A new chapter begins! 🎓 Last Friday, we welcomed our incoming graduate students to Chemical Engineering at McGill for Graduate Student Orientation. It was a great opportunity to meet faculty and fellow students and get ready for the year ahead. Welcome to the department!
We welcomed our newest Chemical Engineering students to McGill for Orientation Day! 🎓 A great day to meet classmates, connect with professors, and start building our community. Welcome to McGill Chem Eng! ❤️
🏆 Montreal named #1 student city in Canada and top 20 worldwide We're proud to call one of the continent's top-ranked student cities home. From innovation and culture to exceptional student experiences, Montréal helps make McGill a destination for talent from around the world. mcgill.ca/x/5XA
Join us for a seminar with Zahra Teimouri, "Engineering Catalysis for Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing." 📅 June 3, 2026 🕚 11:00-12:00 📍 Wong Building, Room 1020
Major new publication from Professor Corinne Hoesli and a multi-institutional team has just appeared in Cell Biomaterials by Cell Press. A promising new way to transplant cells could lead to a better treatment for Type 1 diabetes. www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/cha...
A promising new way to transplant cells could lead to a better treatment for Type 1 diabetes
Researchers at McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC) have developed a novel device to transplant insulin-producing cells that integrates directl...
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Congratulations to Prof. Samuel Huberman on receiving The Christophe Pierre Award for Research Excellence (Early Career) from the Faculty of Engineering! The award recognizes excellence in research by academic staff.
👏👏Congrats to Sangeeta Vidyarthi, McGill Chemical Engineering undergrad, for winning 1st place at the 2026 AIChE Eckhardt Northeast Student Conference (Student Technical Presentation Competition)!
Profs Coulombe & Kopyscinski having fun in the lab! Checking out a new plasma system for in-flight powder treatment, designed and built by Prof. Coulombe and his team.
Forty-three McGill programs rank in the world’s Top 50 in the latest QS rankings, with another 10 in the Top 100. 🌎 Engineering – Mineral & Mining rose to 2nd globally. Five subjects rank in the Top 20 and 10 in the Top 30, with several others among the world’s best. 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/5YU
Our Chemical Engineering students received their Iron Rings this Sunday at the Montreal Science Centre. ⚙️ A powerful symbol of responsibility, ethics, and the impact engineers have on society. Congratulations to our newest graduates!
🔬 Chemical Engineering Research Day-March 20 McGill Chem Eng is joining colleagues from Polytechnique Montréal and Concordia for Chemical Engineering Research Day. Hosted at Polytechnique Montréal, the event will feature graduate student research presentations from across all three institutions.
👏👏Congratulations to Prof. Corinne Hoesli on being one of the recipients of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant! She received funding for her project "Biofabrication robuste et avancée pour la valorisation d’organoïdes (BRAVO)".
A big congratulations to the ten #McGill research projects awarded $42M from the Canada Foundation for Innovation👏🍁 The projects span a wide range of fields, from advancing music research 🎶, to exploring the “microsecond sky” 🌌 Read more ➡️ www.mcgill.ca/research/cha...
⭐ Join McGill Chemical Engineering The Department of Chemical Engineering at McGill University is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the areas of bioprocessing, sustainability, and energy. For more info and to apply, visit: mcgill.ca/x/5fA
Assistant Professor Position in Chemical Engineering, McGill University
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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📸 Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is hosting its first research photo competition! Prizes will be awarded to the top submissions, so don’t miss the chance to showcase your work through photography. For more details, visit: lnkd.in/eb2fDdU6
Congratulations to Saad Rabbani on successfully defending your thesis! 🎉 This is a significant achievement!
🌟 PhD Defence Announcement 🌟 We’re excited to announce that Saad Rabbani will be defending his PhD thesis on March 9. See details below ⬇️
Christina-Marie Boghdady has reached an important milestone in her doctoral studies. She will be defending her PhD thesis on March 16. See details below for details ⬇️
C’est la Francofête à McGill! 🎉 Du 9 au 31 mars, célébrons la francophonie mcgilloise avec conférences, échanges interdisciplinaires et activités culturelles. 🔗 Horaire complet: https://mcgill.ca/francofete
🏀👏 Congratulations to McGill Chem Eng undergraduate Emilia Diaz-Ruiz on winning the Sylvia Sweeney Award for excellence in athletics, academics, and community service! 📖 Read more in the article below. mcgillathletics.ca/news/2026/3/...
