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Thursday, September 19, 2024 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Microfluidic Immunoengineering

This event has been cancelled.

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Abraham (ABE) P. Lee, Chancellor's Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and MAE at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), California, USA. Please join us on Thursday, September 19 at 11 a.m. in QNC 1501 to hear Professor Lee's lecture titled "Microfluidic Immunoengineering."

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Waterloo.AI and WIN Joint Symposium on AI for Material Discovery

Join us at the forefront of innovation and scientific discovery at the "AI for Materials Discovery" symposium on Tuesday, September 24, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hosted by the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute (Waterloo.AI) and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN), this event promises to be a landmark occasion for all involved in the dynamic fields of Artificial Intelligence and Material Science.

Professor Boxin Zhao is this year’s recipient of the Ontario Professional Engineering Association (OPEA) Research and Development Engineering Medal. Administered by OPEA, the Research and Development Engineering Medal is awarded to individuals who have advanced engineering knowledge and have developed useful and novel applications. Zhao certainly fits the bill. Zhao's research is at the frontier of surface science and engineering. His work focuses on innovative soft matter engineering and bionanomaterials research aimed at advancing sustainable manufacturing. This includes the development of smart polymers, advanced adhesives, and coating materials.

Thursday, May 23, 2024 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WIN Distinguished Lecture: Gerald Fuller

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Gerald Fuller,Fletcher Jones II Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University, California, USA. 

In-person in QNC 1501!

Registration is required. Please register early as there is limited in-person seating.

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and the Center for Nanointegration Duisberg-Essen (CENIDE) are pleased to present Jonathan Coleman, Professor of Chemical Physics at the Trinity College Dublin, for a joint virtual 2D-MATURE seminar titled "Solution processing of nanosheets: From kitchen blender to printed electronics

Online via Zoom on April 11 at 10 AM!

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Healing eyes with contact lenses

Article courtesy of Media Relations

A cross-disciplinary University of Waterloo team has developed a new contact lens material that could act as a bandage for corneal wounds while releasing drugs in a controlled manner to help the eye heal faster.

Article courtesy of the Faculty of Engineering

In the quest to reach zero emissions by 2050, Waterloo engineering researcher Dr. Xianguo Li and Dr. Samaneh Shahgaldi from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) are working with industry partners to develop more efficient, durable, cost-effective fuel cells. 

Free Electron Laser facility at Waterloo gets $10M funding boost

Article courtesy of the Faculty of Science

The Government of Canada announced that the University of Waterloo Canadian Free Electron Laser project will be getting $10 million in funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to put towards the $50+ million facility to be built on the Waterloo Campus.