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Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Capstone Design Mechatronics Engineering posters and videos

Capstone Design MechatronicsTeam Ignis group photo.

Welcome to our ONLINE Mechatronics Engineering Capstone Design Symposium Showcase!

Our thirteenth annual Mechatronics Engineering Capstone Design Symposium was canceled the day of the symposium due to the spread of Covid-19 concerns.  

This exciting event provides our final-year student teams an opportunity to showcase their design projects to the general public, to industry partners and sponsors, and to the university community. 

Monday, March 16, 2020

Photo Gallery: Thank you Mechanical Engineering students, faculty, staff and sponsors! #MMEProud #UWCapstone

Capstone Design Photo Gallery

Thank you to the students, staff, faculty and judges who conceptualized and prepared for the Mechanical Engineering Capstone Symposium.  We wanted to take a moment to tell you all how important you are and how proud we are of all of you. #MMEproud #UWcapstone  Read the abstracts

Find out more about Capstone Design Symposium

Friday, March 13, 2020

Photo Gallery: Thank you Mechatronics students, faculty, staff and sponsors! #MMEProud #UWCapstone

Thank you to the students, staff, faculty and judges who conceptualized and prepared for the Mechatronics Capstone Symposium.

Thank you to the students, staff, faculty and judges who conceptualized and prepared for the Mechatronics Capstone Symposium today.  We wanted to take a moment to tell you all how important you are and how proud we are of all of you. #MMEproud #UWcapstone Read the abstracts

Find out more about Capstone Design Symposium

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Musselman and the Trifecta: Engineering Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner

Musselman and the Trifecta: Engineering Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner

Rick Culham hosted the Annual Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner, Jan 22, 2020. 

The awards are for all of Engineering and MME were a very honoured and celebrated group.  Of note, Kevin Musselman took home three prestigious awards, Carolyn Hansson received two lectureship awards, Sushanta Mitra won the ICNMM 2019 award for Prominent Research, Pearl Sullivan became a Fellow in the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Congratulations to all of our MME Award Winners:

New MME Faculty

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Published MME Research: Graphite lithiation and capacity fade monitoring of lithium ion batteries using optical fibers

Published Research: Graphite lithiation and capacity fade monitoring of lithium ion batteries using optical fibers

Dr. Patricia Nieva (MME Professor), Dr. AbdulRahman Ghannoum (MME Post Doctoral Fellow & Sensors and Integrated Microsystems Laboratory Manager)

Highlights

  • Signal analysis of a fiber-optic lithium-ion battery sensor.

  • Sensor sensitivity to lithium-ion diffusion within graphite particles.

Friday, February 7, 2020

Waterloo Engineering put the pieces together for the FIRST LEGO League West Provincial Championship for children

Waterloo Engineering put the pieces together for the FIRST LEGO League West Provincial Championship for children

On Saturday February 7th, about 4oo children aged 9-14 years old participated in the FIRST LEGO League West Provincial Championship hosted by the University of Waterloo.  The winners of this event represent Ontario at the World Championship in Detroit from April 29-May 2

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Self-powering water leak sensor invented at Waterloo

Norman Zhou is a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering.

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have developed a tiny, battery-free, self-powering sensor that could dramatically reduce the cost of protecting buildings from damaging water leaks.

The new device, housed in a box just three centimetres square, is the product of a collaboration between professors Norman Zhou and George Shaker.

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Let’s Talk: MME Engineering is a Leader in Supporting Mental Health

Let’s Talk: MME Engineering is a Leader in Supporting Mental Health

MME Engineering has its own superhero in the war against mental health challenges.  While you may not be able to pronounce his multi-syllabic last name, everyone knows who he is, Sam Vandencer Vandekench Vanderwho, Vandekerckhove, Student Wellness Coordinator.

Friday, December 20, 2019

MASc graduate, Emanuel Santos, selected as Next-Generation Manufacturing Leader for 2019

MME MASc graduate, Emanuel Santos, selected as one of five Next-Generation Manufacturing Leaders for 2019 for Canadian Fabricating & Welding.   A diversity of skills made Emanuel, a welding engineer, stand out and is recognized as a leader in the industry whose talents and willingness to share their knowledge, are demonstrating a commitment to growing and improving Canada’s manufacturing backbone.

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

RoboHub participates in a new docuseries on YouTube, The Age of A.I.

Human and Robot Holding Hands

How will A.I., object recognition, affective computing and machine learning change the world?  The Age of AI, an eight part documentary series hosted by Robert Downey Jr. that Talos and other researchers from the RoboHub participated in this past year, has been released and the first four episodes began airing December 18th, 2019.  The series filmed Talos and a few of their researchers over several days on campus and is narrated by Robert Downey Jr.

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