One of the greatest threats to the health of the Great Lakes is the increasing frequency and severity of algal blooms occurring in response to excess nutrients in the water under a warming climate.
This article was originally published by the Department of Chemical Engineering.
The American Chemical Society announced the launch of a new journal titled “ACS Sustainable Resource Management” on June 13, 2023, with Water Institute member Michael Tam as Deputy Editor. Tam is excited to shape the direction of this new publication and bring it to the forefront in this emerging field. He will develop strategies to promote awareness of the journal to the academic community.
Waterloo delegates at the 2023 Canadian Water Resources Association conference.
The Water Institute was well represented at the recent Canadian Water Resources Association conference, which took place from June 18-21, 2023 in Halifax, NS. The delegation included faculty members Bryan Tolson and James Craig, a number of their students, as well as Nancy Goucher, the Water Institute’s Knowledge Mobilization Specialist.
The Water Institute recently hosted a delegation from the University of Riau, Indonesia for a joint workshop on nature-based solutions for climate adaptation and peatland management.
The purpose of the workshop was to share information on respective peatland research programs, discuss best practices for the design and establishment of university research institutes and to explore potential collaborative opportunities.
By Media Relations
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a simple, low-cost method for accurately encapsulating core materials (which could be pure liquid or liquid containing suspended functional ingredients) that could make important contributions to a wide range of industry applications.
The process, known as a liquid-liquid encapsulation system, introduces a drop of core material through a nozzle, which impacts on a host bath, containing a floating shell layer on the surface. When a complex interaction of the core material with the shell layer occurs, it creates a stable encapsulation which protects the core material and safeguards it from an aggressive environment enabling a timely release of the cargo material to a targeted area.
Water Institute member Dr. Peter Huck, a Civil and Environment Engineering Professor who has been dubbed “The Wayne Gretzky of the Water Industry,” is celebrating a remarkable 30 years as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Chair in Water Treatment.
Dr. Monica Emelko and Dr. Carolyn Ren are among the newest cohort of 55 fellows to be elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) by their peers. Fellows have been selected because of their "outstanding contributions to engineering and for serving as role models in their fields and communities,” said CAE’s president Dr. Soheil Asfarpour in a media release.
The Canadian Academy of Engineering is foremost national engineering institution through which Canada's most distinguished and experienced engineers provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to the country.
An in-person induction ceremony honouring the 2023 elected fellows will take place June 20 in Victoria, British Columbia.
A delegation consisting of two Environmental Law Professors from the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Dr. Niko Soininen and Dr. Antti Belinskij, Senior Research Scientist from the Finnish Environment Institute, Dr. Saija Koljonen, and Ph.D. student Ms. Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen, also in the department of Environmental Law at UEF, visited the Water Institute from May 9-19.
By the Department of Chemical Engineering
Two Chemical Engineering graduate students have won a nationwide video contest focused on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Carlo Cunanan, a master’s student, and Kiyoumars Zarshenas, a PhD student, are among the six winners of the Science, Action! initiative, which is a collaboration between the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologies (FRQNT).
The winners were chosen based on their videos' ability to highlight the impact of their engineering research on sustainable development goals.
Prince Hussain was on campus promoting his vision for ecological consciousness and protection of the world’s oceans
By University Relations
The University of Waterloo welcomed Prince Hussain Aga Khan and Princess Fareen Aga Khan to campus. Prince Hussain visited Waterloo for a special presentation of his exhibition, The Living Sea – Fragile Beauty, which focuses on the beauty and majesty of the oceans and the critical importance of ocean ecology.