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Nanotechnology engineering student Sarah Odinotski has had a banner year! Her Capstone team won second place in this year’s competition for their design project, CortiSolve. The team went on to net a $10,000 award in this year’s Esch Pitch Competition. Sarah was also named Co-op Student of the Year for the Faculty of Engineering in 2021.

Here’s a toast for all you accomplished! In the best of times earning a University Degree is hard, add a global pandemic to the mix and the challenge is even greater! This graduating class spent close to half of their university experience online. Yet they persevered with determination and resilience to earn their degree.

Nanotechnology Engineering has revolutionized medical diagnosis, immunization, early disease detection and treatments. University of Waterloo Nanotechnology Engineering students continue to push the envelope and create new leading edge biomedical tools.

This year’s Nanotechnology Engineering Capstone Design Symposium took place on March 23 in Engineering 7’s meeting space. Twenty two teams of fourth year Nanotechnology Engineering students presented the results of their Capstone Design projects to industry representatives, potential employers, faculty, staff, family and friends. Each project gave the team members an opportunity to experience and actualize the concepts of project management, research and design taught in the Nanotechnology Engineering program.

A highlight this year was Team 20’s design of an Improved Strain Sensor for a Virtual Reality Glove. The members of Team 20 are Adam Powell, Brendan Barber, Logan Ingalls, and Vyshna Krishnakumar.  Congratulations to the members of Team 20 for winning third place in this year’s competition!

France Canada Chamber of Commerce - Ontario (FCCC-O) announced AlgoBio Inc. as the winner for their 2021 Les Innovateurs Startup Competition.

What is nanotechnology engineering?

Nanotechnology Engineering involves materials science and engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, and medicine. 

View our new animated video explaining more about what Nanotechnology Engineering is and the programs offered by the University of Waterloo in this exciting discipline.

Waterloo Engineering graduates make global finals of high-profile contest for student inventors

Anneke van Heuven (BASc ’21) and Elias Trouyet (BASc ’21), co-founders of AlgoBio and recent graduates of Nanotechnology Engineering, received a runner-up spot in the 2021 James Dyson Award competition. Their new material was developed from sea-weed and can be used as a fire retardant. Read the full story on Waterloo News.

NERv Technology, a MedTech startup co-founded by Nanotechnology Engineering alumni Amr Abdelgawad (BASc 2016, Nanotechnology Engineering, MBET 2017) and Youssef Helwa (BASc 2015, Nanotechnology Engineering, MASc 2017, Electrical Engineering), has secured $3.32 CAD million in seed funding to support the launch of their smart catheter system that can enhance healthcare delivery by helping surgeons respond faster to potential post-surgical complications.