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Back in 2004, the Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) Lab was established in a tiny but valuable 150-square-foot space in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering. Twenty years later, it is the largest metal additive manufacturing academic research lab in Canada, housing over $25 million in infrastructure and is one of the best university-based research facilities in the world.   

A research collaboration between a recent MME PhD graduate and the Director of the School of Architecture has investigated the use of microalgae and machine learning to create an energy source from the walls of regular office buildings.

Nicholas Levinski, a graduate student in the Waterloo Microfluidics Laboratory, is being recognized for his innovative work in women’s health with the development of a wearable for patients living with lymphedema with an Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award.

A student design team made up of mostly mechanical engineering students achieved a major feat in Canadian aerospace with the launch of Borealis—Canada’s first-ever Canadian liquid bi-propellant rocket just outside of Timmins, Ontario at the third annual Launch Canada event.

Researchers in MME's Micro Nano-Scale Transport Lab are working to reduce the risk of dangerous blood clots for patients who receive heart transplants in a collaborative effort with a team from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The research team found that a heart valve implant with a textured surface is less likely to lead to the formation of blood clots – or thrombosis.

A group of undergraduate students studying mechanical and mechatronics engineering with the help of students in Systems Design Engineering and Arts recently participated in the Canadian Reduced Gravity Experiment Design Challenge (CAN-RGX). They presented their research at the Canadian Space Agency headquarters in Longueuil, Quebec, and won the Overall Excellence Award.

Congratulations to PhD candidate Bronwyn Forrest who has received the Dr. Guyléne Proulx OC Scholarship. 

Dr. Sushanta Mitra, one of our professors in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, has been selected as a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) for his contributions to sensor technology for water quality monitoring and the deployment of sensors in communities and industries.

On June 26th, it was announced that four groups of students and two teams were winners of the Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Digital Manufacturing Challenge. Dr. Mihaela Vlasea, a professor of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, supervised the students in collaboration with PhD student Daniel Juhasz, who specifically advised the undergraduate team.

If you could live on the moon, would you? A group of Waterloo researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering has set out to help make that a reality by processing raw materials on the moon to power the area as a hub for manufacturing, construction, and human life.