As pioneers in co-operative education, Waterloo was one of the first to recognize the educational value of connecting students and industry.
WATERLOO, Ont., (Monday, March 18, 2013) – The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) at the University of Waterloo and a biomaterials company started by two Waterloo chemistry graduates are teaming together to make the next generation of biolatex® binders for applications in paper coating, paperboard and personal care products.
The shock was so great when seven people died from drinking water in Walkerton, Ontario in May 2000, that it forever changed how the provincial government manages and protects its municipal water, says an environment and resource studies professor.
To serve and protect is a slogan that could describe Peter Huck’s career, but he’s not a police officer.
For the past 20 years, Huck has devoted most of his academic life to making public water supplies safer.
Our watersheds are being affected by more than the industrial chemicals that flow through wastewater treatment plants into our watersheds. Fish are being affected by everything from the medicine we take to the personal care products we use, says biology professor Mark Servos.
Better research happens when more women work in disciplines like science and technology, says philosophy professor Carla Fehr.
Have you ever wondered what harmful chemicals might be lurking in your water? Dr. Juewen Liu wants to make it easier to remove pollutants from mercury to lead; arsenic and more.
James Craig aims to make our drinking water safer and heat our houses more environmentally. Although his research uses fairly theoretical applied mathematics, the practical is never far from his mind. “Ideally, all of my research ultimately ends up in the hands of practitioners,” says Craig.
An applied math professor’s calculations of an ocean current in Cape Cod may help the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale to survive.
