The Government of Canada recently announced the 2023 science bundle national funding competition results, an investment of more than $960 million.
An electrical and computer engineering (ECE) professor has won an international prize for women that recognizes excellence in science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design.
The Government of Canada has awarded more than $1.3 million to University of Waterloo researchers to support small modular reactors (SMRs) research using nuclear energy and materials to protect health, safety, security and the environment.
The funding is part of the NSERC-CNSC Small Modular Reactors Research Grant through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).
Charmaine B. Dean, professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science and vice-president, research and international at the University of Waterloo was awarded the 2023 SSC Gold Medal by the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) at its recent Annual Meeting in Ottawa.
A University of Waterloo alumnus has received a prestigious award recognizing his efforts in advancing self-flying planes through his Toronto-based startup.
Jeremy Wang was presented with the Mitacs Change Agent Entrepreneur Award at a ceremony last night and was one of five recipients of a Mitacs Entrepreneur Award who are being recognized for turning their research into an innovative business that impacts the lives of Canadians.
A team from Waterloo Engineering has won an international competition aimed at advancing the state-of-the-art in the mapping of sea ice.
The team included professors, researchers and graduate students in a remote sensing research group that is a subgroup of the larger Vision and Image Processing (VIP) Lab within the Department of Systems Design Engineering.
A long-term collaboration with academic partners across France has culminated in a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Waterloo and the National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (INRIA).
The Government of Canada has awarded almost $3 million to University of Waterloo researchers to support Canadian-led interdisciplinary, international, high-risk and high-reward research.
“Look beyond the beauty of our coastal wetlands, and you’ll find this habitat is hard at work,” starts the short video by Navya Vikraman Nair, PhD candidate in Sustainability Management (Water). Her work has been selected as one of this year’s top 25 Storytelling Challenge finalists; a national competition run by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has awarded over $10 million to University of Waterloo researchers as part of a national investment to support quantum research, foster national and international collaborations, and strengthen quantum talent in Canada.