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Inexpensive new technology promises benefits including more frequent tests, earlier detection and enormous health-care savings

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have developed new, inexpensive technology that could save lives and money by routinely screening women for breast cancer without exposure to radiation.

On February 17, 2020, in sunny San Francisco, the 8^th edition of the acclaimed book, Microelectronic Circuits, was launched.

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have developed a tiny, battery-free, self-powering sensor that could dramatically reduce the cost of protecting buildings from damaging water leaks.

The new device, housed in a box just three centimetres square, is the product of a collaboration between professors Norman Zhou and George Shaker.

KITCHENER -- Driving in the winter is more challenging than on sunny summer days, even for self-driving cars.

Researchers at University of Waterloo are conducting studies to help train future self-driving cars to handle wintry conditions.

They say it's the first publically-available set of data in the world for self-driving cars in winter.

Kankar Bhattacharya, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and Professor in ECE, has been selected to receive the prestigious Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision.  He will be honored at convocation in June.

Under the supervision of ECE Professor Nachiket Kapre, undergraduate student Long Chung Chan, and alumnus, Gurshaant Malik have won a Best Paper Award for their work “Partitioning FPGA-Optimized Systolic Arrays for Fun and Profit” at FPT 2019 in Tianjin, China in December 2019.

Kazem Izadinasab has been awarded the Jim and Diane Ohi Memorial Award for his leadership contributions to the department as well as his high academic achievement.

University of Waterloo researchers are in the latest episode of 'The Age of A.I."

While he's not becoming an engineer, Robert Downey Jr. is spearheading a new organization called the Footprint Coalition which aims to use technology to benefit the environment. 

Downey Jr. is also the voice of the YouTube series 'The Age of A.I', and the latest episode has a local connection.

On January 15, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs hosted its second annual GRADflix Showcase, a red-carpet event featuring the 23 best one-minute videos made by graduate students to describe their research. GRADflix is a research communication opportunity for graduate students. Participants create a video, moving slide show, or animation of no longer than 60 seconds (one minute) in length that describes their research. 

ECE PhD student, Navjot Khaira, has received the J.Alan George Student Leadership Award.