A retired engineering professor who played a significant role in developing the University’s relationship with industry and Waterloo’s IP policy has passed away.
Professor Ernest Holmes was described as one of the most important figures in Waterloo’s early years by Ken McLaughlin, University of Waterloo Professor Emeritus and Waterloo author and historian.
The University of Waterloo has been designated Research University of the Year among Canadian comprehensive universities by Research Infosource Inc. for the 14th consecutive year.
Kelly Skinner, associate professor in the School of Public Health Sciences, was appointed a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Applied Public Health Chair in Healthy environments
DarwinAI, co-founded by University of Waterloo professors Alexander Wong and Javad Shafiee, was recognized by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for its contributions to a state-of-the-art facility in London, Ontario to farm crickets as a source of protein.
Two University of Waterloo researchers have been named new or renewing Canada Research Chairs (CRC).
The Library recently launched its first ever Indigenous Research Guide. A collaborative partnership between the Library, Graduate Student Association (GSA) and the Office of Research, this guide will help Indigenous students and those interested in Indigenous studies and research methodologies discover available resources in the Library’s collection and how to approach such research.
2021 marks a decade of scientific collaboration between University of Waterloo and University of Bordeaux.
What started as a modest collaboration between chemists from both sides of the Atlantic, is now a rich and diverse partnership, where international researchers from diverse communities come together to solve problems in unique ways.
Dr. Alfred Yu is guiding the direction of next-generation innovations in ultrasound technology. Yu’s team at the University of Waterloo has developed and commercialized high-frame-rate ultrasound techniques that are now incorporated into the community screening program by physicians at the largest retirement living network in Ontario, to help care workers assess the cardiovascular health of elderly subjects.
University of Waterloo is proud to announce that nine of its academics have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2021 list from Clarivate. The full 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list and executive summary can be found online here.
University of Waterloo postdoctoral fellow and small business entrepreneur, Jason Deglint, was recently recognized with the 2021 Mitacs Global Impact Entrepreneur Award for his work tackling damages and losses in the aquaculture industry, estimated to cost $2 billion.