Lauren Smith
Student, Faculty of Environment
> Co-founder, Polygone Technologies
> Alumnus, Collaborative Water Program (MES '17)
> Velocity Science
> Water Institute
When tossing in a load of laundry most of us have no idea that other people may unwittingly swallow tiny pieces of our yoga pants or bath towels.
The combination of curiosity and rigorous inquiry will lead to our next great invention.
Jesse Hoey
Professor, Faculty of Mathematics
> David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
> Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Bronwyn Lazowski
Student, Faculty of Environment
> Research Fellow, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy
The key to any healthy relationship is communication. The same can be said about our relationship to home energy use.
Praveen Nekkar
Professor, Faculty of Science
> University of Waterloo
> School of Pharmacy
A new breakthrough is offering hope to people living with Alzheimer’s disease and their families.
Liu currently serves as the chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Prof. Lili Liu
There is much going on in the nation’s capital, but people on Parliament Hill took time this week to honour an esteemed Canadian, Canada’s newest Nobel laureate. Donna Strickland, a professor of physics at Waterloo, received a wide and warm welcome in Ottawa Tuesday, from Rideau Hall to the House of Commons, and including a reception celebrating her achievement. Strickland won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 for developing chirped pulse amplification.
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released their 2019 World University Rankings and once again Waterloo finds itself standing amongst the best universities at home and around the world. Building momentum in several subjects and subject areas Waterloo has five subjects ranking among the top 50 universities in the world.
Waterloo ranked at the top globally in Computer Science, 22nd in the world, Hospitality and Leisure Management, 32nd, Mathematics, 43rd, and Engineering and Technology — a broad subject area including chemical, civil, electrical engineering and more — ranked 46th.
British and Canadian leaders met at the Canadian High Commission in London, England in February for the Waterloo Innovation Summit, which examined how deep research and commercialization are meeting challenges in the era of disruption. From political leaders to visionaries behind some of high-tech's most exciting startups, a number of key lessons emerged for those wondering where opportunity lies amid the relative chaos.