Faculty

Solar Novus Today features the work of electrical and computer engineering professor Omar Ramahi who received a $25,000 grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for researching the harvest of non-visible light and is collaborating with chemists from Next Alternative Inc. on the project. “Over significant parts of the earth, the sun shines for a fraction of the day.

Systems design engineering professor Keith Hipel has received the 2012 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Eminent Scientist Award. The award is Japan's highest research prize for international scientists and is granted to researchers "who possess a record of excellent research achievements and who are mentors and leaders in their respective fields." This is the first time this prize has been awarded to a Canadian academic. [DB article]

John Yeow's research made headlines in both the March 2 special engineering supplement of the Toronto Star and the paper's front page. One of Yeow's main research interests is inventing and developing tools for locating, examining and targeting micro-organisms inside the body. Yeow, a systems design engineering professor and the first Canada chair in micro and nanodevices, and his team of researchers have developed a miniaturized catheter that can  provide medical practitioners with precise internal body imaging.The catheter will likely assist in the early detection of cancer and other dise

This year’s Waterloo Region Record “Forty Under 40” honours included six with direct links to Waterloo Engineering -- four alumni, a professor and a staff member. On the list were engineering graduates David Kroetsch, president of spinoff company Aeryon Labs; Michael Peasgood, vice-president for engineering at Aeryon; Craig Haney, director of marketing for Emergent and a community volunteer; and Andrea Clegg, an engineer at McCormick Rankin Corp.

A March 9 Globe and Mail editorial features Karim Karim, a Waterloo electrical and computer engineering professor, who is developing a $1,000 X-ray machine using digital-imaging technology to test for tuberculosis in third world countries and elsewhere. Karim was one of 15 recipients of a recent $100,000 grant from the Grand Challenges Canada program.