Seven professors at Waterloo Engineering were awarded a total of almost $1.1 million in federal funding this week through a program designed to help attract and retain top researchers.
The backing from the John R. Evans Leaders Fund, a program of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, is earmarked for infrastructure to ensure labs are equipped for world-class research and technology development.
Two of those recipients are in electrical and computer engineering:
- Dayan Ban: $145,000 for an advanced evaporator for dedicated high-quality and high-precision indium deposition
- Slim Boumaiza: $270,000 for a realistic over-the-air test system for researching wireless and satellite communications at up to 44 GHz
The funding is part of almost $45 million announced for 150 projects at 43 post-secondary institutions across the country.
“Today’s investments will ensure that researchers at our colleges and universities have the equipment and spaces they need to flourish and tackle our most pressing challenges, like climate change, health care and economic security,” Francois-Philippe Champagne, the federal minister of innovation, science and industry, said in a media release.
Campus-wide at Waterloo, eight infrastructure projects received almost $1.2 million in funding.