Contact Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, Room 3606
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, ON. N2L 3G1
+1 519 888 4567, ext.38654
win[at]uwaterloo.ca
A Global Centre of Excellence for Nanotechnology and its Applications
The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is a University Research Centre, founded in 2008.
News
- Aug. 2, 2017UW hires former AVP Research as new Executive Director of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN)
UW hires former AVP Research as new Executive Director of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN)
The University of Waterloo conducted a global search with the help of Odgers Berndtson to appoint the next Executive Director for the Waterloo Institute for Nanotech
- Sep. 30, 2016Conclusion of this year's WIN-MISMap Grad Exchange
Interim WIN Director Dr. Kleinke (right) says good-bye and thanks to Wojciech Wegner, Ph.D. student from Warsaw (left).
- Sep. 20, 2016WIN member receives $3 million for battery research
Professor Zongwei Chen, Director of Collaborative Graduate Program in Nanotechnology and Canada Research Chair in Advanced Materials for Clean Energy, will be co-developing a new kind of lithium-ion battery that may be on the market in three to four years. It will be safer and cheaper than contemporary Li+ batteries and will allow an electric car to travel up to 500 km on a single charge.
Newtech Power Inc. has granted Dr. Chen $3 million in funding to further his work.
Events
- Sep. 26, 2017Physics on the frontier of quantum: Experimenting at the nanoscale
WIN/IQC Joint Distinguished Lecture
Philip Kim is an experimental condensed matter physicist. The focus of Kim’s group’s research is the mesoscopic investigation of various physical phenomena in low dimensional and nanostructured materials.
- Aug. 6 to 8, 2018ICANM 2018: International Conference & Exhibition on Advanced & Nano Materials
The ICANM2018 organizing committee warmly invite you to attend the ICANM 2018 conference.
The 6th International conference and exhibition on advanced and nano materials (ICANM2018) will take place in Quebec City. ICANM 2018 encourage abstract submissions within advanced & nano materials and across a variety of fields.
Meet our people
Flora Ng
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Research interests: nanocatalysts; bitumen upgrading; biodiesel production; catalytic distillation