Five Waterloo Engineering researchers will receive $410,000 for projects ranging from developing advanced automotive materials for improved crash performance to accelerating the adoption of metal additive manufacturing to address challenges associated with part quality, process repeatability and reliability.
The engineering faculty members were among 10 campus-wide awarded $792,614 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's John R. Evans Leaders Fund. Kirsty Duncan, minister of science, made the funding announcement in Sudbury on August 15.
“Our scientists need the best tools and equipment for ground-breaking research and discovery and we are committed to ensuring they have them,” said Duncan while making the funding announcement.“Their successes will lead to an improved economy and will fuel an active research community here in Canada and internationally.”
The following Waterloo Engineering researchers and projects are receiving funding:
Clifford Butcher, mechanical and mechatronics engineering: Advanced Material Characterization of Next Generation Automotive Materials for Improved Crash Performance ($50,000)
Jeff Gostick, chemical engineering: Engineered Electrode Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage ($100,000)
John Long, electrical and computer engineering: Wideband Data Links for the Zettabyte Era ($100,000)
Mihaela Vlasea, mechanical and mechatronics engineering: Innovation in Additive Manufacturing via Intelligent Adaptive Processes ($110,000)
John Wen, mechanical and mechatronics engineering: Optical Diagnostic System for Characterizing Energetic Nanomaterial ($50,000)