Seminar

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Soumya Balasubramanya, Senior Economist at The World Bank, Washington, DC, will present "Recent trends in groundwater use in South Asia: The role of technology and water-energy-food-poverty nexus tradeoffs."

This event is in person in DC 1304 with a networking reception to follow in DC 1301 (The Fishbowl).

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Orlando Rojas, Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair, Scientific Director of the Bioproducts Institute, Departments of Chemical & Biological Engineering | Chemistry | Wood Science, The University of British Columbia.

Please join us on Thursday, July 24 at 2 p.m. to hear Professor Rojas's lecture titled "The Role of Bio-Based Colloids in Gelation Technologies and Green Interfaces."

Where: QNC 1501

When: Thursday, July 24, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Shuk Han CHENG, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Please join us on Thursday, July 10 at 2:00 p.m. to hear Prof. CHENG's lecture titled "Curiosity-Driven Research on Nanomaterials Led to Unexpected Societal Impact."

Where: QNC 1501 When: Thursday, July 10, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Cornerstone helps students from any faculty who are enthusiastic to explore their potential ideas, and that want to join a like-minded community over two weeks to take action.

The Cornerstone program is focused on getting outside the university to speak to potential customers and simplifies the process of taking the next step, building confidence, and opening doors to build your idea for real.

No pitch deck. No pressure. No technical skills required
Cornerstone is Velocity’s challenge where over two weeks you’ll test your idea, potentially meet your first users, and build confidence in your idea. You’ll join a supportive community of students who are all taking their first steps into entrepreneurship — with coaching, mentorship, and the chance to win prizes.

The Quantum Nano Fabrication and Characterization Facility (QNFCF), Transformative Quantum Technologies (TQT), and Testforce will be hosting an Electrical Characterization Seminar joined by a Keithley Applications Engineer, who will explore the challenges and best practices in low current and low voltage measurements using the Keithley 4200A-SCS Parameter Analyzer.

oin W3+ in a supportive space to discuss and debrief UW's budget. Open to all womxn and nonbinary UW staff, faculty, postdocs, and grad students. This is a confidential, peer-to-peer forum for sharing information, questions, and strategies across ranks and roles. A catered lunch will be provided. Registration is required.

We invite you to join us on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 for our annual Desmarais Family Summit. The Summit is an interactive exhibition that gives our Global Engagement students the unique opportunity to share their research projects on this year’s theme, “Finding our Future City.”

Building upon the knowledge from the Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) Introductory Seminar – which introduced film growth techniques and potential applications – the Quantum – Nano Fabrication and Characterization Facility (QNFCF) and Transformative Quantum Technologies (TQT) will be hosting PVD Seminar: Part 2.

This event will expand on the materials covered in the first seminar. We will be joined by Mike Miller (Angstrom Engineering) who will be further exploring properties of thin films, process parameters and associated effects, statistical process control, and surface analysis techniques.

Nanotechnology Research to Industry Keynote
Robert Menegotto is the CEO of MANTECH, a manufacturer of innovative water and soil quality analyzers. With 25+ years of experience and observing 100s of utilities and laboratories struggling with inefficient water quality testing, Robert saw an opportunity to develop faster, simpler, and greener solutions.

Join the Anti-Oppression Knowledge Integrators working group for an open discussion about the place of anti-oppression work (e.g. decolonization, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion) at the University of Waterloo.

Globally, anti-oppression work is under attack – it is time to ask, “why does on-campus anti-oppression work matter?”

Come join the discussion: March 7th at 2:30 pm EV2-2002.