News

Dr. Fengwang Li has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) 2024 Rising Star Award. 

Dr. Li, a Senior Lecturer & Director of Learning & Teaching at the University of Sydney, Faculty of Engineering, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, will accept this award in person at the WIN Day Talk on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

Linda Nazar, University of Waterloo professor and Canada Research Chair has been recognized for her outstanding contribution in the field of energy with a Royal Society U.K. Hughes Medal.

New Ontario Battery and Electrochemistry Research Centre (OBEC) to be spearheaded by WIN Members Linda Nazar and Michael Pope.

On 18^th January 2024, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Technical University of Liberec (TUL) in the Czech Republic and University of Waterloo (UWaterloo) through the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN).

Novel technology could be useful in the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, cosmetic and personal care industries

Article courtesy of Media Relations.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a simple, low-cost method for accurately encapsulating core materials (which could be pure liquid or liquid containing suspended functional ingredients) that could make important contributions to a wide range of industry applications.

As Canada’s largest nanotechnology institute, committed to United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) actively celebrates emerging leaders in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. These individuals from across the globe whose research aligns with one or more of our thematic areas and the UN SDGs are eligible for the WIN Rising Star Award in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

For now, Alfred Yu is focused on two distinct lines of research as he works to develop the next generation of ultrasound technology – one involving diagnosis and the other involving therapy.

But when he looks ahead, the University of Waterloo biomedical engineer can see a day when the two converge in a single, powerful tool to guide and deliver medical treatment at the same time.

John Yeow, a WIN member and systems design engineering faculty member, is the recipient of the 2021 IEEE NTC Distinguished Service Award by the IEEE Nanotechnology Technical Council.

As a child, 2016 Nanofellowship awardee Youssef Helwa (BASc ’15, nanotechnology engineering, MASc ’17, electrical engineering from UWaterloo) was mesmerized by his mother’s stories about the patients she cared for as a surgeon.