PhD student's mining tech project gets funding boost
A Waterloo Engineering PhD candidate secured significant federal funding this week for his innovative autonomous driving technology that can transform Canada’s mining sector.
Chao Yu, a mechanical and mechatronics engineering doctoral candidate and Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) student, received over $300,000 from the Government of Canada’s Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator Network for his startup company LoopX and their project to develop reliable 5G-enabled autonomous driving for underground mining.