Lectures, seminars and workshops

The 2023 Microfluidics Professional Course is designed as a crash course for industrial researchers with little or no experience in the microfluidics field. It is open to international attendees and will include 3 days of morning lectures and afternoon labs. The 2023 course will be the first to fully utilize several new scale-up fabrication technologies in […]

Following the Rabbit into Chemical Space Dr. Brian K. Shoichet, PhD University of California, San Francisco Hosted by Dr. Molly Shoichet Snacks & Refreshments Available   Abstract: Structure-based docking can be used to screen compound libraries for novel ligands. Recently, docking libraries have expanded from three million “in-stock” to over four billion make-on-demand (“tangible”) molecules. Docking […]

Professor Larry Lessard Department of Mechanical Engineering McGill University, Montréal Hosted by Professor Elizabeth Edwards Join Via Zoom: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/81463721950 Meeting ID: 814 6372 1950 Passcode: 384453 Abstract: Professor Larry Lessard, from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, works in the research area of recycling of composite materials. He will present work on recent projects on the topic […]

When: September 20, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Where: Sandford Fleming Building, Room 1105 10 King's College Rd Toronto ON M5S 3G4 Cost: Free Benoit Lessard, University of Ottawa Host: Prof. Tim Bender Our society is faced with an increasing challenge of E-waste, and with the proliferation of the internet of things and smart […]

Interested members of the U of T community who would like to attend the seminars can email Kendra Hunter at hunter@mie.utoronto.ca Professor Mark Van Oyen University of Michigan (Industrial and Operations Engineering) A hospital bed placement decision support system implementation and new methods for patient decisions via capacitated multi-armed bandits with delayed rewards and reusable resources […]

Professor Anne Kietzig McGill University (Department of Chemical Engineering Abstract: Functional surfaces in nature are often characterized by patterns of similar multi-length scale surface features of regular but random geometry. In science and engineering we prefer precise feature geometries that are accessible by mathematical formulations for kinetic and thermodynamic considerations. Femtosecond (fs) laser machining has emerged […]

When: October 4, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Where: Sandford Fleming Building, Room 1105 10 King's College Rd Toronto ON M5S 3G4 Cost: Free Claudia Schmidt-Dannert, University of Minnesota Host: Prof. Emma Master In biological systems, simple building blocks such as proteins, nucleic acids and lipids are precisely organized to form higher ordered structures […]

Friday, October 13, 2023 2:00pm-3:00pm Mechanical Engineering Building, MC102 5 King's College Road   Interested members of the U of T community who would like to attend the seminars can email Kendra Hunter at hunter@mie.utoronto.ca Professor Gang Chen Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Department of Mechanical Engineering) Photomolecular And Thermal Evaporation at Water-Air Interface Abstract Bulk water does […]

When: October 18, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Where: Sandford Fleming Building, Room 1105 10 King's College Rd Toronto ON M5S 3G4 Cost: Free Petros Koutrakis, Harvard University Host: Prof. Jeffrey Brook The recent Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study estimated that long-term exposure to fine particulates (PM2.5) caused 9 million deaths worldwide in […]