Waterloo
Engineering
students
had
their
chance
to impress
Canadian business
leaders on
the
October
31
all-student
episode
of
CBC's
Dragons'
Den.
Hongwei
Liu,
an
electrical
and
computer
engineering
student,
and Desmond
Choi,
a
University
of
Waterloo
arts
student,
pitched
their
company
MappedIn's
smartphone
application
that
helps
people
navigate
through
malls.
Alexander
Peters
and
Rohan
Mahimker,
recent
Waterloo
mechatronics
engineering
graduates,
promoted their
online
math
learning
game
SMARTeacher.ca,
which
is based
on
Ontario’s
math
curriculum,
but
with
a
fun
Pokémon-style
theme.
Peters and Mahimker ended up turning down the offer they received when the show was taped earlier this year. Lui and Choi made a deal with Kevin O’Leary, Bruce Croxon and Jim Treliving, but after due diligence decided not to partner with the three dragons. Instead, they have teamed up with Eris Canada, an established leader in mapping software.