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With support from Southern Ontario Water Consortium, Waterloo researchers and local data mining company Pattern Discovery Technologies have partnered to develop a novel water hydrant monitoring system.

Ten University of Waterloo researchers, whose research is deemed on the verge of a breakthrough, will receive supplemental funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).

The recipients of Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS) are among more than 100 researchers at Waterloo who are receiving funding through Discovery Grants, Research Tools and Instruments grants, and Postgraduate and Postdoctoral fellowships.

Civil and environmental engineering professor Peter Huck has been awarded a renewal of his Industrial Chair (IRC) in water treatment by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) for the fifth time in 25 years; making it the longest running IRC. With this renewal, Huck will receive more than $3 million in funding, over five years, from NSERC and 17 Canadian industry partners to continue his water treatment research program.

A new virtual reality (VR) training lab at the University of Waterloo’s School of  Optometry and Vision Science, will help Canada’s next generation of optometrists learn how to diagnose vision problems and eye diseases more quickly and accurately.