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Skule Lunch & Learn presents Bridging Engineering & Entrepreneurship: Tackling Global Challenges in Sustainability & Health

Join us this April as Professor Frank Gu discusses taking global solutions for sustainability from the lab into business. Conducting research and training of highly skilled researchers have long been a central focus of universities. A roadmap to bring knowledge created in an academic lab to a practical application can be a convoluted and challenging process. In his talk, Professor Gu will discuss the advantages of fostering industry partnerships, cultivating entrepreneurship, and creating business models and technology development roadmaps in bringing research solutions closer to commercialization.
Frank Gu is a Professor and an NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair in Nanotechnology Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry. Dr. Gu received his BSc from Trent University, Ph.D. from Queen’s University, and postdoctoral training from MIT and Harvard Medical School. Before joining U of T 2018, Dr. Gu was an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Gu has established a frontier research program in Nanotechnology Engineering, with important advances in medical and life science applications. His research has brought tangible impacts on his field and industry, including mucoadhesive materials for the treatment of Dry Eye Disease, and photocatalytic water treatment technologies for the Canadian energy sector.
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Skule Lunch & Learn presents Bridging Engineering & Entrepreneurship: Tackling Global Challenges in Sustainability & Health

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April 14, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Online!

Join us this April as Professor Frank Gu discusses taking global solutions for sustainability from the lab into business. Conducting research and training of highly skilled researchers have long been a central focus of universities. A roadmap to bring knowledge created in an academic lab to a practical application can be a convoluted and challenging process. In his talk, Professor Gu will discuss the advantages of fostering industry partnerships, cultivating entrepreneurship, and creating business models and technology development roadmaps in bringing research solutions closer to commercialization.
Frank Gu is a Professor and an NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair in Nanotechnology Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry. Dr. Gu received his BSc from Trent University, Ph.D. from Queen’s University, and postdoctoral training from MIT and Harvard Medical School. Before joining U of T 2018, Dr. Gu was an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Gu has established a frontier research program in Nanotechnology Engineering, with important advances in medical and life science applications. His research has brought tangible impacts on his field and industry, including mucoadhesive materials for the treatment of Dry Eye Disease, and photocatalytic water treatment technologies for the Canadian energy sector.
Join us online for this free and exclusive event brought to you by U of T Engineering.
Register here today!

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