Six engineering researchers are receiving more than $3.3 million to partner with Canadian-based companies and government organizations on strategic research projects.
Three of the top research-intensive and industrially collaborative universities in Ontario – McMaster University, University of Waterloo and Western University – received $35 million in funding over five years from the Government of Ontario today as part of a $50 million project aimed at combining existing strengths in the heart of Ontario’s manufacturing region to create an Advanced Manufacturing Consortium.
A Waterloo Engineering researcher is the recipient of an E.W.R Steacie Memorial Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for his work in developing new materials that make batteries and fuel cells smaller, lighter and longer-lasting.
Amir Khajepour's Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems has been renewed.
Research by graduate student Kim Van Meter and professor Nandita Basu shows wetland loss follows a strong pattern, with smaller, isolated wetlands being lost in much greater numbers than larger wetlands.
2014 Norman Edmund Inspiration Award for his research on handheld imaging to test blood glucose levels.The international award is from Edmund Optics.