Research

In one corner of Professor Catherine Gebotys' lab, a laser beam is strategically aimed to disrupt circuit board operations. Nearby, electromagnetic pulses bombard an uncapped chip while a couple of graduate students track the results on an oscilloscope screen.

By probing for vulnerabilities that hackers could exploit, her team at the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Engineering is making the Internet of Things more secure.

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Older adults in long-term care homes who have Parkinson’s disease (PD) are frequently prescribed antipsychotic medications without clear justification, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo and the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging.

There is software everywhere you turn these days: from computers and smartphones, to pacemakers, vending machines and anti-lock brakes.

And if you’ve ever had an app freeze or lost a document when Microsoft Word suddenly crashed, you know those programs are often prone to glitches.

The study, published in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease, found that doctors prescribed antipsychotics to more than one third, 34 per cent, of PD patients in long-term care (LTC) and almost one quarter, 24 per cent of PD patients in complex continuing care facilities.

This year’s FIRST® LEGO® League Project explores what is possible if people and animals learn to help each other. The ANIMAL ALLIES® teams will identify problems that arise when animals and humans interact, create innovative solutions to improve interactions between animals and people, and share their solutions with others.

Specific challenges include shipping a shark, releasing a panda to the wild, training a service dog, harvesting honey from a beehive and milking a cow. 

Date: Saturday, February 4, 2017

A long round of applause followed the formal announcement in mid-January of a $32.6-million contribution from the federal government towards construction of the state-of-the-art Engineering 7 building at the University of Waterloo.

Cabinet minister Bardish Chagger shared the good news after touring a Waterloo Engineering laboratory doing work in the areas of cybersecurity and autonomous vehicles, the kind of innovative research that will be expanded in the new, seven-storey, 240,000-square-foot building on the east campus.

When John and Anita Rossall first heard of the newly launched Engineering Ideas Clinic, the program resonated with them because they believe it is urgently needed in the engineering profession.

Waterloo’s Hyperloop team and their pod, nicknamed Goose 1, will make their way home from a California competition this week bolstered by feedback from SpaceX judges and competitors — and looking to the future.

The first observational evidence that the universe could be a hologram has been published in the journal Physical Review Letters.  The international study may lead to new beliefs on the Big Bang Theory and on quantum gravity, one of theoretical physics’ most profound problems.

The original principle of academic freedom encompassed thought, expression and geography. 

Diversity is a strength of this university and of our country. Together, with universities across Canada, we will continue to welcome students, faculty and staff from around the world including those seeking refuge from violence and injustice.