Two researchers at Waterloo Engineering will receive more than $240,000 through a federal program to provide the tools and equipment needed for them to become leaders in their fields.
Sushanta Mitra, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, is in line for $150,000 for infrastructure for work to understand how drops wet surfaces, knowledge that is key to the discovery and development of new materials.
Parsin Haji Reza, a systems design engineering professor, will receive almost $92,000 for equipment including lasers for research on a novel imaging technique with medical applications.
The funding was announced today by Kirsty Duncan, the federal minister of science and sport, as part of a $39-million commitment through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) for 251 researchers at 43 universities.
Campus-wide at the University of Waterloo, five researcher were awarded more than $600,000.