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Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Ideogram has raised $80 million in Series A funding to accelerate the company’s growth in generative AI.

Waterloo Engineering alum William Chan (BASc ’11, computer engineering) co-founded Ideogram in 2022 “to help people become more creative”. The company officially launched just six months ago with $22.3 million in seed funding.

Kitchener-based clean-tech startup Evercloak has raised $2 million to accelerate the commercialization of its breakthrough HVAC technology that cuts the energy demands of air conditioning in half.

The company was co-founded in 2018 by Waterloo Engineering associate professor Dr. Michael Pope in the Department of Chemical Engineering. 

In recognition of her work creating more degradable and recyclable plastics, Dr. Elisabeth Prince has been awarded the John C. Polyani Prize.

The award is presented by the Council of Ontario Universities to an individual or team whose research has led to outstanding advances in the field of natural sciences or engineering.

In the quest to reach zero emissions by 2050, researchers are working with industry partners to develop more efficient, durable, cost-effective fuel cells.  

Waterloo engineering professor Dr. Xianguo Li and Dr. Samaneh Shahgaldi from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), with support from Niobay Metals and Mitacs, are working to refine the technology of metallic bipolar plates to improve the potential of hydrogen in decarbonization. 

The works of three professors from the School of Architecture have been acknowledged by leading organizations.

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) recognised two Waterloo instructors. Associate Professor Adrian Blackwell received the Housing Design Education award and Professor Lola Sheppard received an award for Faculty Design. The Architectural League of New York named Dr. David Fortin as a winner of their annual Emerging Voices competition.

Waterloo Engineering researcher has helped design a new hydrogel that can be used to heal damaged heart tissue and improve cancer treatments.  

Dr. Elisabeth Prince, a chemical engineering professor, teamed up with researchers from the University of Toronto and Duke University to design the synthetic material made using cellulose nanocrystals, which are derived from wood pulp. 

Dr. Alexander Wong has been elected as a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, the oldest organization of its kind in the world.

Wong, a professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering, was recognized for his research contributions to geological remote sensing and analysis.