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Four Engineering teams with great business plans and strong pitches swept the July Velocity Fund Finals. 

ExVivo Labs, Grobo, MAJiK Systems and Ubiq were awarded $25,000 each, and Ubiq received an additional $10,000 for best hardware startup. These teams move into the new Velocity Foundry incubation space at 25 Water Street South in Kitchener to further develop their products.

On Saturday July 26, Waterloo will host the International Autonomous Robot Racing Competition (IARRC). Four student teams will participate this year, including the UWaterloo Robotics Team.

Dilaver Singh, a mechanical and mechatronics graduate student, received first place in the master’s category for his presentation at the World Congress of Biomechanics held in Boston July 6-11. 

The title of his presentation was Head FE models to evaluate primary response to blast loading and protection. Singh's graduate supervisor is Duane Cronin, a mechanical and mechatronics engineering professor.

It’s not often that you’ll see an indoor pedestrian bridge – especially one that’s 70 feet long and made from aluminum.

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) selected nine researchers from the University of Waterloo for increased funds to support their research deemed to be novel or potentially transformative, and likely to contribute to groundbreaking advances.

Roydon Fraser, a mechanical and mechatronics professor, received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Outstanding Long Term Faculty Advisor Award presented to him at the EcoCAR2 competition finals held in Washington June 13. Fraser, whose research expertise includes fuel cells and stability control, is a long-term supervisor of the University of Waterloo's Alternative Fuels Team.

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