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The concept of “spaceplate” is a new avenue for manipulating light that could lead to paper thin cameras, telescopes

The Faculty of Engineering awards recognize professors and staff who demonstrate outstanding skills and dedication to research and teaching, inspirational individuals in the University community, as well as the region and beyond. We’re honoured to announce this year’s recipients.

Professors Xiaoyi Bao and Jackie Dawson, whose research has been pivotal in their respective fields of fibre optics and climate change, are the University of Ottawa’s first laureates of the Governor General’s Innovation Award. Presented annually since 2016, the award recognizes exceptional innovators from all sectors of Canadian society whose work is transformative and has a meaningful impact on t...

An inaccessible cave preserved clues to Jamaica’s climate past in the sedimentary layers of bat guano

Did you know there’s a little bit of uOttawa inside COVID-19 test kits used worldwide?

Researchers at the University of Ottawa have debunked the decade-old myth of metals being useless in photonics – the science and technology of light – with their findings, recently published in Nature Communications, expected to lead to many applications in the field of nanophotonics.

Communicating science is an intrinsic part of a scientist’s career.

During his postdoctoral research training in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Saeid Molladavoudi perfected the skills required to succeed in his professional career. Today, Saeid excels as a Lead Data Scientist in the Data Science Division at Statistics Canada.

Patrick Nadeau’s background in Biology, obtained through his undergraduate degree at the University of Ottawa, has proven to be extremely valuable in his current role of Executive Director at Ottawa Riverkeeper.

Following a successful PhD in Ireland, Andrew Schaeffer joined the University of Ottawa as an NSERC Postdoctoral Scholar in 2015. He then earned a prestigious Banting postdoctoral fellowship to pursue his research on active seismic regions in Canada.