SOWC Welcomes Fleming College as New Post-secondary Partner in Consortium
Following unanimous approval by its Advisory Board, the Southern Ontario Water Consortium is proud to announce the addition of Fleming College as a new post-secondary partner. It is the first post-secondary institution to be introduced as a new member since SOWC's establishment in 2011, increasing the Consortium's membership to nine partners. "Now that we've completed the building phase of the SOWC infrastructure, we've been able to establish a mechanism for considering new post-secondary members of the Consortium", says Brenda Lucas, [...]
UW Researcher Finds Way to Remediate Contaminants in a More Natural Way
A University of Waterloo researcher is the first to develop a new way to remediate contaminated groundwater by capitalizing on the power of mother nature. With the help of a specially-designed field testing site built in part by the Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC), Mahsa Shayan was able to test the effectiveness of combining a chemical remediation process with a biological one, using a real-world setting. In her study, Shayan used a reduced amount of persulfate along with bacteria found [...]
External Funding Opportunities – March 2015
MITACS Elevate (Postdoctoral Fellows) MITACS Intent to Apply Deadline: April 23, 2015 Duration: 2 Years Value: $50,000 (stipend) + $7,500 (research costs) Industry matching contribution is required This is a training program for postdoctoral fellows, in which participants lead and undertake an industrially relevant research project. During this time, fellows receive experiential training in R&D directly through their industry-academic research collaboration and leadership training and business acumen through the program’s training curriculum. Program benefits Company participation in Mitacs Elevate is [...]