Student of the Year for Engineering – Nanotechnology Engineer Tewodros Mamo among top co-op students

Nanotechnology Engineer Tewodros Mamo among top co-op students

WATERLOO, Ont. – A nanomedicine intern at Harvard Medical School, Tewodros Mamo, 4B Nanotechnology Engineering, is among the top recipients of Waterloo’s 2009 Student of the Year Award.

To mark National Co-operative Education week, March 22 to 26, Canada’s co-op pioneer will be celebrating the academic and experiential achievements of its six top co-op students, including Tewodros Mamo, the recipient of the award for the Faculty of Engineering.

Harvard Medical School hired Tewodros Mamo, their first co-op student, for a two-term position as a nanomedicine intern in January 2009. With both a science and engineering background, Mamo was involved in designing targeted nanoparticle systems for gene and drug delivery. He and his team produced results consistent with the current consensus of top biotechnology companies by proving that nanoparticles show great promise in the therapeutic treatment of cancer and other diseases. He authored a review article that organized the latest perspectives in the field of nanomedicine that was published in the February 2010 issue of the journal Nanomedicine. The research works he participated in are in the process of being published in upcoming articles and patents. As a result of Mamo’s successful work terms, Harvard is hiring eight more co-op students.

One student from each of the Faculties of Applied Health Sciences, Arts, Environment, Mathematics, and Science will also be honoured at the ceremony on March 24 at 10 a.m. in the Tatham Centre, Room 2218.

This year’s recipients at Waterloo were chosen based on their 2009 work term contributions, academic achievements, community involvement and overall contribution to co-operative education.