s Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society (Q-ACA) Excellence Award in...

Bruce Mitchell Research Program Will Fund Four Programs in Chemical Engineering

Bruce Mitchell Research Program Will Fund Four Programs in Chemical Engineering

Congratulations to Chemical Engineering Faculty who will receive funding of $840,000 from the Bruce Mitchell Research Program to support 6 new PhD...

Highlighting Black Histories and Futures with Chemical Engineering Alumnus

Highlighting Black Histories and Futures with Chemical Engineering Alumnus

Dr. Maryam Agboluaje, a former Chemical Engineering PhD student, always had an interest in solving puzzles and excelled in subjects like math and...

From Chemical Engineering to analytics, AI, and data operations, Remi Ojo Jr. finds balance exploring a wide range of interests and passions

From Chemical Engineering to analytics, AI, and data operations, Remi Ojo Jr. finds balance exploring a wide range of interests and passions

An accomplished athlete and game show winner, Remi Ojo Jr. credits the engineering community at Queen’s for inspiring a lifelong learning...

Celebrating Black Histories and Futures with Chemical Engineering Students

Celebrating Black Histories and Futures with Chemical Engineering Students

Feb. 1 marks the start of Black Histories and Futures Month. Black Histories and Futures Month is a relatively new approach to Black History Month....

Cao Thang Dinh_2023 Research Excellence Award

Cao Thang Dinh_2023 Research Excellence Award

Cao Thang Dinh, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, is this year’s recipient of the Faculty of Engineering and...

A Year in Chemical Engineering - 2023

A Year in Chemical Engineering - 2023

As we start off 2024, let's look back at some of Chemical Engineering's highlights over the 2023 year.

Chemical Connections Career Event

Chemical Connections Career Event

On November 9th, the Chemical Engineering department hosted the first ever Chemical Connections Career Event, where 6 alumni from industry and...

They invented. They pitched. They secured $40k in seed funding

They invented. They pitched. They secured $40k in seed funding

At the annual Dunin-Deshpande Summer Pitch Competition, graduate students from Smith Engineering found support for their entrepreneurial innovations

Cao Thang Dinh Named “Highly Cited Researcher” for Third Year in a Row

Cao Thang Dinh Named “Highly Cited Researcher” for Third Year in a Row

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr. Cao Thang Dinh for once again making Clarivates™ 2023 list of “Highly Cited...

Chemical Engineering Homecoming Weekend

Chemical Engineering Homecoming Weekend