Faculty /chemeng/taxonomy/term/3/all en MSSI x XPRIZE: A transdisciplinary symposium on creating societal change /chemeng/channels/event/mssi-x-xprize-transdisciplinary-symposium-creating-societal-change-361361 <p>On February 3rd, 2025, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ and <a href="https://www.xprize.org/">the XPRIZE</a> will host a symposium at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ in Montreal, Canada, celebrating ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ joining the XPRIZE’s Higher Education Network.</p> Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:25:47 +0000 admin 1605 at /chemeng Prix Grands Sages honours ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ professor emeritus Dr. Phil Gold and two PhD candidates /chemeng/channels/news/prix-grands-sages-honours-mcgill-professor-emeritus-dr-phil-gold-and-two-phd-candidates-361165 <div> <p><span><span><span><em><strong>R</strong></em><span><em><strong>esearchers’ outstanding contributions to science and society celebrated by the Fonds de recherche du Québec</strong></em><span><span><em><strong> </strong></em><span><span><em><strong> </strong></em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div> Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:11:21 +0000 admin 1603 at /chemeng Fifteen new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ /chemeng/channels/news/fifteen-new-or-renewed-canada-research-chairs-awarded-mcgill-361164 <div> <div> <p><em><strong><span><span><span><span>$<span>13.8<span><span> <span><span>million <span>in federal funding <span>for<span> <span>³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ’s cohort of <span>10 <span>new<span>,<span> five renewed Canada Research Chairs<span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></em></p></div></div> Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:05:33 +0000 admin 1601 at /chemeng Call for Applications: WRSA Grants /chemeng/channels/event/call-applications-wrsa-grants-360881 <h2><strong>Application deadline is January 12, 2025@ 11:59 PM ET, with project start date of March 1, 2025. </strong></h2> Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:59:25 +0000 admin 1586 at /chemeng Application Deadline: WRSA Grants /chemeng/channels/event/application-deadline-wrsa-grants-360882 <h2><strong>Application deadline is January 12, 2025@ 11:59 PM ET, with project start date of March 1, 2025. </strong></h2> Mon, 04 Nov 2024 16:01:51 +0000 admin 1595 at /chemeng Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur (Associate Professor) has been awarded the recognition of Photonics100 of 2025. Congratulations! /chemeng/channels/news/odile-liboiron-ladouceur-associate-professor-has-been-awarded-recognition-photonics100-2025-360930 <p>Congratulations go to Professor Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, who has been awarded the recognition of Photonics100 of 2025.</p> Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:26:20 +0000 admin 1583 at /chemeng ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ is North America’s best university at creating startup companies /chemeng/channels/news/mcgill-north-americas-best-university-creating-startup-companies-360668 <h2><a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-named-north-americas-best-university-at-creating-startup-companies/">³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ is North America’s best university at creating startup companies</a></h2> <p>³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ launched 28 research-based startup companies last year, more than any other university in North America, according to a new national survey.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-named-north-americas-best-university-at-creating-startup-companies/">Read more!</a></strong></p> Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:01:22 +0000 admin 1577 at /chemeng Two ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ researchers win 2024 Prix du Québec honours /chemeng/channels/news/two-mcgill-researchers-win-2024-prix-du-quebec-honours-360619 <p><em>Professors recognized for work on war-affected children and families, development of ‘intelligent’ fabrics</em></p> <p>Two ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ researchers won Prix du Québec, the highest honours awarded by the Quebec government in the fields of culture and science.</p> <p><a href="/socialwork/about/people/faculty/denov">Myriam Denov</a>, Professor in ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ’s School of Social Work won the <a href="https://prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/">Prix du Québec</a>’s Marie-Andrée-Bertrand Prize for social innovation.</p> Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:47:10 +0000 admin 1575 at /chemeng ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ-led projects awarded $360,000 for occupational health and safety research in Quebec /chemeng/channels/news/mcgill-led-projects-awarded-360000-occupational-health-and-safety-research-quebec-360237 <div> <p><em><span><span><span>I<span>mproving air quality and developing advanced health monitoring devices<span> <span>are the aims of research projects <span>funded <span>by the<span> Robert Sauvé Research Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (IRSST) <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em></p></div> Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:47:39 +0000 admin 1560 at /chemeng 101 ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ research projects awarded $23.5 million in NSERC Discovery Grants funding /chemeng/channels/news/101-mcgill-research-projects-awarded-235-million-nserc-discovery-grants-funding-358031 <p><strong><em>Funding supports groundbreaking research in the natural sciences and engineering</em></strong></p> <p>The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million.</p> <p>The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.</p> Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:07:59 +0000 admin 1482 at /chemeng Provost awards 28 ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ professors with distinguished awards /chemeng/channels/news/provost-awards-28-mcgill-professors-distinguished-awards-357871 <p><em>³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ honours its accomplished researchers with Distinguished James ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Professor, James ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Professor, and William Dawson Scholars awards.</em></p> Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:27:04 +0000 admin 1474 at /chemeng 17 ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ researchers honoured with prestigious Canada Research Chairs /chemeng/channels/news/17-mcgill-researchers-honoured-prestigious-canada-research-chairs-357763 <p style="text-align:center"><em>³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ awarded $10.9 million in federal funding through Canada Research Chairs Program</em></p> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:48:28 +0000 admin 1471 at /chemeng New 600-level course Advanced Materials in Chemical Engineering /chemeng/channels/news/new-600-level-course-advanced-materials-chemical-engineering-334814 <p>The department is offering a new core graduate course starting this winter (W2022). The course is titled "<strong>Advanced Materials in Chemical Engineering</strong>" (CHEE 688), and will be co-taught by Prof. Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne and Prof. Reghan Hill. The course will cover a range of fundamental and applied concepts related to materials engineering, with a focus on topics of interest in chemical engineering. These concepts will be applied to inorganic materials, nanostructured materials, soft matter and polymers, and biological materials.</p> Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:01:10 +0000 jan.kopyscinski@mcgill.ca 1054 at /chemeng Welcome Prof. Samuel Huberman /chemeng/channels/news/welcome-prof-samuel-huberman-333964 <p>We welcome our newest faculty member Dr. Samuel Huberman (Assistant Professor).</p> <p>His research focuses on theoretical and experimental techniques to push our fundamental understanding of energy transfer at small length and time scales.</p> Wed, 06 Oct 2021 15:15:09 +0000 jan.kopyscinski@mcgill.ca 1053 at /chemeng Congrats to Dr. Ulrich Legrand to win the Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards /chemeng/channels/news/congrats-dr-ulrich-legrand-win-mitacs-entrepreneur-awards-331663 <p>We are proud of Ulrich Legrand, Co-Founder and Technical Director of Electro Carbon, who after completing his PhD and a postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. Jean-Luc Meunier, became an entrepreneur and won the Mitacs Environmental Entrepreneurship Award for his technology that transforms CO2, responsible for greenhouse gases (GHGs), into a commercial product.</p> <p> </p> <p><br />  </p> Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:16:21 +0000 jan.kopyscinski@mcgill.ca 1050 at /chemeng