Media are invited to attend a showcase of some of the top startups emerging from the University of Waterloo’s entrepreneurship programs.
The zebra mussel has a bad reputation as being an invasive species but a Waterloo researcher is using the maligned mussel as inspiration for developing sticky synthetic adhesives that he hopes will be used in the human body some day.
“We do not copy nature. We’re just inspired by it,” says Boxin Zhao, a professor in Waterloo’s Department of Chemical Engineering. “We ask, ‘What’s the chemistry and how do we use it?' ”
Three sustainability leaders from the University of Waterloo have been named to the annual Corporate Knights Top 30 under 30 list. The list honours young entrepreneurs, activists, corporate professionals and students making social and environmental change worldwide.
The Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre at St. Paul's University College at the University of Waterloo is hosting its Aboriginal Entrepreneurship workshop Saturday and media are invited to attend. Students will work in teams and receive guidance from university and business instructors.
A first aid kit for mental health and custom-fit compression sleeves for breast cancer survivors are just two of the startup ideas teams will pitch at the inaugural Big Ideas Challenge for Health and Wellbeing at the University of Waterloo on Monday.
Founders of Vitameter, a startup from the University of Waterloo, with one of four grand prizes from the Velocity Fund Finals. (Photo credit: Matt Rae/Matt Rae Media)
The event starts with the Velocity Fund Finals $5K, where University of Waterloo students of any discipline who qualified at one of the $5K Qualifiers will present their ideas for a chance to win.
In the afternoon, 10 software, hardware and life sciences startups will compete for the chance to win one of four prizes of $25,000 plus workspace at either the Velocity Garage or Velocity Foundry. One hardware company could also win an extra $10,000.
The judges for the Winter 2015 Velocity Fund Finals are:
It may use the most simple of technology, but a new water filtration system is transforming thousands of lives in the Dominican Republic. Designed by Master of Public Health student, Timothy Muttoo, in partnership with the non-profit organization FilterPure, the new filters use locally sourced clay, saw dust and particles of silver to remove 99.99 per cent of all water contaminants in households without access to safe water.
Andrew Andrade was halfway around the world when the mechatronics engineering student discovered he had not only won Waterloo Engineering’s top co-op student award, but the national award as well.
