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The chance to broaden his horizons through a fellowship at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering has boosted an ambitious researcher as he pursues his goal to develop intelligent therapy robots.

Dr. Milad Nazarahari, who came to À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ in 2021 as the recipient of a AMTD À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Global Talent Postdoctoral Fellowship, packed up late last month to take on a new position as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Alberta.

A master’s student in chemical engineering took first place and the $750 top prize in a contest featuring 60-second videos of graduate students explaining their research.

Andrew Stella, whose research involves wearable sensors to protect firefighters, topped a field of 25 competitors at the annual GRADFlix Showcase sponsored by Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.

Researchers at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering have developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology to predict if women with breast cancer would benefit from chemotherapy prior to surgery.

The new AI algorithm, part of the open-source Cancer-Net initiative led by Dr. Alexander Wong, could help unsuitable candidates avoid the serious side effects of chemotherapy and pave the way for better surgical outcomes for those who are suitable.

Bertha Bridget Kankam (²Ñµþ·¡°ÕÌý’22)Ìýrecently completed her master’s degree in business, entrepreneurship and technology (MBET) at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering’s Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business. 

That is a worthy success in and of itself, but Kankam is not your typical MBET student. Better known to many as Yaa Yaa, she is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Ghana. 

Two À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering research teams have received the first two $5,000 Jain Family Award for Entrepreneurship instalments, a defined term award designated to University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ students working with Velocity.  

The 2022 recipients are Mechano-metamaterial spinal implants for its innovative work to improve the lives of spinal patients and Blackbird for its important advancements in flood risk mapping.  

For their Capstone Design project, Michael Phillips and his roommate Phillip Cooper (both BASc ’17, mechanical engineering, entrepreneurship option), created a camera that could help surgeons remove blood clots from the brains of stroke patients. That meant making the world’s smallest camera — and making it flexible enough to travel through a maze of veins and arteries. 

The result is Vena Medical. A startup fuelled by hard work, funding support and a team of advisors. 

New research by a À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering professor shows small, isolated wetlands, often the first to be removed for development and agriculture, play an outsized role in the protection of downstream lake and river ecosystems.

Researchers used a new method involving satellite imagery and computer modelling – the first of its kind – to show how small wetlands trap pollutants such as nitrogen and phosphorous because they are disconnected.

Four projects led by À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering researchers have been selected as inaugural funding recipients in an initiative to develop creative and collaborative health-care solutions. 

The projects will receive up to $25,000 for one year from the Graham Seed Fund (GSF). Developed by the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s Health Initiatives team, the GSF aims to strengthen health system partnerships by providing resources to collaborate directly with health providers, clinicians, industry partners and universities.

The entrepreneurship ecosystem at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering nurtures promising ideas into thriving enterprises. In our weekly Founder Fuel series, we look at new ventures and how they have benefited from that crucial early support.

After a stint in Silicon Valley, Spurrya Jaggi (BASc ’18, mechatronics engineering) created a social connection app called Lichi that makes it easy to build friendships through low-key meetups in bars, restaurants and cafés.

The University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s all-weather, self-driving bus, the WATonoBus, has hit the road with official go-ahead from Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation.

Students, staff, faculty and visitors can enjoy the ride with a complimentary WATonobus shuttle service operating every Monday to Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.