Research

Siemens Canada Ltd. and the University of Waterloo will partner on a new youth training and skills development initiative to expand Canada’s capacity and research excellence in sustainable green technologies and advanced manufacturing.

The partnership will address the challenges facing the global economy including digital manufacturing and the drive for sustainable economies – challenges to which Siemens’ expertise and product portfolio are ideally and uniquely suited.

If you're faced with a troubling personal dilemma, such as a cheating spouse, you are more likely to think wisely about it if you consider it as an observer would, says a study led by a professor at the University of Waterloo.

Zbigniew Wasilewski, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The ability to precisely control material engineering at nano-scale will play a key role in the development of new quantum technologies.

A state-of-the-art lab that will support research programs ranging from photonics to quantum computing to nanoelectronics will open at the University of Waterloo today.

The Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) facility is a high-end research and development lab with production capabilities. It will produce compound semiconductor materials. MBE is now a fundamentally important tool for the fabrication of semiconductor devices for cell phones, solar cells and light-emitting diodes (LED).

Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014

A Waterloo researcher is working to protect Canadians from catastrophic losses by supporting a new nationwide project to help communities safeguard their homes and businesses during extreme weather.

A clinical psychologist at the University of Waterloo is seeking participants for a national study that uses a smartphone app to gather data. The project is recruiting females aged 17 or older with a body mass index (BMI) in the 15-19 range and who struggle with body image and eating.

A report released today by the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project, confirms the importance of price and taxation as a highly effective means of encouraging smokers to quit. The report, entitled “Tobacco Price and Taxation: ITC Cross-Country ComparisonReport”, compares data from surveys in the 20+ countries of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (the ITC Project), centered at the University of Waterloo, together with data from other sources, such as World Health Organisation.

Millions of scrap tires are generated every year and only a fraction of the discarded rubber is ever recycled. Now, a University of Waterloo startup is taking its technology global by offering manufacturers around the world a cheaper  - and greener - way to recycle old tires.

With support from the University’s Waterloo Commercialization Office (WatCo), Tyromer Inc. is commercializing an invention by Chemical Engineering Professor Costas Tzoganakis. The technology chemically breaks down – devulcanizes – tire rubber so it’s suitable for reuse.

The Canadian Cancer Society presented a professor from the University of Waterloo with its Award for Excellence in Cancer Research for his pioneering work in cancer prevention.

Professor David Hammond, of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at Waterloo, is the recipient of the William E. Rawls Prize for the remarkable impact he has made at an early stage in his career. The prize is given to a young investigator whose work has led to important advances in cancer control within the past decade.

Mihaela Vlasea might have headed off to medical school after earning her Bachelor of Applied Science degree in mechatronics engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Instead, she chose to stay to push three-dimensional (3D) printing into new territory: Bone replacements that have the porosity and function of the real thing.

For thousands of Canadians facing surgery to deal with the pain of faulty joints, this holds the possibility of improved, lasting remedies.