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Former University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Nanotechnology Engineering undergraduate student Babak Shokouhi and his team at NanoDevice Solutions Inc. have developed a novel process to batch-manufacture high-resolution atomic force microscopy (AFM) probes. NanoDevice Solutions is the only company in the world making high aspect ratio tips in batches, which makes the tips affordable. Read the full story at the .

Schlumberger-Celluforce-À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Design Competition Participants

University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s nanotechnology undergrads are already using their expertise to make our world a better place.

Ryan Marchewka (4A Nanotechnology Engineering) and Matt Lavrisa (Nanotechnology Engineering ’15)

Nanotechnology Engineering student teams won at the Fall 2015 with projects based on a company developing display technology that increases the battery life and daylight visibility of mobile devices to another creating apparel that prevents sweat stains.

The first ever À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Undergraduate Nanotechnology Conference (WUNC) was held at the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre on Saturday, November 7, 2015.  The conference featured presentations and posters by researchers, graduate students, and industry members, at the cutting edge of nanotechnology.  This conference was fully organized by undergraduate students from the Nanotechnology Engineering program who took the initiative and wanted to seize the opportunity to learn more about the scope of nanotechnology in academia as well as industry.

By Suzanne Bowness
Marketing and Strategic Communications

Seven promising startups compete for a $15K cash prize during the Venture North Conference in Toronto on September 15.  Come support and .

Three Nanotechnology Engineering student teams won at the Winter 2015  with projects based on time-release capsules, UV responsive marker ink and a hand-held device that measures vitamin levels.

At the 2015 Nanotechnology Engineering Capstone Design Symposium on Friday, March 20, 2015, one team walked away with the most entrepreneurial team award sponsored by . Team Spill-O-Pill was selected as the team most likely to take their design to the next level.

Two Nanotechnology Engineering teams, Vitameter and Suncayr, took home top prizes of $10,000 each at the 2015 Norman Esch Entrepreneurship Awards held on Thursday, April 2, 2015.   The Norman Esch capstone award is open to student teams from all departments within the Faculty of Engineering and during the event, 15 teams had 90 seconds to pitch their businesses to a panel of judges who included engineering professors and faculty members of the Conrad Entrepreneurship, Business and Technology Centre.

On Friday March 20, 2015, the Nanotechnology Engineering Fourth Year Capstone Design Symposium was held.  This event showcases design projects from the Nanotechnology Engineering program senior class which they work on over the course of three terms.  Twenty-four projects in the theme areas of Nano Electronics & Photonics, NEMs & Nano Fluidics, Nanobiotechnology & Biomedical Systems and Nano Functional Materials were presented by the students throughout the day.

The poster presentation competition rewarded three teams: