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Congratulations to Xuejia Liu recipient of the 2014/15 "Murray Moo-Young Biotechnology Biochemical Engineering Scholarship Award"

Professor Madhuranthakam is a well-known and well-respected professor from the Chemical Engineering department, loved by his students for his evident enthusiasm for his course material and passion for teaching. 

This month, the Iron Warrior took some time to chat with this awesome professor.

Iron Warrior Article - Feb 11, 2015

Associate Professor Zhongwei Chen

Pouyan Sardashti Borealis Award 2014

Borealis

Congratulations to Gregory Lui for receiving the AECOM Graduate Scholarship ($5000) in Water Research from the Water Institute! He is one of five graduate students at the University of Waterloo to receive an annual scholarship for water-related research. Gregory is a PhD student whose research involves synthesizing novel photocatalytic materials that can be used in renewable waste-water remediation and hydrogen fuel production.

Congratulations to the uwDNA team for their Bronze Medal at the 2014 BIOMOD competition held at Harvard University.

Congratulations to the UW iGEM team for their Gold Medal and Best Model Prize  at the 2014 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The fourth-year design project group and start-up company Suncayr has been awarded the international runners-up prize in the James Dyson award competition. Their product is a color changing marker pen, full of UV responsive ink, that the user draws on their skin. When UV light hits the ink, it changes color – letting the user know that they need to reapply their sunscreen. They are the highest achieving Canadian entrant in history of this competition.