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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. 

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. 

International Women’s Day Celebration: Coffee Time at WIN

Waterloo Engineering alum CT Murphy (BASc ’23) recently launched CELLECT to improve women’s access to cervical cancer and HPV screening. CELLECT's innovative technology uses nanomaterials in menstrual products to diagnose HPV and cervical cancer using menstrual blood, potentially eliminating the need for Pap smears.

Article courtesy of Faculty of Engineering

CT Murphy was also featured by CBC

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).

Article courtesy of Chemical Engineering.

The third Sustainable Future Perspectives discussion was held in November and hosted by the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and the Department of Chemical Engineering.

Twelve University of Waterloo faculty members have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2023 list from Clarivate. 

See the full list here.

In addition, one former postdoctoral researcher and a PhD candidate also made the list.

Waterloo Engineering professors Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn and WIN Member, Dr. Aiping Yu have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada's (RSC) class of 2023, as announced today by the prestigious society.

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.