Waterloo Engineering students pitch for $60,000 to fund their ideas
Teams of engineering students at the University of Waterloo will pitch their inventive ideas today for a chance at $60,000 in funding
Teams of engineering students at the University of Waterloo will pitch their inventive ideas today for a chance at $60,000 in funding
By Media RelationsThe 15 finalists competing in the third-annual Norman Esch Entrepreneurship Awards for Capstone Design have 90 seconds make the case for their projects. Judges selected them from a field of applicants who participated in the Capstone Design symposia recently held at Waterloo. More than 700 senior engineering students spent months designing and building the more than 150 projects showcased at that event.
Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Time: Pitches start at 2 p.m.
Location: Sedra Student Design Centre, Engineering 5, University of Waterloo
The finalists are:
The Esch Foundation funds the awards, which support creative and entrepreneurial students in the pursuit of research and development and its commercialization for the benefit of Canada.
The emcee for the event is Kevin Wright, a graduate from Waterloo Engineering and co-founder of Alert Labs, a startup located in the Accelerator Centre.
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The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.