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.
Haji Reza’s work focuses on photoacoustic imaging, a technology that combines light and sound to visualize tissue structures in real time. His startup, illumiSonics Inc., is advancing the commercial application of this research with the potential to improve surgical outcomes and reduce cancer recurrence.
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Dr. Parsin Haji Reza