University of Waterloo researchers’ new framework could improve evacuations, inform building codes and help emergency responders better understand toxic smoke hazards.
Water. One of our planet’s most vital and vulnerable resources is at risk. The increased presence of toxic substances in water, particularly micropollutants, jeopardizes human and environmental health.
To protect water quality for future generations, Dr. Maricor Arlos and her team at the University of Waterloo’s Arlos Research Lab in the Faculty of Engineering, are studying the journey of micropollutants in urban water cycles and developing solutions to mitigate their harmful impact.
From process optimization to multi-scale modeling and machine learning, Waterloo researchers receive widespread support to develop technologies of the future
A University of Waterloo professor is part of an international coalition revolutionizing vaccine production with new health-care technology. The tech aims to support local vaccine production, cutting the vaccine production time from nine days to just one day, and save millions of lives and dollars as a result.
The increasing integration of cars with advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) means fully autonomous vehicles (AVs) will likely be a reality by 2050, if not sooner. These self-driving vehicles will not just operate with minimal human intervention, they will make “decisions” to adapt and react to changing situations on the road. Human drivers will literally take a back seat.
A group of international and local researchers gathered at the University of Waterloo for the 2024 NSERC CREATE Training Program for Graduate Students in Scalable 2D-Materials Architectures.
Dubbed the “2D-MATURE summer school”, this interdisciplinary seminar led by Dr. Michael Pope, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, engaged 53 researchers in a collaborative program focused on leveraging 2D materials for advanced manufacturing applications.
Warming temperatures mean shorter ice seasons in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut. As a result, the stretches of landfast ice formed from frozen seawater that Inuit use to travel and hunt on are increasingly unpredictable and unsafe.
Polynyas, areas of open water and thin ice, occur where ocean currents or wind prevent pack ice from forming. They’re typically found in the same locations each year enabling travellers to plan their routes safely. But climate change is affecting this predictability, causing smaller, unexpected polynyas that make travelling across the pack ice risky.
Beluga whale populations in the Arctic are under threat due to increased on- and off-shore activities such as oil and gas development and climate change.
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. It’s almost always caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) which can be passed from one person to another during sex. The Pap test (or Pap smear) screens women for cervical cancer but regular testing can be difficult to access — in Ontario, women are only eligible for the test every three years. This is cause for concern as early detection is key to treating cervical cancer successfully.
In the quest to reach zero emissions by 2050, Waterloo engineering researcher Dr. Xianguo Li and Dr. Samaneh Shahgaldi from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) are working with industry partners to develop more efficient, durable, cost-effective fuel cells.