Professor Ning Yan has been elected into the Canadian Academy of Engineering

Congratulations Prof. Ning Yan on being elected a new Fellow for 2023!

The Canadian Academy of Engineering is the national institution through which individuals, who have made outstanding contributions to engineering in Canada, provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada and to Canadians. The CAE is an independent, self-governing, and non-profit organization established in 1987. Fellows of the CAE are nominated and elected by their peers, in view of their distinguished achievements and career-long service. Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering are committed to ensuring that Canada’s engineering expertise and experience are applied to the benefit of all Canadians.

The Canadian Academy of Engineering works in close cooperation with other senior academies in Canada and internationally. The CAE is a founding member of the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), and a member of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS), which includes 31 national engineering academies around the world. The CAE is also a member of the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE), an association of more than 20 Canadian organizations in science and engineering, whose mandate is to educate and inform federal Parliamentarians, decision makers and other leaders of the importance and significance of Canadian research and innovation to economic development, and society as a whole.

“The election of these exceptional faculty and alumni to the Academy is an important recognition of their impact as engineering innovators, educators and leaders, both nationally and globally,” says U of T Engineering Dean Christopher Yip. “On behalf of the Faculty, congratulations to all our new CAE fellows.” 

You can find more information HERE.

Grand Prize Winner in the Excellence in Thermoset Polymer Research Competition

Ph.D. Candidate Nicole Tratnik won first prize in the Excellence in Thermoset Polymers Research Competition hosted by the Thermoset Resin Formulators Association for her paper titled “Recyclable, self-strengthening starch-based epoxy vitrimer facilitated by exchangeable disulfide bonds”. She was flown out to Denver, CO to present her work at the TRFA Annual Meeting with over 120 attendees. Her award-winning paper can be found here.

Congratulations Nicole!

You can read more about the news on the UofT Chem Eng website here.

Placed in Student Poster Competition at SPE,EAV Conference

We are happy to announce our Ph.D Candidate, Nicole Tratnik, won 5th place in the student poster competition at the SPE,EAV Plastics in Electric & Autonomous Vehicles Conference. Her poster was titled, “Enhanced sustainability of upcycleable biobased epoxy vitrimers with designed recyclability” and was based off of her recently published paper that can be found here.
Congrats Nicole!

Article Ranks on the Top Ten List for EngRN: Surfaces, Coatings & Films (Topic)

As of January 18th, the article Lignocellulosic Nanofibrils as Multifunctional Component for High-Performance Packaging Applications has made the top ten list on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) with 25 downloads in the last 60 days.

The paper can be accessed for free here.

A peer-reviewed version of this article is also published in Materials Today Communications and can be viewed here.

Article Ranks on the Top Ten List for ChemRN: Food & Agricultural Chemistry (Topic)

As of October 18th, the article Recyclable, Self-Strengthening Starch-Based Epoxy Vitrimer Facilitated by Exchangeable Disulfide Bonds from Garlic has made the top ten list on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) with 31 downloads in the last 60 days.

The paper can be accessed for free here.

A peer-reviewed version of this article is also published in the Chemical Engineering Journal and can be viewed here.

Professor Ning Yan among seven UofT Engineering researchers awarded Canada Research Chair

Professor Ning Yan has been awarded the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Bioproducts. Congratulations Professor Yan, it is a well-deserved position!

You can read more about it here.

Among her colleagues include 6 other researchers from UofT including the following:

  • Omar F. Khan (BME) Canada Research Chair in Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
  • Elizabeth Edwards (ChemE) Canada Research Chair in Anaerobic Biotechnology 
  • Penney Gilbert (BME) Canada Research Chair in Endogenous Repair 
  • Heather MacLean (CivMin) Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Systems and Technology Assessment
  • Daniel Posen (CivMin) Canada Research Chair in System-Scale Environmental Impacts of Energy and Transport Technologies 
  • Milica Radisic (BME, ChemE) Canada Research Chair in Organ-on-a-Chip Engineering