The primary goal of the Centre for Advanced Materials Joining (CAMJ) at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada is to develop new and innovative technologies for materials joining.
CAMJ has cutting-edge laboratory facilities and research areas to collaborate with leading companies in the industry for research and development. CAMJ trains students on the undergraduate, Masters, PhD, and Post Doctoral levels and collaborates with students from foreign institutes of excellence to extend their research.

The projects taken up in CAMJ are from the following areas:
- Microwelding - laser and resistance microwelding for medical applications
- Microjoining - soldering and wire bonding for electronics
- Nanojoining - practical interconnection and construction technologies of nano-mechatronics and molecular devices
- Laser, arc, resistance and friction stir welding - automotive applications
News
CAMJ graduate student wins COM 2023 Best Student Poster Award
CAMJ group is honoured to congratulate Olakunle Timothy Betiku for winning the best poster award at the 62nd Annual Conference of Metallurgists held in Toronto, Canada. Olakunle’s poster titled “Pathways to improving the mechanical performance of press-hardened steel resistance spot welds” was awarded the best poster award (Doctoral – Materials Category) at the conference.
CAMJ Members Attend COM 2023 in Toronto
Prof. Peng Peng, Prof. Elliot Biro, PhD students: Kaiping Zhang, Shima Akbarian, Olakunle Timothy Betiku, Mohammad Shojaee and Jihui Yan attended the 62nd Annual Conference of Metallurgists (COM 2023) in Toronto in August, 2023.
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