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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

MME PhD student moves to second round of NSERC national contest Watch Video Here

Jian Zhao, a Ph.D. candidate from Dr. Xianguo Li’s research group in the department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, has successfully moved on to the second round of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) video contest called Science, Action! Students from around the country submitted a short video showcasing research in the natural sciences or engineering fields.

Thursday, May 17, 2018

CBB Seed Funding winners announced

Monday, April 2, 2018

Waterloo partners with Tsinghua University on research collaboration centre

The University of Waterloo is partnering Tsinghua University in Beijing, China on a research collaboration centre that will advance science in the areas of nanotechnology, energy, and pollution control.

The centre—known as Tsinghua University – University of Waterloo Joint Research Centre for Micro/Nano Energy & Environment Technology—officially opened on March 29.

Friday, March 9, 2018

UW team make Canadian history with CAES power plant facility

A Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) in Salt Caverns power plant facility - the first in Canadian history - is soon to be built in the city of Goderich (Ontario).

The project, valued at $7.2 million, was due to the efforts of industry leaders NRStor and Hydrostor, partnering with the University of Waterloo.

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Michael Worswick named SAE Fellow

SAE International has announced that Waterloo Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Professor Michael J. Worswick has been elected as a 2016-17 SAE Fellow. He was one of 22 fellow inductees recognized during ceremonies at the recent SAE World Congress Experience in Detroit.

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

PhD student Chris Salisbury receives R.E. Peterson Award

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering PhD student Chris Salisbury received the R.E. Peterson Award for the best paper published in the Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials.

Friday, June 30, 2017

Super-sensitive measurement method could advance medical research, enviromental monitoring

A new method for measuring extremely tiny objects could lead to cheaper, more accurate sensors for use in fields including medical research and gas detection.

Research at the University of Waterloo found that nanoscale devices using electromagnetism would be sensitive enough to determine the mass of viruses a hundred billion times lighter than a strand of human hair.

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Engineering associate dean wins national award for supporting women

Mary Wells wins Engineers Canada award for encouraging young women to consider careers in engineering.

Waterloo Engineering’s Associate Dean of Outreach has received a national award from Engineers Canada for expanding outreach activities that encourage young women to consider a career in engineering.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

University of Waterloo lab will help shape the future of industrial 3D printing

Mark Barfoot, managing director at the Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing Lab at the University of Waterloo holds a sample 3D-printed part for a space shuttle.