Waterloo Engineering student teams will have 90 seconds to win over judges as they pitch their inventive ideas April 2 to compete for $60,000 in funding.
Judges selected the 14 finalists for the sixth-annual Norman Esch Entrepreneurship Awards for Capstone Design from over 50 applicants who participated in the Capstone Design symposia recently held on campus. The event showcased more than 150 projects that over 700 senior engineering students spent months designing and building.
Projects to be pitched include a nanotechnology-enabled solution to erase unwanted tattoos, a panelized housing technology that addresses the Canadian Indigenous housing crisis and technology that uses fibre from waste tires to remove hydrocarbons in stormwater runoff.
The emcee for the event is Matt Stevens, a Waterloo Engineering alumnus and CEO of FleetCarma.
The Esch Foundation funds the awards, which support creative and entrepreneurial students in the pursuit of research and development and its commercialization for the benefit of Canada.
Date: Tuesday, April 2 2019
Time: 1 p.m. -- Project Viewing 1:30 p.m. -- Pitch Competition
Location: 2nd Floor Event Space, Engineering 7, University of Waterloo
Projects to be pitched
-
Pulse
Home:
panelized
construction
technology
developed
in
partnership
with
Canadian
Indigenous
communities
that
addresses
the
housing
crisis
on
reserves
-
Solarity:
a
clean
energy
solar
cooker
designed
for
families
to
safely
use
during
cloudy
days
and
at
night
-
Beach
Cleaning
Automated:
an
autonomous
cleaning
solution
that
can
eliminate
waste
from
beach
fronts
before
it
enters
the
water
-
Augeo
Medical:
integrated
smart
sensing
socket
system
that
alerts
amputees
to
a
poor
fit
with
a
lower-limb
prosthetic
-
Stacktronic:
inexpensive
plug-and-play
battery
system
targeted
to
industrial
equipment
companies,
design
teams
and
research
groups
-
Hive:
an
app
that
connects
students
with
a
peer
mentor
to
help
them
navigate
their
university
experience
-
Microneedle
Tattoo
Removal:
minimally
invasive,
painless
and
inexpensive
option
that
uses
a
dissolvable
microneedle
patch
to
decolourize
the
ink
-
OleoTech:
technology
that
uses
fibre
from
waste
tires
to
remove
hydrocarbons
in
stormwater
runoff
-
Atlas
Medical:
variable
stiffness
mattress
to
prevent
pressure
injuries
in
bedridden
patients
-
Pearl:
intraoral
camera
designed
for
home
use
to
detect
plaque
in
the
mouth
-
Reka:
speech
synthesis
technology
designed
to
improve
the
speed
and
quality
of
speech
of
individuals
who
face
challenges
expressing
themselves
verbally
-
Hydrophobic
Paper
nontoxic
and
biodegradable
packaging
made
from
nano-materials
that’s
a
sustainable
alternative
to
plastic
wrap
-
Drugless
Driving:
technology
that
uses
a
breath
test
compatible
with
multiple
drug-detection
devices
to
measure
the
level
of
impairment
in
an
individual
- Stellar Care: mobile application to improve the communication between family caregivers and home care nurses for continuity of patient care