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Artificial intelligence (AI) technology developed at Waterloo Engineering gives baseball scouts a powerful new tool to accurately analyze pitcher performance and biomechanics using low-resolution video.

The system, known as PitcherNet, is the product of a three-year partnership between researchers at the Vision and Image Processing (VIP) Lab and the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB).

The home of robotics research at Waterloo Engineering is one of ten new technology development sites in Ontario created to help drive innovation in four key sectors – mining, construction, agri-food and advanced manufacturing.

Through a provincial program called Critical Industrial Technologies (CIT), facilities and expertise at RoboHub will be made available to small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) to develop, test and showcase technology products and services.

This year's Capstone Design Symposia at the University of Waterloo showcased over 350 innovative student-led projects built to solve real-world problems. Many of the projects showed impressive entrepreneurial acumen and the potential for commercialization.  

Thanks to invaluable support from donors and industry partners, 45 student teams won financial awards to help them develop their project designs, laying the groundwork for these students to take their business ideas even further. 

An interdisciplinary research team at the University of Waterloo is pioneering innovative methods to measure and mitigate harmful methane emissions.

Led by Dr. Kyle Daun, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, the team is using a hyperspectral camera, or “Hyper-Cam,” to measure methane emissions at a landfill site in the Waterloo Region. Landfills account for about 20% of Canada's methane emissions.

A Waterloo Engineering researcher is part of an international coalition revolutionizing health-care delivery by developing technology for fast, on-site vaccine production.

Dr. Valerie Ward, a chemical engineering professor, plays a critical role in the coalition —her research focuses on ensuring vaccine purity during the autonomous manufacturing process.  

Dr. Victor Cui, a professor of entrepreneurship, innovation and global strategy at the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business, weighed in with an analysis in the Globe and Mail this week on the U.S. tariffs roiling world economic markets.

Cui, the Conrad Research Excellence Research Chair, argued that, from a competitive dynamics perspective, the tariff war between the United States and China could work to the advantage of Canada.

Toronto-based virtual private network (VPN) startup Tailscale announced it has raised $230 million in Series C funding to expand its team and meet rising demand from artificial intelligence (AI) companies.

Co-founded in 2019 by Waterloo Engineering alumni Avery Pennarun and David Carney (both BASc ’01, computer engineering), the company offers a secure VPN that simplifies access to private networks.

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering led the discovery of an efficient new way to turn common bacteria into tiny factories pumping out powerful nanoparticles for a variety of biomedical uses.

Dr. Yilan Liu and her team engineered bacteria found in the human gut, or gastrointestinal tract, to dramatically increase the number of bubble-shaped nanoparticles they secrete.

A Waterloo Engineering PhD candidate is investigating how autonomous vehicle (AV) users can respond better to potential cyberattacks — an increasing risk as vehicles become more technologically advanced. 

Fan He from the Department of Systems Design Engineering, plans to develop strategies and infrastructure that meet changing road safety requirements and is realizing her ambitions thanks to support from the Maks Wulkan Graduate Scholarship.