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Researchers in engineering, health search for new ways to detect bone fragility, prevent fractures

On November 29, the SYDE-BME community gathered for the return of a favourite tradition, the Coffee House. This event features artistic, athletic, and comedic performances by SYDE and BME students, faculty, and staff. 

The Biomedical Engineering Program is proud to announce the winners of the Ojala prizes from the 2022 Capstone Design Symposium. 

Best Overall BME Capstone Design Project

DiagnoseMI by Cesar Genatios, Simona Rocco, Ankit Jain, Laura Zhukas

Biomedical Engineering (BME) students Ethan Chung, Jeffrey Feng, Evandros Kaklamanos, Joey Kuang and Timothy Seto won $10,000 at the annual Norman Esch Entrepreneurship Awards for Capstone Design event held online on March 31. Their project, Petalos, also earned $3,000 as the winner of the Sedra People's Choice Award. 

This week Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) and Biomedical Engineering (BME) students presented their fourth-year design projects at the 2022 Capstone Design Symposium. Teams showcased everything from a seizure monitoring and detection headband for infants to unique tools that can help Canadians optimize their energy usage.

View the full list of SYDE and BME projects: 

The Faculty of Engineering recently announced the recipients of the Winter 2022 First in Class Engineering Scholarships and Undergraduate Research Assistantships.

First in Class Engineering Scholarships (FICES) are funded by the Dean of Engineering and awarded to the top continuing engineering students.

The FICES recipients in Biomedical Engineering are:  

Last week fourth-year Biomedical Engineering (BME) students participated in an “Investigathon”. This hackathon-style event asked student teams to solve an engineering investigation problem. The winning team members, Yun Kim, Natasha Willis, Shaylin Smallegange, Madeleine Nolan, Maya Pavlova received $100 gift cards for their hard work and innovative solutions. 

Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) and Biomedical Engineering (BME) welcomed incoming undergraduate students with First Year Design Dayz.

SYDE and BME students kicked off their undergraduate degree programs with Design Dayz, a department orientation tradition in its sixth year. Each Design Dayz offers new activities, with the core goals of community building, teamwork, and design culture.

Biomedical Engineering (BME) graduate and Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) PhD student Ryan Tennant developed an app to improve workflow in vaccine clinics.  

Waterloo’s undergraduate Biomedical Engineering (BME) program is establishing an external advisory committee. We are seeking nominations for members who are clinicians or professionals in the biomedical industry. Our preference is that members are external to the University of Waterloo, however we may consider internal members at arms-length to the BME program.

The main commitment would be to attend an annual retreat and give detailed feedback on the program at that time.