The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) in collaboration with the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo established the undergraduate Architectural Engineering (AE) program to meet the need for engineers technically skilled in the whole scope of a building's life cycle.
The AE program is designed to produce graduates with enhanced design, collaboration, and communication skills alongside the strong analytical skills and technical applications required for the design and operation of buildings.
As an engineering program with courses needed for accreditation by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB), the analytical and scientific depth of AE students is the same as other engineering programs - specifically, Civil Engineering.
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Architectural Engineering student offers scholarship for skilled trades
Daniel Rust a fourth year Architectural Engineering student, is offering a $2000 Trades Scholarship to a student pursuing a career in the skilled trades sector. Rust, who is in his final few terms of his Architectural Engineering degree, also founded and operates Capstone Painting.
AE inagural capstone setting a high bar
AE inagural capstone setting a high bar
Miniature building façades- a transdisciplinary lab
This February, the second year Architectural Engineering students designed, constructed, and tested miniature façades with the aim to reduce electricity consumption due to heating but also avoid overheating due to excessive solar gains through windows.
Students were assigned a window-to-wall ratio and challenged to consider the effects of both heat loss and solar heat gains on indoor occupant comfort. This resulted in some interesting façade material choices and some innovative shading device designs.