Micro Nano-Scale Transport Lab
Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, QNC 1512
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 3G1
Contact Professor Sushanta Mitra, Lab Founder, Micro Nano-Scale Transport Lab
Welcome to Micro Nano-Scale Transport Lab
Micro and Nano-scale Transport Laboratory (MNT Lab) is located at the first floor of the Quantum-Nano Centre, QNC 1512, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN). The laboratory has state-of-art facilities to conduct fundamental studies related to fluid transport processes which are occurring at micro and nano-scale with applications in key areas of energy, environment monitoring, and bio-systems. Current research projects at MNT Lab can be viewed on the research page.
News
- Sep. 18, 2019Engineering researchers awarded provincial funding
Four professors at Waterloo Engineering, including Lab Founder Sushanta Mitra, were recently awarded $570,000 in provincial funding to build their research teams and pay for research-related infrastructure.
Sushanta Mitra (mechanical and mechatronics engineering) was awarded $150,000 through the Ontario Research Fund-Research Infrastructure program for equipment to characterize capillarity and wetting for under-liquid systems.
- Mar. 13, 2019Researchers awarded funding for tools, equipment
Two researchers at Waterloo Engineering will receive more than $240,000 through a federal program to provide the tools and equipment needed for them to become leaders in their fields.
- Nov. 20, 2017Researchers develop cheaper, faster test for E. coli in drinking water
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have invented a fast, affordable way for developing communities to test their drinking water for potentially deadly E. coli.
Read more here.