News from the department of Chemical Engineering

A new test developed by researchers at McMaster University uses a novel technology to find bacteria in liquids and indicate their presence by changing colour.

Biomedical and chemical engineering student Rosalie Wang shares her experience of travelling across the world to Singapore to complete a semester abroad.

A group of McMaster researchers who routinely work with bacteriophages — viruses that eat bacteria — had a pleasant and potentially very important surprise while preparing slides to view under a powerful microscope.

Two students travelled to Bohemia, New York for a two-week experiential research visit to a Sartorius facility.

Mac Eng researcher Drew Higgins and postdoctoral fellow Amir Foroozan reflect on CO2 recycling technologies and their impact on climate change.

Chemical Engineering Professor Giancarlo Dalle Ave explains how "green" steel is made through direct reduced iron and electric arc furnaces, and why it's such a big change from traditional methods.

Breakthrough provides easier access to type of virus that infects bacteria.

It’s highly flexible, light weight, low cost to manufacture and serves multiple functions. The ubiquity of polyvinyl chloride – or PVC – in our day to day lives points to an abundance of applications. What’s sorely lacking are adequate practices for recycling and reuse.

Mike Thompson shares his thoughts on graduate studies and preparing our students for the future as he ends a 10-year tenure.

Yingful Li and Mac Eng professor Carlos Filipe are leading one of the four teams that won the Innovation Matchmaking competition.

Mac Eng and its extended community gathered to commemorate the achievements and next steps of the Class of 2024 at two ceremonies at FirstOntario Concert Hall on June 11.

Reducing CO2 emissions is part of the public discourse on addressing climate change, but what are we doing to remove CO2 that’s already been emitted? The de Lannoy Lab in McMaster Engineering is exploring how the oceans can be used to sustainably remove CO2 from the atmosphere.