Mohammed Nassar, lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, has won the following teaching excellence awards:
Novel Microfluidics-Enabled Soft Robotic Sleeve Enables Lymphedema Treatment.
Breast cancer survivors commonly suffer from lymphedema due to a high risk of lymph node damage or removal during surgical procedures.
Yue Hu, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering and one of the co-chairs of the Technical Committee on Model-Based Optimization for Robotics, which has been recently announced as a recipient of the
Congratulations to Carolyn Hansson, who has been awarded the Robert E. Philleo Award by the ACI Foundation’s Concrete Research Council.
Avidbots partners with the University to improve the efficiency of their autonomous floor cleaning robot, Neo.
The first Ninja Delivery store was set up on Sunview Street in Waterloo. Founded by Wesley Yue, a mechatronics engineering alumni, and fellow co-founders Michael Markevich and Gonzalo Graham. The company boasts a 10-minute courier service in Waterloo’s university district and has recently expanded to Toronto.
Seven University of Waterloo researchers were awarded funding through the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund.
The funding was part of a national announcement of $45-million by the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry and the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health.
Mechanical Engineering, along with two other subjects improved its standing in world rankings released today by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) for 2022.
On March 18th and 25th, MME's 4th-year Capstone Design Symposium events were held in-person and showcased our latest and greatest in terms of talent and innovation. This year, there were over 100+ senior teams showcasing their projects and competing for a selection of awards from best product design, web design, prototype, innovation, presentation quality, among others. Below are the results of this year's award winners.
Congratulations to the winners and to everyone that participated in the event!
A company that was founded by three MME graduates has secured $1.7 million in seed funding to fuel its growth in the agricultural technology space.