New initiatives for industrial and international partnerships are enabling Waterloo engineers to develop strategic research collaborations in areas such as wireless communications, the mobile internet, additive manufacturing, advanced robotics, biomedical engineering and sustainable energy.
The Engineering Research Office (ERO) proactively builds relationships with funding agencies, potential sponsors and other stakeholders, pairing the university’s leading engineering researchers with government and industry, to advance new technologies to improve the human condition.
Waterloo Engineering maintains research partnerships with close to 800 Canadian companies and 300 companies internationally, targeting strategic research partnerships with leading global universities.
Several Senate-approved research centres, including the Centre for Advanced Trenchless Technology, the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology form part of Waterloo Engineering’s commitment to research excellence.
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Controls and precision tooling, lightweight materials, structural crashworthiness, advanced materials.
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Digital design and fabrication technologies, environmental issues and new material economies, globalization, urbanization.
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Bio-compatibility and in-vitro modelling, human movement, ergonomics, wearable technology.
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Advancing IoT research to connect and exchange data.
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Nano-biosystems, nano-electronics, nano-instrumentation, nano-materials.
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Robotics and machine intelligence, machine learning.
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Human machine interaction, autonomous robotics, rahabilitation and assistive robotics, micro and nano robitics, and sensing and control.
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Transporation networks, smart buildings, smart communities, and sensors and devices.
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Researcher shines a light on glitter’s environmental cost
Glitter is everywhere right now, adding sparkle to our festive holiday celebrations — but it comes at an environmental cost.
Dr. Christian Euler, a Chemical Engineering professor at the University of Waterloo, is using microbes to craft sustainable, biodegradable alternatives.
Research warns of increasing algae threat to Ontario lakes
An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Waterloo argues more must be done to protect lakes in Ontario as climate change appears to be contributing to more frequent and more widespread algal blooms.
The team’s supervisor, Dr. Nandita Basu, a professor jointly appointed to the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo, summarized the research in a column published by The Conversation.
Researchers awarded $475k to help improve road safety
Two research projects led by Waterloo Engineering professors were approved for almost $475,000 in federal funding this week under a program designed to reduce collisions, injuries and fatalities on roadways.
Led by Dr. Krzysztof Czarnecki and Dr. Bruce Hellinga, the projects are among 35 initiatives across the country to receive a total of $14.6 million through the Enhanced Road Safety Transfer Payment Program of Transport Canada.