Medical Devices
This device, worn on the wrist or chest, continuously tracks heart rate and rhythm.
ECG monitor
This imaging modality uses ionizing radiation absorbed differentially by tissues, with denser structures like bone appearing brighter on the resulting image.
X-ray (radiography)?
This long bone connects the hip to the knee.
Femur
What does CAD stand for?
Computer-Aided Design
The previous name of the engineering building currently known as PSE (Pearl Sullivan Engineering).
E7
This implantable device delivers electrical impulses to regulate abnormal heart rhythms.
Pacemaker
This test is used to see cross-sectional images of the body by combining multiple X-ray pictures.
CT Scan
This hormone, secreted by the pancreatic beta cells, lowers blood glucose by promoting cellular uptake.
Insulin
What law states that voltage equals current multiplied by resistance?
Ohm's Law
This UW-affiliated startup incubator and entrepreneurship hub supports student and alumni ventures.
Velocity
This small, portable device clips onto a fingertip to measure the oxygen saturation level in the blood.
Pulse Oximeter
This nuclear imaging technique uses a radioactive tracer, most commonly a glucose analog, to visualize metabolic activity and is widely used in oncology.
PET (positron emission tomography)
This gland, located in the neck, regulates metabolism.
Thyroid
What process uses a high-powered laser to cut or engrave materials?
Laser cutting
20,000-square-foot facility in PSE, the largest of its kind in North America, is home to over 20 student-led design teams and is named after a former dean of engineering.
Sedra Design Center
This federal body regulates medical devices in Canada and issues licenses before they can be sold.
Health Canada
This ultrasound technique exploits the frequency shift of reflected sound waves off moving red blood cells to visualize and quantify blood flow.
Doppler Ultrasound
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
Cerebellum
What type of deformation is permanent and remains after the load is removed?
Plastic Deformation
The largest building on the University of Waterloo campus by floor area.
Davis Computer Research Centre (DC)
This FDA regulatory pathway lets many moderate-risk devices reach market by showing they're substantially equivalent to an existing device.
510(k) pathway
This MRI sequence exploits the differing rate at which protons in fat and water realign with the magnetic field, producing strong contrast for soft tissue and pathology detection.
T1-weighted (or T2-weighted) imaging
This cranial nerve, the longest, innervates organs from the neck down to the colon and plays a major role in the parasympathetic nervous system.
Vagus nerve
Which equation relates pressure, velocity, and elevation along a streamline for an ideal, incompressible flow?
Bernoulli's Principle
What year did the first class of Waterloo Engineering start?
1957