2015 News Archives

Ray Selected as Editor of Chemical Engineering Book Series 

July 14, 2015

Dr. Ajay Ray of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering selected as editor of book series. (more)

Dr. Lars Rehmann Receives Humboldt Research Fellowship

July 14, 2015

Lars Rehmann received a prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowships for experienced researchers. (more)

Research Bridges Symposium 2015

July 9, 2015

Research Bridges exists with the goal to bridge and understand the connections that strengthen collaborative research between indsutry and adademia. (more)

Manuella Oliviera recipient of Graduate Student Teaching Award

May 22, 2015

Manuella Oliviera, of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, is a Graduate Student Teaching Award recipient. Congratulations Manuella! (more)

Dr. Ajay K Ray Selected to Serve as Editor

May 1, 2015 

John M. Coulson and John F. Richardson co-wrote a textbook on chemical engineering first published in 1954, which developed into an established series of six text books known as Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering book series. (more)

CBE Faculty Members Receive NSERC Grants

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Lars Rehmann and Dr. Dominic Pjontek on receiving NSERC Discovery Grants and Dr. Paul Charpentier on receiving NSERC RTI grant.

Dr. George Nakhla Receives Engineering Prize for Achievement in Research 

The Engineering Prize for Achievement in Research is presented annually to recognize the outstanding research contributions of a faculty member in Western Engineering. (more)

Awards Presented at 10th Annual Capstone Competition

Lambtononline.ca | March 20, 2015

Awards have been handeed out at the 10th anniversary edition of the Capstone Design & Competition at the Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park in Sarnia. (more)

Dr. Kibret Mequanint receives Western's Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching

Western News | March 12, 2015

For a number of years, Kibret Mequanint has taken on some of the most challenging of the required courses in Engineering, yet still maintained his teaching ratings well above the average in his department and faculty. (more)

Hilary Stone to reach out to rural women in Ghana this summer

Western Engineering News | March 11, 2015

Stone, a third-year Chemical and Biochemical Engineering student, will travel to Kumasi, Ghana from May until August as this year's EWB Western Junior Fellow. (more)

Dr. Lauren Flynn's CFI 'funding fuels hunt for deeper answers'

Western News | January 20, 2015

Dr. Lauren Flynn is offering hope to those struggling to heal some of life’s deepest scars by putting stems cells found in human fat to work in new ways. (more)

Dr. Cedric Briens is 'turning ‘gunk’ into a liquid gold'

Western Engineering News | January 7, 2015

Finding a way to improve the efficiency of how heavy oil is upgraded is a challenge Cedric Briens is excited to take on as the NSERC Syncrude/ExxonMobil Industrial Research Chair in Fluid Coking Technologies at Western University.