McGill hoops star Diaz-Ruiz wins national Sylvia Sweeney Award for student-athlete community service - McGill University Athletics
QUEBEC CITY -- Emilia Diaz-Ruiz of the McGill University women's basketball team has been named winner of the Sylvia Sweeney Award for student-athlete community
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📍 Find a McGill24 event near you! We are spreading the McGill24 magic worldwide, with events in Montreal, New York City, Paris, Singapore and various other cities across the globe. 🌎 Join your local McGill community in celebrating our day of giving – https://bit.ly/4l6dd8K
🌟 PhD Defence Announcement 🌟 We’re excited to announce that Saad Rabbani will be defending his PhD thesis on March 9. See details below ⬇️
🎓 PhD defence announcement! Congratulations to Samuel Mathews on the successful defence of his thesis! 👏 Wishing him continued success in his next steps and future endeavors.
Congratulations to Prof Jan Kopyscinski and his research team. The publication of their latest work in the Chemical Engineering Journal explores the role of a catalytic heat exchanger for CO₂ methanation in the Power-to-Gas processes. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
❄️ Why is ice slippery? It’s not as simple as it seems. Prof. Anne-Marie Kietzig was interviewed on Les années lumière about the science of ice friction. ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
Pourquoi la glace glisse-t-elle? Un débat vieux de 200 ans | OHdio | Radio-Canada
Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Les années lumière : Pourquoi la glace glisse-t-elle? Un débat vieux de 200 ans
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📄 New paper from #McGillChemEng! Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji and her team review how complex urban runoff mixtures impact aquatic species and introduce the UrbanRunoffRisk R package to improve environmental risk assessments. Link to paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Urban Runoff Toxicity to Aquatic Species: Physiological and Biomarker Responses with Toxicant Characterization
Urban runoff often contains a complex mixture of contaminants that may include plastics, pesticides, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, metals, tire wear debris, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl sub...
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🎉 Congrats to Prof. Corinne Hoesli (Chem Eng) and her team on receiving the $100K Desjardins Deploy Award from the McGill Innovation Fund! Their startup Cellterix is developing a novel cell therapy for Type 1 diabetes. www.mcgill.ca/innovation/a...
5th round of the MIF sees cleantech, medtech and AI winners
Over the course of three days in early December, the judges of the McGill Innovation Fund (MIF) selected the 5th cohort of teams to be supported in its program. With awards going up to a maximum of $1...
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New research from Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji’s lab shows how coagulant choice and pH can improve microplastic & nanoplastic removal in wastewater treatment. With Sinan Abi Farraj, Mathieu Lapointe & Rafael S. Kurusu. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Four McGill studies made @quebecscience.bsky.social's Top 10 Discoveries of the Year 🔬🌍 Their topics range from prehistoric fossils to female fertility, highlighting the range of expertise at McGill. Congratulations to the researchers behind this achievement! 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/5Jq
✨ The Department of Chemical Engineering wishes you a relaxing and joyful holiday season and a very happy new year! Le département de génie chimique vous souhaite une période des fêtes joyeuses et reposantes ainsi qu’une très bonne année ! ❄️
We’re pleased to share a new publication by Prof Reghan J. Hill and his student Juan Sebastian Lopez Castro exploring high-voltage heating elements for electric heaters and boilers. 👉 For more details, read the article: mcgill.ca/x/5kF
Dissipation and heat-transfer management in high-voltage heating elements
The global transition toward renewable energies has brought special interest in electrified industrial heating systems, including thermal energy stora…
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🎉 Congratulations Chong Yang Du on a successful thesis defense! This achievement marks an important milestone, and we commend her hard work, dedication, and contributions to the field. Wishing you continued success in the next chapter of your journey!