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A Waterloo Engineering professor has been recognized with one of Ontario's premier engineering awards for research that could transform how surgeons detect and treat cancer in the operating room.

Dr. Parsin Haji Reza, a systems design engineering professor, received the Ontario Professional Engineering Awards' (OPEA) Engineering Medal for Entrepreneurship for turning his research into a successful venture through innovation and business leadership. He will be formally honoured at the OPEA's awards gala in November.

More than 20 teams of high school students with a passion for designing, building and racing electric vehicles are scheduled to hit the track at the annual Waterloo EV Challenge on Saturday.

Students from across Ontario will compete in two endurance races in single-seat electric vehicles they designed and built on a temporary street racing course on the East Campus.  Each car starts with the same size and type of battery, and the vehicle that travels furthest in the time available is the winner.

Waterloo-based nanotech company Alchemy received $1.8 million in federal funding to expand its development of next-generation thermal camouflage textiles for military use.

Co-founded in 2013 by Waterloo Engineering alumni Khanjan Desai and Chong Shen (both BASc ’13, nanotechnology), the company produces a nanoceramic film to protect windshields from scratches and stone chips. The product was discovered to interact with thermal infrared radiation, which led to partnerships with the defence industry.