Social and Economic Prosperity

Martin Basiri
Alumnus, Faculty of Engineering (MASc ’13)
> CEO and co-founder, Applyboard

Martin Basiri was an ambitious undergrad at a top university in Iran when he decided to study abroad for graduate school. He had already built a startup, won a national innovation competition, and excelled in school.

Mihaela Vlasea
Professor, Faculty of Engineering
> Associate Research Director, Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing Lab

Grace Kurosad reaches into a large 3D metal printing machine that uses automated mechanisms and lasers to build metal parts, layer by layer, from a powder substrate.

Learn more about Bessma Momani's latest work at the next Waterloo Innovation Summit, Tuesday, September 28.

Bessma Momani
> Faculty of Arts
> Professor of Political Science
> Interim Associate Vice-President of Interdisciplinary Research

Nadayar Enegesi (BCS '13)
Alumnus, Faculty of Mathematics
> Co-Founder, Andela

With an acceptance rate of only 0.8 per cent, CNN has called African IT company Andela, one of the most selective programs in the world and “…harder to get into than Harvard.”

Mikal Skuterud
Professor, Faculty of Arts

Mikal Skuterud is the first to admit his research results—although influential—might not win him any popularity contests in Canada.

JADE CHOY (BAFM '17)
Alumnus, Faculty of Arts
> Co-Founder, Epoch
> Velocity Garage

Six minutes.