Systems Design Engineering professors Rodrigo Costa, Moojan Ghafurian and Veronika Magdanz received grants from the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Exploration stream, which fosters bold and innovative Canadian-led projects that cross disciplinary boundaries.
Their funded projects are:
Rodrigo Costa (systems design engineering) and Chul Min Yeum (civil and environmental engineering) – A computer-vision-based approach for retrieving longitudinal disaster recovery data from past events, which uses AI to analyze satellite and street-level imagery from past disasters to inform federal recovery policies.
Moojan Ghafurian (systems design engineering) – Training system for dementia caregivers to gain knowledge on the affective component of interactions, developing a social robotic system to improve daily interactions and quality of life for caregivers and persons with dementia.
Veronika Magdanz (systems design engineering) and Hamed Shahsavan (chemical engineering) – Soft microrobots for assisted reproductive technologies (SMART), exploring innovative methods for improving Assisted Reproductive Technologies using biocompatible, programmable microrobots.
See the full list of Waterloo Engineering recipients.