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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.

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

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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.

Thanks to our generous alumni, nanotechnology engineering students are using some exciting new 3D printing technology to fabricate a wide range of parts, prototypes and models. In the process, they are learning valuable lessons about iterative design and improvement.

Congratulations to the Nanotechnology Engineering program’s Scribenote for their success in the Winter 2021 Concept $5k Pitch Competition.

At the 11^th annual Capstone Design Symposium on March 26^th, the Nanotechnology Engineering program’s class of 2021 presented their fourth-year design projects to an enthusiastic audience. Students, faculty, friends and family members joined online to learn about the exciting innovations created by our fourth-year students.