University of Waterloo Research Partnering Event: Devices & Sensors
Wednesday
June
18,
2014,
2-6
p.m.
Mike
and
Ophelia
Lazaridis
Quantum-Nano
Centre
(QNC)
Room1501
Waterloo technologies are revolutionizing the development of sensors and devices and contributing to innovative solutions across health, medicine, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, food, water, environment, energy, cleantech, manufacturing, construction, software and more.
Join us to discover some of the amazing science and engineering underlying innovative devices and sensors and for the opportunity to network and explore collaboration opportunities.
Those in attendance have the chance to win a Jawbone UP24 fitness tracker!
Agenda
2:00
Welcome
&
Opening
Remarks
2:15
Researcher
Presentations:
Optical
Coherence
Tomography
for
Biomedical
Applications
Dr.
Kostadinka
Bizheva,
Faculty
of
Science,
University
of
Waterloo
DNA-Based
Biosensors
for
Environmental
and
Biomedical
Analysis
Dr.
Juewen
Liu,
Faculty
of
Science,
University
of
Waterloo
Embedding
Optical
Fibre
Sensors
Within
Metallic
Structures
Using
Multi-scale
Additive
Manufacturing
Dr.
Ehsan
Toyserkani,
Faculty
of
Engineering,
University
of
Waterloo
3:00
Company
Presentations:
Environmental
Applications
of
Devices
and
Sensors
Dr.
Todd
McAlary,
Practice
Leader,
Vapor
Intrusion,
Geosyntec
Consultants
Inc.
Optical
nanosensors
enabling
affordable
diagnostics
Ryan
Denomme,
Founder
and
CEO,
Nicoya
Lifesciences
Spectroscopy:
from
lab
to
industry
Olga
Pawluczyk,
President
and
CEO,
P&P
Optica
3:45
OCE
Partnership
Programs:
Dr.
Ken
Schultz,
Ontario
Centres
of
Excellence
(OCE)
4:00
Closing
Remarks
&
Open
Showcase:
Posters,
Demos
and
Networking
Reception
6:00
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