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From a company creating apparel that prevents sweat stains to another developing display technology that increases the battery life and daylight visibility of mobile devices, a range of startups led by engineering students and recent graduates took top awards during the Velocity Fund Finals (VFF) pitch competition event yesterday.

During the competition, 10 companies pitched their businesses to a panel of judges representing the investment, startup and business communities. Judges considered innovation, market potential, market viability and overall pitch.

Xuemin (Sherman) Shen became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada at the annual induction ceremony held in Victoria on November 27.

Shen received the prestigious honour along with three other professors from the University of Waterloo.

Researchers have developed a process to remove contaminants from oil sands wastewater using only sunlight and nanoparticles that is more effective and inexpensive than conventional treatment methods.

Catherine Burns is a new fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society recognizing outstanding achievement, consistently superior professional performance, exceptional contributions, personal service to the society, and other accomplishments.

Lin Tan, a Waterloo electrical and computer engineering professor, Jinqiu Yang, Tan's PhD student, and collaborators from IBM received the 2015 CAS Research Project of the Year Award for their project is entitled Prioritizing and Visualizing Security Findings.

The University of Waterloo broke ground today on an innovative engineering building that will feature facilities designed to expand student-driven innovation and advanced research labs to develop emerging technologies that will help to boost Canada’s global competitiveness.

Voltera V-One, a custom circuit board printer developed by Waterloo Engineering students, has taken top prize in the International James Dyson Award competition - beating out a record 710 entries from 20 countries.

Voltera is the first Canadian team to capture the prestigious award that comes with a prize of $60,000 (CAD) for the team and $10,000 for the University’s Faculty of Engineering.

Dematic, a global leader in supply chain optimization, celebrated the one year anniversary of its location in Waterloo by announcing the Dematic Scholarship for Excellence in Supply Chain Optimization for Waterloo Engineering students.

Substantially smaller and longer-lasting batteries for everything from portable electronic devices to electric cars could be come a reality thanks to an innovative technology developed by University of Waterloo researchers.