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Five professors at Waterloo Engineering will receive a total of almost $874,000 under a federal program designed to give exceptional researchers the tools and equipment needed to become leaders in their fields. The recipients are among 21 researchers campus-wide at the University of Waterloo announced today for almost $2.66 million in backing through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund. To continue reading this story click here.

An alumnus of Waterloo Engineering who went on to a professional football career will be honoured with a mural in his Ontario hometown after a successful campaign by a determined group of kids. Students in a grades 7 and 8 French immersion class at J. Douglas Hodgson Elementary School urged politicians in Haliburton to recognize the achievements of Taly Williams (BASc ’94, civil engineering) and his sister Lesley Tashlin alongside five local athletes already featured on an arena wall.

2021 Pearl Sullivan Emerging Global Leaders Award Recipient

Amanda (Mandy) Coleman, BASc '21, Environmental Engineering

Congratulations Yuanyang Qi The University of Waterloo 2021 Engineering Alumni Gold Medal winner.

The Office of Alumni Affairs recognizes top graduating students for academic achievement, by awarding the the Alumni Gold Medal. If you would like to check out the other recipiants please click here.

Paddling next to loons where the sun never sets and laying in the snow watching the northern lights dancing overhead, these are some of Élise Devoie’s fondest memories doing fieldwork as a Waterloo student. “I chose to complete my PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Waterloo after long deliberation,” Devoie says, “because it allowed me to do what I care about”. Her research on permafrost has allowed her to participate in fieldwork, write numerical models and engage northern communities.

University of Waterloo’s Warrior Home Team competed at the 2020 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Build Challenge during the week of April 15 -18, 2021, and had an outstanding performance with a total of six awards:

A class of elementary students in the Ontario town of Haliburton are getting behind a Waterloo Engineering alumnus who went on to play in the Canadian Football League.

The students want to see Taly Williams (BASc ’94, civil engineering) recognized on the wall of a local arena along with other hometown athletes who made good. To read the rest of this story click here.