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The Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology has announced the 8 winners of their SEED Funding Grant. The Centre’s mandate is to healthy, active partnerships between centre researchers and corporate members through collaborative projects, mutual interest building, and networking events.

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.

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.

In this year's University-wide Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering's very own PhD candidate, Arun Das, was awarded the People's Choice Award.

Arun's presentation describes his PhD research of enhancing the "eyes" of self driving cars in less than three minutes. His crowd pleasing presentation can be viewed below.

2016 Canadian Engineering Competition - Compétition Canadienne D'ingénierie

The 2016 Canadian Engineering Competition took place at McGill University on March 3^rd-6^th.

Carolyn Hansson is named as a new Member of the Order of Canada for her contributions as a materials engineer whose efforts have reduced corrosion and improved the performance of reinforced concrete structures.

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering's very own graduate student, Elahe Jabari, has been chosen as one of the top ten University of Waterloo finalists for the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition.

We encourage everyone to cheer on Elahe during the final competition which will be held on Thursday, April 2, from 2:30 until 4:30 p.m. in the Humanities Theatre, Hagey Hall.

For more information on the 3MT Competition please visit their main website.

Professor Kyle Daun has been awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship. This is a monetary award given to an outstanding academic to continue his/her research in Germany for a period of up to 18 months.

John McPhee, a systems design engineering professor, and Willem Petersen, a systems design engineering postdoc, captured one of two best paper awards at the recent ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) International Conference on Advanced Vehicle Technologies held in Portland Oregon.