Nine researchers at Waterloo Engineering will receive a total of $630,000 from the federal government for the tools needed to further their work.
Announced today, the funding is part of $1.4 million awarded to 19 researchers in all faculties at the University of Waterloo.
Evelyn Yim is one of nine Waterloo Engineering researchers to receive federal funding for tools and equipment.
Country-wide, the government committed almost $52 million through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund for 223 projects at 39 universities.
The fund is dedicated to helping universities attract and retain the world’s best researchers by giving them the tools and equipment needed to work at the forefronts of their fields.
Financial support for Waterloo Engineering researchers went to:
- Ning Jiang – systems design engineering – infrastructure for Waterloo BCI laboratory - $50,000
- Giovanni Montesano – mechanical and mechatronics engineering – advanced composites processing infrastructure for next-generation lightweight vehicles - $75,000
- Kevin Musselman – mechanical and mechatronics engineering – discovery and synthesis of nanomaterials for ubiquitous electronics - $80,000
- Rebecca Saari – civil and environmental engineering – modelling sustainable systems for climate, clean air and clean energy - $50,000
- David Simakov – chemical engineering – catalytic performance evaluation system - $50,000
- Thomas Willett – systems design engineering – integrated micro-mechanical testing instrumentation system - $75,000
- Tze-Wei Yeow – systems design engineering – high-resolution real-time three-dimensional ultrasound medical imaging research - $50,000
- Evelyn Yim – chemical engineering – nanotopography platform for stem cell - $100,000
- Alfred Yu – electrical and computer engineering – development of new ultrasound imaging tools for high-frame-rate vascular diagnostics - $100,000