Events

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 Professor CHENG's lecture titled "Curiosity-Driven Research on Nanomaterials Led to Unexpected Societal Impact."

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and the International Association for Green Energy are pleased to present a workshop on NanoTech-Enabled Green and Sustainable Energy Technologies (N-TegSet). This event will take place from July 21 to 22, 2025, at Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre.

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Orlando Rojas, Departments of Chemical & Biological Engineering | Chemistry | Wood Science, The University of British Columbia.

Please join us on Thursday, July 24 at  2:00 p.m. to hear Professor Rojas's lecture titled "The Role of Bio-Based Colloids in Gelation Technologies and Green Interfaces."

The Office of Research and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) are pleased to co-host a distinguished delegation from the Czech Republic, presenting a workshop event on Strengthening Research Collaboration through Horizon Europe. This event will take place on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, in QNC 1501. After the workshop, a networking lunch will be hosted from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present Dr. Douglas Dykaar, the founder of DifTek Lasers, Inc., a visiting scientist in Electrical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, on September 25, 2025, 11:30 a.m. at QNC 1501.

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Karim Zaghib, CEO of Volt-Age (CFREF), professor of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Concordia University, and director of Collaborating Centres for Energy and Transition (C2ET).

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Rohit Karnik, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and the Center for Nanointegration Duisberg-Essen (CENIDE) are pleased to present Cristiana Di Valentin for a joint 2D-MATURE seminar titled "Interfacing doped graphene with metal/metal oxide surfaces or molecular layers."

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Hideo Ohno, Special Honorary Professor and former President of Tohoku University , Sendai, Japan.

Please join us on Thursday, October 23 at 11:00 a.m. to hear Professor Ohno's lecture titled "Spintronics at the Nanoscale: Enabling Green Information Processing."

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and the Center for Nanointegration Duisberg-Essen (CENIDE) are pleased to present Alexey Chernikov for a joint 2D-MATURE seminar titled "Optically detected transport in low-dimensional semiconductors