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Devasted by what’s happening in Ukraine, a Waterloo Engineering alumnus with deep ties to the country is supporting its humanitarian relief efforts through sales of her vodka brand in Ontario liquor stores. 

New technology has promising potential to improve cancer screening

A new form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that makes cancerous tissue glow in medical images could help doctors more accurately detect and track the progression of cancer over time.

The innovation, developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo, creates images in which cancerous tissue appears to light up compared to healthy tissue, making it easier to see.

Thursday, March 17, 2022

SYDE-BME Capstone Design Symposium

This week Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) and Biomedical Engineering (BME) students presented their fourth-year design projects at the 2022 Capstone Design Symposium. Teams showcased everything from a seizure monitoring and detection headband for infants to unique tools that can help Canadians optimize their energy usage.

View the full list of SYDE and BME projects: 

Ewen MacDonald, associate professor in systems design engineering was awarded $80,000 in federal funding this week through a program designed to help attract and retain top researchers. The award will fund measurement systems for investigating speech communication. 

The return to campus hallways and classrooms is an opportunity to reflect on and understand how students, particularly first-year students, experienced online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New technology could help reduce malnutrition and improve overall health in long-term care homes by automatically recording and tracking how much food residents consume.

The smart system, developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo, the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging and the University Health Network, uses artificial intelligence software to analyze photos of plates of food after residents have eaten.