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Alumni impact recognized at Faculty awards dinner
Waterloo Engineering celebrated three outstanding alumni at its annual Engineering Awards Dinner for their innovative and impactful contributions to improving how humanity engages with the built and natural environments.
Hosted by Dean Mary Wells, the event honoured Vikramaditya (Vikram) Yadav (BASc ’07, chemical engineering), Elisia Neves (BArch ’08, MArch ’12) and James Dean (BASc ’90, civil engineering) for their entrepreneurial and research-driven approach to developing sustainable technologies and building stronger communities.
Researcher awarded funds to turn waste into bioplastics
A University of Waterloo professor has received $100,000 from the Scotiabank Climate Action Research Fund to advance bacteria-powered technology that turns mixed waste streams into low-carbon products.
Dr. Christian Euler from the Department of Chemical Engineering is investigating how landfill gas by-products and other waste materials can be transformed into valuable bioplastics at industrial scale.
Striking images by grad students sweep research photo contest
Graduate students swept the top three spots in this year’s Waterloo Engineering contest to recognize striking photographs taken during academic research.
The first-place prize of $1,000 went to chemical engineering student Estatira Amirieh for a forest-like image that emerged from a laboratory bench, not nature. Its delicate structures were created through electrospinning, a process in which a liquid polymer solution is pulled by electric fields into ultra-thin threads that solidify as they travel through the air.