Profs awarded chairs and funds from Canadian govt.
Waterloo Engineering research received a boost from the Innovation Fund under the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program.
Dr. Dipanjan Basu, a civil and environmental engineering professor, Dr. Kaan Erkorkmaz and Dr. Hamid Jahed, both mechanical and mechatronics engineering professors, Dr. Chris Eliasmith, a philosophy and systems design engineering professor, and Dr. Luis Ricardo Sandoval, a chemical engineering professor, were awarded over $19 million in funds to support their research projects and renewed chairs.