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Smart cities are moving towards the automation of many essential services. Quality of life for city residents relies on the safety of its buildings, roads, bridges and other infrastructures. Manual inspection of these infrastructures, besides being costly, is a tedious task that requires special skills and intense labour — especially when access to some sites, like bridges, is not easy. Due to the sheer number of bridges and inspection timelines, there is a critical backlog for inspecting bridges in Canada that requires an immediate solution.

According to a recent press-release KA Imaging began with a simple handshake between co-founders Dr. Karim S. Karim (CTO) and Amol Karnick (CEO).

University of Waterloo postdoctoral fellow and small business entrepreneur, Jason Deglint, was recently recognized with the 2021 Mitacs Global Impact Entrepreneur Award for his work tackling damages and losses in the aquaculture industry, estimated to cost $2 billion.

University of Waterloo researchers are using recycled tires to perfect a permeable paving product so it can be used for commercial purposes to reduce the load on stormwater systems.

An investment of $8.2 million will help Canada lead in the future of manufacturing technology by building on the University of Waterloo’s foundation of multi-scale additive manufacturing to establish the Additive Manufacturing Alliance.

A spin-off company with deep roots at the University of Waterloo has won a second Emmy Award for its work to improve the quality and reduce the costs of video.

The University of Waterloo has been designated Research University of the Year among Canadian comprehensive universities by Research Infosource Inc. for the 13^th consecutive year.

The announcement by Research Infosource Inc. is part of Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities 2020 and is based on a balanced set of input and output measures.

A University of Waterloo engineering professor has been awarded a prestigious 2020 E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship.

Aiping Yu, a professor of chemical engineering, is one of six recipients across Canada to receive a fellowship announced today by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The award will help establish a world-leading carbon nanotechnology centre at Waterloo.

Read about Professor Yu's award and plans for the new carbon technology centre.