The University of Waterloo’s intellectual property portfolio continues to grow with innovative solutions and technologies to meet your needs. If you're interested in partnering with researchers to further develop current or future innovations, the WatCo team is interested in exploring new opportunities with you.
For more information about possible partnerships or to discuss other research opportunities you're interested in, please contact WatCo.
Engineering
- In-vehicle detection of distracted driving using mmwave radar technology
- Liquid-liquid encapsulation system
- Enhanced probiotic delivery in functional foods
- Sustainable delivery system for agro/aquachemicals
- Extremely broadband high-speed photodetector
- Single atom alloy catalyst for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
- Covalently joined architecture for Li-ion batteries
- Deep Reinforcement Learning for Heat Exchanger Shape Optimization
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Microfluidic viscometer for the measurement of small-volume non-newtonian fluids
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Low-power Display Circuit Architecture and Signal Processing Methods
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Microgrid Connector Controller (MGC) an effective controllable grid interface for microgrids
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Circuit, systems and method for thin-film transistor logic gates
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Fingerprint biometric identification utilizing millimetre waves
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Film forming process to create large-area monolayers of exfoliated 2D nanomaterials
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Vehicle rollover control using pulsed active steering control strategy
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Laser technique for the evaluation of erosion resistance of insulating materials
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Non-contact force measurement system for magnetic-based propulsion systems
Physical sciences and materials
- A bio-based paste made from renewable materials for packaging applications
- A novel ligand to prepare multi-metallic complexes for use in catalytic reactions
- 3D printable biocompatible hydrophilic silicone elastomer material
- Tunable nanoscale corrugated metal patterning on metal nanoparticles and thin films
- DNA aptamer biosensors for lactate detection
- Treatment of ammonia waste
- Teflon Metallization
- Sustainable Magic-E Smart Window Material
- Pristine and Surface Functionalized Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNCs) Incorporated Hydrogel Beads
- Novel hybrid sustainable nanomaterials made of amine-functionalized cellulose nanocrystals and nitrogen doped carbon nanofibres
- Conductive cellulose nanocrystals
- Multifunctional cross-linked binders for lithium sulfur or lithium sulfide battery cathodes
- Universal Nanofluidic Chip (NFC) systems
- Nanofluidic system
- Ultra-stable cryo-electron microscopy holder
- Advanced perovskite films and crystals for stable energy harvesting solar panels
- Plasmontronics
- Imaging amyloid beta in the retina
- Underwater "superglue"
- Pure white light emitting nanomaterial “nanolite”
- Ophthalmic and microscopy imaging technology
- Biosensor for detection of heavy metals
Information technology and hardware
- Indoor 5G Wireless Transmission Over Powerlines
- Battery-free WiFi communication for IoT sensors
- Tip-Tap: Battery-free Sensing, Feedback, and Input device
- V2X Vehicular Communications System
- Optoelectronic synapse for in memory computation
- Adaptive, retro-directive phased array antenna
- Novel Coxial tunable bandpass filter
- Pattern Discovery and Disentanglement (PDD) AI software for deep knowledge discovery from relational data
- P2K - Pattern to knowledge AI software for predicting residue interacting sites between proteins
- PD-APCn: Pattern-directed aligned pattern clustering of bio-sequences
- VeBall, a computer input device for 3D manipulation
- Multimedia content enabling system
Life sciences
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Bacteria-responsive drug release platform for food packaging
- Novel Therapeutically Viable Conformation of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease
- Reagentless Biosensor using Aptamer-Assisted Microneedles
- Modulation of GLP-1 with LPA
- AI-based Genome Mutability Prediction and Detection of Conserved Genomic Regions
- Dynamic Visual Acuity (VA) Test
- Air Microfluidics-Enabled Active Compression Apparel
- Enzyme degradable gelatin hydrogel for drug delivery in wound healing
- Cortical challenge and recovery test (CCaRT)
- Water-soluble chromogenic substrates for detecting bacterial beta-lactamases
- Medical image segmentation system
- Long-lasting eye drop delivery platform for targeted ocular delivery applications
Groundwater remediation
Software
- Efficient Data Transfer Software
- Mapping & Localization without LIDAR A robust camera SLAM solution
- Speech and natural language processing and synthesis AI software
- Simulation & optimization software for gear shaping (Digi-Shape)
- ParametricAI Predictive Analytics Software
- Loxin: a password-less universal login system
- Pattern alignment clustering to reveal functionality in biosequences - WeMineTM
- Text analytics engine
- “Lightweight” security algorithm for 4G/5G networks
- Multivariate times series pattern discovery in a complex continuous industrial process
- Image processing optimization
- Visual asset management
- EasyPlan project management system