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Richard Yim, a newly minted mechanical engineering grad, grew up in Cambodia where the fear of stepping on landmines was part of every child’s life. As a young boy, Yim dreamed of inventing technology that would put an end to landmine casualties around the world.

“After war, when peace comes and bullets stop flying, landmines are still in the ground,” says Yim. “Children shouldn’t have to be afraid to step off the beaten path. They should be able to walk to school and hike and explore their world without fear.”

An exhibit, based on research by Robert Jan van Pelt, a Waterloo School of Architecture professor who has spent 30 years studying the architecture of the Holocaust, is on display at the 15^th International Architecture Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, which began May 28 and runs until November 27.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the University of Waterloo and the University of Twente to establish an international, transatlantic data research network rooted in the combination of engineering and sciences with social and health sciences was signed at the Design Lab. 

Nanotechnology engineering student Jaewon Oh was part of breakthrough research that could lead to advances in miniaturized optical systems.

During an eight-month co-op position with the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the third-year Waterloo Engineering student worked as part of the team that created the first high-end optical lens on the nanoscale level that has widespread applications in laser-based microscopy, imaging, and spectroscopy.

Chemical engineering professor Costas Tzoganakis has been elected as a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers for outstanding contributions in the field of plastics engineering, science and technology. He was officially recognized on May 22 during the society's 74^thAnnual Technical Conference  in Indianapolis, IN.

When it comes to manipulating microrobots to complete a task under pressure, Waterloo Engineering students are proving their work at the nanoscale is worth global recognition. 

Waterloo Engineering and Spectrum 28, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, are collaborating on an entrepreneurship program that will see senior students and faculty receive early-stage venture support through pop up classes, mentorship and access to a $2 million venture capital fund.

Carol Hulls, a continuing Waterloo mechanical and mechatronics lecturer, is the recipient of a national award for innovative teachers.

A team of Waterloo Engineering students has been selected as a finalist in the IEEE AP-S 2016 student competition out of 50 international participating teams.

The Waterloo team is the only one from North America among the six competing for the best design of an energy harvesting system. The students' video describes an energy harvester for a smart contact lens that monitors the glucose level of a user.

The University of Waterloo is one of three Canadian universities to join a year-long research project to teach IBM’s Watson cognitive computing platform how to comb through unstructured data to improve cyber security.