Ontario Tech Faculty of Science

Ontario Tech University Professor Jean-Paul Desaulniers and undergraduate Chemistry student Tran Lam Duy Phan (Julien) recently participated in the International Summer School on Chemistry 2026 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. 🧪🌍✨

Professor Desaulniers taught a two-week intensive course in Chemical Biology alongside faculty from leading international institutions, while Julien earned a Certificate of Completion in recognition of his successful participation in the program.

The International Summer School on Chemistry brings together undergraduate students from universities across China and around the world to explore cutting-edge research, expand their knowledge through intensive courses, and build lasting international connections.

Congratulations to Hamza Noor and Muhammad Usman! 🥳👏🏻

Hamza, a Computer Science Master’s program student in the Graphics and Virtual Dynamics Lab, and Muhammad Usman, Assistant Professor at Ontario Tech University’s Faculty of Science, received the Best Research Paper Award at the International Conference on Computer Animation, Social Agents, and Extended Reality (CASA-XR 2026), held at Campus Biotech in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 1–3, 2026.🏆

CASA is the world's oldest computer animation conference, bringing together leading researchers and innovators in computer animation, virtual humans, social agents, and extended reality.

Their award-winning research presented a framework that enables virtual crowds to form and follow footstep trails on dynamically deformable terrains, resulting in more realistic navigation behaviour and terrain evolution over time.

✨ Only 1 more week to go until our Spring Convocation! 🥳🎓
We can’t wait to celebrate this incredible milestone with all of you. See you there! 💙🧡🎉

Every spring, the Faculty of Science hosts the Durham Regional Science Fair, coordinated by our very own Professor Mary Olaveson.

This year, Mary, Stephanie Mavilla (Chief Judge), and Ken Wilson (Dean of Science) were proud to present the four high school finalists with the opportunity to travel to Edmonton to compete in the Canada-Wide Science Fair.

The finalists are...
🏆Rayyan Rajani, for his project "Silent Aspiration Detector"
🏆Mayukh Manohar and Tanish Patel, for their project "SENSE Using FSRs to Help Level I and II GMFCS of Cerebral Palsy"
🏆Olivia Hazelwood, for her project "Metabolic Priming of Hordeum vulgare for Enhanced Feed Efficiency"

To learn more about their projects or the Durham Regional Science Fair, please see the link in our bio!

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