An MME professor recently lent their expertise to an article in the Globe and Mail on exoskeleton companies looking to break into the mainstream market.
Students in the Waterloo Rocketry student design team are continually innovating to break records with their liquid rocket.
Claire Diffey (BASc '17, mechanical engineering) and Christina Sullivan (BASc '23, mechatronics engineering) both work for the Williams Racing Team, one of the largest teams in Formula One.
100 high school students across Canada are awarded scholarships that recognize strong potential in entrepreneurship, engineering, science, and technology. Each scholarship ranges between $100,000 and $120,000 to help students pursue their academic goals. This year, one of our own first-year students in MME is being recognized.
The Royal Society of Canada has named its newest fellows, and a professor from MME is joining the ranks.
Sometimes, complex physics hides within mundane fixtures of daily life – like a bathroom. Researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering are applying groundbreaking physics to tackle an annoying problem: urinal splashback. They recently published their work developing new urinal designs in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Nexus (with a few fun puns in the process). The research also collaborated with a team at Weber State University in Utah. Their new technology will allow users to void without voiding their pants.
Researchers in MME have developed a device that generates enough energy to power a calculator, using a versatile food—walnuts.
A palm-sized device created by researchers within our department detects E. coli in water supplies to reduce illness and save lives.
Co-led by professors Dr. Beth Weckman and Dr. Vinny Gupta, the University of Waterloo Fire Research Facility (UWFRF) is dedicated to fire research and education on safety. The team has been examining how wildfires are evolving and identifying new measures that need to be taken to combat these fires and protect communities.
Led by mechanical and mechatronics engineering professors, Dr. Ehsan Toyserkani and Dr. Mihaela Vlasea, the Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing (HI-AM 2.0) project, has received $10.9 million in funding from NSERC and Mitacs. This project serves as a continuation of the original network that was established in 2017.