Emily Cranston Receives LeSueur Memorial Award
CHBE Associate Professor, Emily Cranston, has received the LeSueur Memorial Award from the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) , which was awarded virtually during the Annual SCI Canada Awards Dinner on May 5, 2022. Dr. Cranston received the award, which is given to an individual for the development of technical excellence, for adopting “an innovative approach to address complex technical challenges. She has also been relentless in bridging pure technical concepts and industrial applications of cellulose-based products including cellulose nanocrystals, cellulose micro- and macro-fibrils, and hydrogels.” Last year’s recipient of the LeSueur Memorial Award was Dr. Laurel Shafer, of the UBC […]
CHBE post-doc wins $1M Milestone Award from Elon Musk’s funded XPRIZE Competition
Takachar, a UBC spin-off company co-founded by CHBE postdoc, Kevin Kung, has won a $1 million Milestone Award in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition, funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation. Dr. Kung, who works as president and chief technical officer of Takachar, and his partner Vidyut Mohan (co-founder and CEO), were previously awarded $250,000 in the Carbon Dioxide Removal Demonstration student category of the XPrize as well as a $£1 million Earthshot Prize in November 2021. Patented and developed at Takachar, a new portable, small-scale, and low-cost equipment was designed to convert waste biomass into specialized chemicals varying from fertilizer, to […]
CHBE Welcomes Mona Rahmani
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering would like to welcome Dr. Mona Rahmani. Dr. Rahmani holds a PhD degree from the University of British Columbia in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, where she studied shear instabilities and mixing in density stratified flows. Her research interests are in the fields of multiphase flows and density stratified flows with applications in renewable energy, biomaterials and sustainability. Dr. Rahmani held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University where she studied turbulent particle laden flows in particle solar receivers, and a previous postdoctoral fellowship at IFP Energies Nouvelles where she studied […]
ChemECar Wins Pacific Northwest Regional Competition
UBC’s ChemECar team placed first in both the ChemECar performance and poster competitions at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Pacific Northwest (PNW) Student Regional ChemECar Competition held virtually on April 30. They competed against teams from the University of Calgary and Washington State University. The UBC team entered two cars, Catch me if you Chem and KaCHBE. Catch me if you Chem won the performance competition, earning them a spot to advance to the AIChE national competition to be held in November in Phoenix. KaCHBE won the poster competition presenting their car design. Congratulations to the entire team on […]
Jonathan Verrett Receives Killam Teaching Award
Jonathan Verrett, Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been awarded a Killam Teaching Award for 2021/2022. Dr. Verrett’s current scholarly work focuses on leadership development, experiential learning, design education, Open Educational Resources (OER), energy generation and use as well as sustainability. He also has many other roles: a supervisor of undergraduate student teams, an active member of the Department curriculum and outreach committees, UBC-V Bauder Chair in Experiential Learning and Leadership, mentor to aspiring instructors and an active contributor to or leader of countless initiatives in service of the engineering community at UBC and […]
CHBE Welcomes Zeina Baalbaki
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Department of Civil Engineering would like to give a warm welcome to Dr. Zeina Baalbaki, who is joining the departments as a lecturer to teach within and help oversee the undergraduate degree program in Environmental Engineering at UBC. Dr. Zeina Baalbaki earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from McGill University in 2016. Her doctoral research focused on monitoring and predicting the fate of contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater treatment systems. Following her Ph.D., Dr. Baalbaki has spent over 5 years in environmental consulting where she worked on several industrial water management […]
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Feedback
The Faculty of Applied Science is committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment that celebrates the diversity of our student, staff and faculty population. We strive to uphold the UBC Respectful Environment Statement and our own goals and values regarding Inclusive Leadership and Respectful Environment. In order for us to continue to improve the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in our programs and services we invite your feedback regarding your EDI experiences within the Faculty and recommendations on the following topics: CurriculumProgramsExtra and co-curricular activitiesMistreatment or inappropriate conduct that you have experienced or witnessedOngoing concerns or challengesWorkplace culturePhysical environment All […]
CHBE PhD Graduate Competes for $100K Investment
Aqua Intelligent Technology, a startup founded by CHBE PhD graduate, Reza Rezaei, is one of the 20 companies in the 2022 Angels for Climate Solutions Program that are competing for a $100,000 investment, and has recently advanced to the top 10. The Angels for Climate Solutions Program connects investors looking to make early-stage investments into climate technologies with climate-focused startups looking to fundraise. The top 20 startups undergo a 6-week program to prepare their pitch to investors where 5 finalists will be chosen. The finalists pursue a 10-week training program before the final pitch competition for a $100,000 investment. Aqua Intelligent […]
Dr. Jane Hill appointed as new Canada Research Chair
Dr. Jane Hill has been appointed as new Canada Research Chair in Breath Science and Technology (Tier 1). Dr. Hill’s lab aims to “push the technological boundaries of what can be achieved diagnostically using human breath” and other biological samples. The Government of Canada’s Canada Research Chair program aims to support some of the country’s most outstanding researchers in the fields of engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities and social sciences. Chairholders are some of the world’s brightest scholars and scientists who contribute to new discoveries and help us make sense of the world we live in. Additionally, Dr. […]