Using wood dust and tannic acid to trap microplastics
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a filter that traps virtually all micro and nano plastics from water using bark and sawdust.
Read More >>Celebrating CSChE 2023: A Smashing Success
Calgary, Alberta. October 2023. The weather was frigid outdoors, but the warmth and energy inside of the TELUS Convention Centre with 1000+ attendees during the inaugural day of the CSChE 2023 conference could have melted all of the snow away.
Read More >>Meet the National Office Team: Shakiba Ghaffari
Meet Shakiba Ghaffari, CIC’s new Coordinator, focused on delivering first-rate conferences and professional development events for our members, while engaging with CIC local sections and subject divisions.
Read More >>CJCE December Issue
The weather is getting colder outside, but things are heating up in the December issue of The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (CJCE), with articles that include the aim to improve the safety of process plants by supporting emergency response planning, and an article on the performance assessment of drop tube reactor for biomass fast pyrolysis using process simulator.
Read More >>La bave du ver de velours, fibre de l’avenir?
Une équipe de l’Université McGill et de l’Université du Québec à Montréal révèle que la bave d’un ver tropical cache une chimie unique dans le monde animal.
Read More >>Song of Chemical Engineering: Ode to ChE
Dr. Shiping Zhu, a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University, with the assistance of the music by Wing-wah Chan, and the chorus by CUHKSZ students, has created the Ode to ChE, an anthem to Chemical Engineering, that could prove to be an effective vehicle to promoting the field to early career talent.
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