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Clean Technologies for Water Refining and Nutrient and Energy Recovery (TWNER)

This unique NSERC CREATE training program integrates broad coursework offered at the participating Ontario universities, mandatory industrial internships, compulsory research exchange programs, interactive workshops, and multi-disciplinary research focus to provide unique tailored individualized training programs. (More)

Berruti, Franco - Institute for Chemicals & Fuels from Alternative Resources (ICFAR)

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Briens, Cedric - Institute for Chemicals & Fuels from Alternative Resources (ICFAR)

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Charpentier, Paul

Projects

Gillies, Elizabeth

Development of Polymer Vesicles (Polymersomes) as Therapeutics, Delivery Vehicles, and Imaging Contrast Agents
Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Degradation via New End-to-End Depolymerization Mechanisms
Polyisobutylene-Based Biomedical Materials: Imparting New Properties and Functions
Biodegradable Poly(ester amide)s with Pendant Functional Groups for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering (E. Gillies, K. Mequanint)

Gomaa, Hassan

Preparation of  micro and nano emulsions using highly porous dynamic surfaces
Intensification of membrane micro and ultrafiltration processes using oscillatory motion
Development and characterization of hybrid membrane based systems for phase contact and product recovery
Interface transport intensification and modeling in presence of reversing shear layers

Hrymak, Andrew

Modelling of dip coating of particle dispersions in non-newtonian fluids
Design, development and validation of general surgery and urology simulators for surgical skills training (Hrymak, A.N.; Millon, L.)
Improving Galvanizing Bath Hardware: modelling dross particle agglomeration
Simulation of compression molding of long fiber reinforced thermoplastics
Simulation of compression molding of thermoset sheet molding compound
Production and purification of bacterial cellulose (Margaritis, A. ; Hrymak, A.N.)
Microinjection molding: studies of polymer structure and filled materials
Electrically conducting polymers through the addition of carbon and graphite fillers (Hrymak, A.N.)

 

Rehmann, Lars

Pretreatment process development for lignocellulosic biomass
Process development for ethanol and butanol fermentation
Micro-algae processing: Development of genetic tools and physicochemical fractionation processes
Recombinant protein production and purification in insect cell systems
Bioassay Development for Emerging Contaminants