CBB members awarded $1.4 million for infrastructure

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Waterloo professors were awarded $1.4 million for infrastructure through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). This will provide researchers with the foundational research infrastructure necessary to lead in their field.

Congratulations to the CBB members who received awards!
[Waterloo News]

  • Ning Jiang (Systems Design Engineering): Infrastructure for Waterloo BCI Laboratory ($50,000)
  • David Simakov (Chemical Engineering): Catalytic Performance Evaluation System ($50,000)
  • Thomas Willett (Systems Design Engineering): Integrated Micro-mechanical Testing Instrumentation System ($75,000)
  • John (Tze-Wei) Yeow (Systems Design Engineering): High-resolution Real-time Three-dimensional (3-D) Ultrasound Medical Imaging Research ($50,000)
  • Evelyn Yim (Chemical Engineering): Nanotopography Platform for Stem Cell ($100,000)
  • Alfred Yu (Electrical and Computer Engineering): Development of New Ultrasound Imaging Tools for High-Frame Rate Vascular Diagnostics ($100,000)