SOWC Researcher Profile – Dr. Vassili Karanassios
Dr. Vassili Karanassios, Professor of Chemistry and SOWC Sensor Node Researcher at the University of Waterloo Vassili Karanassios is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo and works closely with SOWC through the SOWC Sensor Node - a segment of the platform that enables the development of automated, wireless and distributed sensing of pathogens, chemicals and elemental contamination that may be present in water and provides infrastructure to design, prototype and validate sensors [...]
External Funding Opportunities – November
Alberta-Ontario Innovation Program - Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Expression of Interest Deadline: Any time prior to February 13, 2015. Full applications will be accepted by invitation only. The Alberta-Ontario Program supports cross-provincial collaborations between industry and academia to solve key industry challenges in both provinces. The program is managed by Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures (AITF) and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE). Industry-academic projects can also leverage existing NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council) programs that fall within NSERC's mandate. [...]
Ontario’s Water Mandate
SOWC's Brenda Lucas and WaterTAP's Brian Mergelas teamed up to analyze the Ministers' mandate letters and tell us what they mean for Ontario's water sector. This article was originally published in Water Canada by Brenda Lucas & Brian Mergelas. Last month, Premier Kathleen Wynne offered Ontarians a window into an important factor in policy-making: the influence of our political leaders. For the first time in the province’s history, the premier has made public the direction she gives to her cabinet [...]