Research Activities

The information for this section was obtained from Berry Scott and Liz Vinnicomhe at the Institute of Research at the University of Waterloo. July, 1995. To review this section of the CEAR questionnaire Click Here.

Project Sponsors:
Research projects at the university are funded from a wide range of organizations and institutions. Departments at UW fund some as well as receiving grants and contracts with other universities, private firms and corporations and government funding such as NSERC, federal government departments such as Health and Welfare Canada, Agriculture Canada, CIDA, the City of Waterloo, Ministry of Health, etc.

Levels of Funding:
Levels can range anywhere between $0.00 to $1 000 000.00

Largest Research Projects (in terms of funding) These are listed in no particular order:

Environmental Studies

Tri-Council Eco-Research Project
In Optometry
Centre for sight enhancement
In Earth Sciences these include:
Remediation of contaminated groundwater
Solvent spill research project
Clean up of contaminated aquifers
Solvents in groundwater
In Chemistry this includes:
Resonanse Spectrometer Upgrade
In Management Science this includes:
Management of Technological Change
In Computer and Electrical Engineering this includes
Institute for Computer Research
In Mathematics these include:
Information Technology Research Centre
Algorithms for Mathematical Computation
Statistical Study of the Aids Epidemic
In Applied Health Studies this includes:
Development of Tabacco Prevention Resource
Work Site Illness and Injury Prevention
In Arts Accounting this includes:
Centre for Accounting Research
In Arts Psychology this includes:
Juvenile Animals - Care and Maintenance

Research Projects to do with Toxics and Hazardous Waste:

Hazardous Waste Managment
Arctic contaminants and risk management
Groundwater Remediation
Contaminents Remediation
Sewage Wastewater
Landfill Leachate
Solvent Spills
Industrial Organic chemicals
Fuel contaminated aquifers
Fate/Transport of herbicides
Fate/persistance of pesticides in groundwater
Toxicology
Remediation of Petroleum contaminent
Hydrocarbons in the Vadose zone

Research Projects to do with Pollution Prevention or Hazardous Waste Reduction

Rehabilitative management for the Great Lakes
A conserver society and its implementation
Water treatment
Institute for risk research
Drinking water technology
Grand River Monitoring Program
Assessing/Planning and managing environmental change

Research Projects to do with Solid Waste:

Environmental Studies

Solid waste management

Civil Engineering Department

Landfill designs reflecting reliability concerns

Biodegradable organic matter and ozonation by-products

Other areas of Environmental Research include:

In ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Inter-organizational systems for environmental planning and management

Environmental assessment, planning and development

Environmental politics: history of attitudes to nature

Ecology

Environmental and health planning

Eco-system integrity: self-organization of living systems

A conserver society and its implementation

Remote sensing of the environment

Development and environmental issues of the Third World

The future of work in a globalizing economy;social change strategies for a sustainable society

Natural resource managment

Conservation and management of water resources, stormwater management,and wetlands

Human ecological approach to land use, resources, and environment

Environmental management: parks and greenway planning and management

Sustainable forestry

Environmental Impact Assessment on forest resources

Ecological studies for parks and environmental significant areas

Community based sustainable development

The symbolic orders and the nature of the environment

Functional dynamics of wetland ecosystems

Environmental systems in buildings

Environmental perception and communication

Natural areas protection and management

In SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEERING

Issues of sustainability for an urbanizing watershed

Environmental systems management

Role of woman in domestic energy systems in rural areas of India

Rural Development and sustainability

In CIVIL ENGINEERING

Landfill designs reflecting reliability concerns

Spatial dynamics, commuting demands and environmental impacts

Investment of biological stability of drinking water in treatment plants and distribution systems

Department of Defense Contracts
The university of Waterloo does not do classified military research but does do research with the arms of government. ie.Fire fighting training facilities with the department of National Defence, Design facilities to eliminate run off

Department of Energy Contracts
The university of Waterloo does not do classified energy research.

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Created By: The Enviro-Base Team (clussier@cousteau.uwaterloo.ca)
Last Updated:August 9,1995