Tuesday, October 5, 2021
![Logo](/water-institute/sites/default/files/uploads/images/aquasensing_logo-375x57.jpeg)
A
startup
company
with
deep
roots
at
Waterloo
Engineering
won
the
top
prize
in
a
pitch
contest
focused
on
the
use
of
nanomaterials
to
create
or
improve
commercial
products.
AquaSensing,
which
designs
battery-free
water
leak
detection
systems
for
healthcare
and
industrial
applications, took
home
$10,000,
plus
a
spot
in
a
virtual
incubator,
in
the
Nanomaterials
Virtual
Pitch
Contest
staged
by
not-for-profit
NanoOntario
and
CMC
Microsystems,
a
not-for-profit managing
Canada’s
National
Design
Network®.
![Sensor](/water-institute/sites/default/files/uploads/images/screen_shot_2021-10-05_at_9.35.46_am.png)
The technology was developed by engineering professors George Shaker and Water Institute member Norman Zhou, and is being commercialized by a number of Waterloo mechanical and mechatronics engineering alumni and graduate students – Nathan Johnston, Nimesh Kotak, Ming Xiao, Connor Al-Joundi, Kushant Patel, Mohammad Rouhi, Kamalpreet Kaur and Simran Chathanat – as well as fourth-year engineering student Erin Roulston.
Photo: AquaSensing's product Leak Sensor 1.0
This article was originally published on the Faculty of Engineering website.