Nanotechnology Design Symposium at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)

The March 17, 2012 news item about the University of Waterloo’s 3rd annual Nanotechnology Engineering Design Symposium notes,

The symposium is on Friday, March 23 from 10 am until 6:30 pm in the Davis Centre on the University of Waterloo Campus.

… Seventeen student project teams will present their prototypes that includes solutions for improved HIV and chemotherapy drug effectiveness and HIV detection, detector systems for spoiled meat and explosives, a novel display technology that works on glass and mirrors, a flexible electricity storage device, an exoskeleton glove-based human-computer interface and a high strength and a removable and residual free adhesive inspired by the nanotechnology present in the Gecko foot.

It’s a free event and visitors are welcome to browse the displays throughout the day. To get a feeling for what it might be like, here’s a video of the 2nd annual event in 2011.


The University of Waterloo’s Nanotechnology Engineering Degree programme is unique in North America according to the program’s home page.

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