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Students in the Nanotechnology Engineering (NE) Program have the amazing opportunity to learn and work with quantum dots in the third-year lab course called Synthesis of Nanomaterials and their Characterization in an experiment better known as the “Quantum Dot Lab”. Students also have the chance to learn more about them in a fourth-year course on organic electronics.

Tina Dekker graduated from the Nanotechnology Engineering Program at the University of Waterloo in 2017. During her high school years, Dekker was deeply intrigued by the chemistry and physics of atoms. After discovering that studying nanotechnology engineering (NE) involved exploring matter at the atomic and molecular level, she became very interested in the program. The field of nanotechnology was rapidly developing when she began the NE program, which made her even more enthusiastic about learning new and emerging technologies.

In July, Nanotechnology Engineering faculty, instructors, staff, and students gathered to celebrate the hardworking students who made the Dean’s Honour List.

Nanotechnology Engineering student Nick Nolan Gharabaghi was presented with the Governor General’s Academic Silver Medal for achieving the highest academic standing upon graduation in an undergraduate degree program by President Vivek Goel at the Spring Convocation.

Two Nanotechnology Engineering teams took second and third place in the Design Analysis Competition Award for their 2023 Capstone Design Projects. The ANSYS-sponsored Design Analysis Competition aims to promote the effective use of engineering analyses by executing a capstone design project.

Nanotechnology Engineering’s (NE) Capstone Event took place in the E7 event space on March 17^th. This year’s NE Capstone Design winners came up with innovative projects and novel devices to create solutions for a variety of challenges society faces today.

Team 1 won three awards for their project, endeavouring to make the diagnosis of endometriosis more accurate and easy. The team won the Engineer of the Future Award. They also placed third in both the ANSYS Design Analysis Competition Award and the Nanotechnology Engineering (NE) FYDP Poster & Prototype Award.

Nanotechnology Engineering (NE) Capstone Design Project Team 13 designed a sweat-sensing patch to continuously monitor medication levels in the body. Creating this novel device paved the way for their $10,000 Esch win!

On April 4 Nanotechnology Engineering (NE) faculty, staff and students gathered in the E7 event space to celebrate the accomplishments of the 2023 graduating class.

Two start-ups founded by Nanotechnology Engineering (NE) alumni are creating sustainable solutions locally.