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A research team of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering graduate students is working on a range of health-tech applications from cancer diagnostics to wearable medical devices.  

Led by Dr. Carolyn Ren, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Microfluidics Lab (WML) develops and supports commercialized research that aims to improve the delivery of health care, including compression therapy for medical and athletic use.

The University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s Faculty of Engineering is renowned for its entrepreneurial graduates. No surprise then that the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ region is home to a number of successful startups with global reach and local impact.

Alchemy, Avidbots and Miovision are just three examples of local businesses that were founded by À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering alumni— namely, Chong Shen (BASc ’13) and Khanjan Desai (BASc ’13); Pablo Molina (BASc ’11) and Faizan Sheikh (BASc ’11); and Kurtis McBride (BASc ’04, MASc ’07), respectively. All three have contributed to putting the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ region on the map as Canada’s tech capital.