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Monday, October 17, 2016 9:00 am - Monday, October 31, 2016 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

CEE Silent Auction

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*Update Nov 2016

This year, our combined fundraising efforts for United Way, raised $960.00!

Thank you to all those who were involved, and who generously contributed to this fantastic cause.

All proceeds go to United Way.

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Monday, December 7, 2015 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

MTE Capstone Design Pitch Contest

The University of Waterloo’s ITE student chapter has won the 2026 Outstanding Student Chapter Award, marking its third straight win after a strong post-pandemic comeback.

Led largely by undergraduates and with a more diverse membership, the chapter has grown through community-building, creative events, and strong industry connections. It’s now recognized as a leading student organization in transportation.

University of Waterloo Civil and Environmental Engineering students earned third place at the CSCE National Capstone Competition for a unique project tackling invasive species in the Kawartha Lakes. Their turbulent velocity barrier combined fluid dynamics modeling with ecological design, showcasing the power of interdisciplinary engineering. The achievement highlights both technical excellence and the perseverance behind five years of study, marking a strong finish to their undergraduate journey.

LikWid Assets won the 2025–26 CWRA Student Design Competition, earning a second consecutive victory with an innovative water resources solution. The growing competition, supported by AECOM, continues to highlight top student talent and saw increased participation this year.

Jonathan Silverman, a University of Waterloo civil engineering student, has plotted out Ontario’s odd highway histories on a new online map.

Professor Solomon Tesfamariam of the University of Waterloo’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has received the 2025 Engineering Structures Best Paper of the Year Award for his research on the reliability of timber columns under fire conditions, co-authored with Tongchen Han. The international award recognizes the paper’s innovation, rigor, and impact on safer, more resilient timber construction.

A new study by Rebecca Saari out of the University of Waterloo is underlining how North American air quality could deteriorate by the end of the century unless efforts are taken to fight climate change.

Waterloo graduate student Thiruni Thirimanne a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been awarded the Water Institute’s 2026 John Parish Memorial Graduate Scholarship, recognizing excellence in research on river systems and fluvial geomorphology.

A fourth‑year environmental engineering capstone project reached a wider audience through its feature in Ontario Out of Doors.

Current students

CEE Silent Auction

Please see the rules below and make sure to keep checking the web page for new items.

MTE Capstone Design Pitch Contest

University of Waterloo ITE Chapter Secures Three-Peat as Outstanding Student Chapter

Waterloo CEE Students Earn National Recognition for Innovative Environmental Capstone

CEE Students Claims Back-to-Back Victory at CWRA Student Design Competition

Civil Engineering student maps Ontario's strangest highway sights

CEE Professor Honoured with International Best Paper Award

Climate change could make unhealthy air a routine reality by 2100

John Parish Memorial Scholarship awarded to CEE PhD student studying urban river erosion

Environmental Engineering Capstone Earns Spotlight in Ontario Magazine

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