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Lab workshops held for CEGEP students

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 18:36:22 +0000

On April 24th and May 8th, the Department of Bioengineering welcomed Quebec CEGEP students interested in Bioengineering for a lab workshop and recruitment event held at our teaching laboratory. Students gained hands-on experience through experiments led by our Lab technician team and graduate students from Professor Caroline Wagner's research team.

91ɬ��’s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:18:30 +0000

At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening.

91ɬ�� celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.

Provost honours 31 91ɬ�� professors for exceptional research achievements

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 18:00:18 +0000

The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James 91ɬ�� Professors, James 91ɬ�� Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody ‘the very best of our academic community’.

Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 91ɬ�� professors as Distinguished James 91ɬ�� Professors, James 91ɬ�� Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.

$1.25 million for 91ɬ�� research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:34:01 +0000

Federal fund will support transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, and medicine at 91ɬ��.

91ɬ�� awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:51:34 +0000

From fundamental physics to child well-being, 91ɬ�� researchers advance discovery across disciplines

91ɬ�� has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs – six new and 10 renewed.

Holiday Closure | 91ɬ�� Engine Centre

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:59:24 +0000

91ɬ�� Engine Centre will close at 4:30PM on Wednesday, December 23, 2025, and will reopen on Monday, January 4, 2027.

Wishing everyone a restful holiday break.

Three 91ɬ�� researchers receive SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:32:44 +0000

New Concentration now open in Synthetic Biology

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:35:10 +0000

Synthetic Biology is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field focused on creating new biological molecules, devices, and systems, as well as repurposing existing ones for beneficial applications in gene therapies, sustainable materials, and food production. Grounded in principles of standardization, abstraction, and modularity, it applies the Design-Build-Test-Learn engineering cycle to address long-standing biological challenges.

Prof. Reznikov co-authors Nature paper on metabolites preserved in fossil bones

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:52:08 +0000

In a recent Nature publication, Profs. Natalie Reznikov and Marc McKee, along with graduate students Eran Ittah and Daniel Buss, worked with Prof.

91ɬ�� spinoff Phoela Health wins Quebec Emerging Start-Up Award

admin — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:05:14 +0000

Phoela Health Inc., co-founded by Reza Abbasi, PhD, and Prof. Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, has won the Emerging Start-Up Award at the ADRIQ Gala 2025. Phoela’s biosensing technology was developed during Abbasi's PhD and advanced in his postdoctoral research in 91ɬ��’s Department of Bioengineering, mentored and financially supported by 91ɬ�� Engine’s Chwang Seto Innovation Fellowship Program.

Welcome Prof. Samuel Huberman

jan.kopyscinski@mcgill.ca — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 15:15:09 +0000

We welcome our newest faculty member Dr. Samuel Huberman (Assistant Professor).

His research focuses on theoretical and experimental techniques to push our fundamental understanding of energy transfer at small length and time scales.

ChemEng undergraduate Sophia Roy wins a 2021 Quebec Lieutenant Governor Youth medal

jan.kopyscinski@mcgill.ca — Wed, 19 May 2021 12:48:39 +0000

Congrats to Sophia Roy (Chemical Engineering undergraduate student) is one of four 91ɬ�� students to win a 2021 Quebec Lieutenant Governor Youth medal. The award recognizes the involvement, determination and constant striving of Quebecers who have or have had a positive influence in their community.

Chemical Engineering Departmental Seminar

anna.pollock2@mcgill.ca — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 19:32:45 +0000

Chemical Engineering Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 2:00-3:00 PM

Zoom link:
https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/81758517110?pwd=Q3cyWEU0MytHdnVaY2NRU3pnSGZadz09

password: chemeng

We invite you to our Chemical Engineering Research Day on Tuesday, November 21, 2017.

jan.kopyscinski@mcgill.ca — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 14:57:46 +0000

The Department of Chemical Engineering will host the Fall Research Day, in which our graduate and undergraduate student present their research work.

Time: Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017

Start: 12:30 pm

Place: New Residence Hall (Ballroom C)

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Chemical Engineering Design Project students finished 2nd in the Hatch Plant Design Competition!!! Congrats.

jan.kopyscinski@mcgill.ca — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 12:03:19 +0000

Congratulations to our Design Project students who finished 2nd in the Hatch Plant Design Competition during the 67th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CSChE 2017), Edmonton, Alberta, October 22-25.

Congratulations to the other two teams from Polytechnique Montréal (1st) and University of Ottawa (3rd).

From left to right: Sergio Joao (Design Leader), Sophie Marcotte, Ramisa Chowdhury, Julian Montagut, Antonio Colantuoni, Rafic Osseiran