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Robert Ho (BASc 2014) is proof positive of the old adage to follow our interests and the details will take care of themselves.

His enjoyment of math, science and building things inspired him to study nanotechnology engineering. Now, as Chemical Process Development Engineer for Siemens Healthineers, the broadness of the nano program helps him "contribute to virtually any technical conversation, whether it’s mechanical, electrical, or chemical in nature."

In this profile, he shares why he chose UWaterloo, some of his undergrad experiences and his top three tips for students.

Scope Photonics, the startup created by grads from the NE class of 2020, is back at it with another big win. This one includes $60,000 in seed capital from the AC Jumpstart program, which is funded by FedDev Ontario and delivered through the Accelerator Centre in partnership with University of Waterloo.

A biotechnology company co-founded by a Nanotechnology Engineering alumnus has been awarded almost $300,000 in government funding to develop a portable diagnostic test for COVID-19.

Nicoya, a Kitchener-based provider of advanced analytical instruments for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, grew out of a Capstone Design project by nanotechnology engineering student Ryan Denomme (BASc ’10, MASc ’12).

Congratulations to Nanotechnology Engineering’s Elizabeth Monte for winning a 2020 Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation Medal for Academic Achievement.

The award, bestowed to only one graduating student from each of Ontario’s 15 accredited engineering programs, honours the student who has achieved the highest cumulative grade point average in their graduating class.

When COVID-19 restrictions forced the Nanotechnology Engineering program to cancel its Capstone Design Symposium with just days’ notice, students quickly pivoted to present their own projects via online presentation seminars and honour the accomplishments of their classmates.

Congratulations to Nanotechnology Engineering’s Alisha Bhanji, Holden Beggs, Fernando Peña Cantú, Zhenle Cao and Ishan Mishra whose startup company, Scope, won a $50,000 Palihapitiya Venture Creation Fund award.

Congratulations to Nanotechnology Engineering’s iuvoderm, KnowStroke and Scope for their wins at the Norman Esch Entrepreneurship Awards for Capstone Design competition. These teams of fourth-year students brought home three of the six $10,000 prizes on offer at this annual pitch competition that recognizes innovative Capstone Design projects.

Congratulations to the SMRT Coat and iuvoderm teams for their success in the Winter 2020 Concept $5k Pitch Competition.

Congratulations to Scope, fourth-year NE students Holden Beggs, Alisha Bhanji, Fernando Peña Cantú, Zhenle Cao and Ishan Mishra, and first-year NE student Athulya Nambiar for their success in the Winter 2020 Quantum Valley Investments^® Problem Pitch Competition.

Congratulations to Han Liu, Daniel Stranart and Luke Wiersma for winning first place in the Innovative Design category of the Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC) with the product they designed with Darron Phann for their fourth-year Nanotechnology Engineering Capstone Design project.