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Congratulations to Gregory Lui for receiving the AECOM Graduate Scholarship ($5000) in Water Research from the Water Institute! He is one of five graduate students at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ to receive an annual scholarship for water-related research. Gregory is a PhD student whose research involves synthesizing novel photocatalytic materials that can be used in renewable waste-water remediation and hydrogen fuel production.

The fourth-year design project group and start-up company Suncayr has been awarded the in the James Dyson award competition. Their product is a color changing marker pen, full of UV responsive ink, that the user draws on their skin. When UV light hits the ink, it changes color – letting the user know that they need to reapply their sunscreen. They are the highest achieving Canadian entrant in history of this competition.

Chemical EngineeringÌýPhD students Hadi Izadi, Katherine Stewart, and Professor AlexanderÌýPenlidis, explain how dry adhesion works in a recent pioneering article in J. Roy. Soc. Interface.ÌýFor more details, please check:

"How does dry adhesion work?"