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Carl Haas has contributed seminal new knowledge in the principles behind, the inter-dependencies among and the circular economic applications of computer vision, mixed reality, building information modelling and human-robotic-systems. Key barriers in the way of moving toward a circular economy in the built environment include the scale, complexity, and uncertainty associated with constructing, maintaining and deconstructing our built environment. His contributions improve complex, built environment systems’ performance.

Urban Engineering Week 2022 has been a highlight for the department and the Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering, Nadine Ibrahim, this term, which took place Oct 31 - Nov 4 2022, aligning to start with UN Habitat’s World Cities Day.  

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Congratulations Ju An Park (2021, MASc, pictured left) and Max Midwinter (2025 PhD, pictured right), University of Waterloo Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate students (supervised by Chul Min Yeum), their paper entitled “Multioutput Image Classification to Support Postearthquake Reconnaissance” has been selected to be featured in the Editor’s Choice sect

Students set to break ground on affordable, net-zero house

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Dr. Scott Walbridge has been selected as the new chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo.  

Walbridge, who will take over from outgoing chair Dr. Carl Haas, begins a four-year term Nov. 1. 

Dr. Scott Walbridge is the new chair of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Waterloo.

On Sunday, October 9, the WEF Students and Young Professionals Committee welcomed 25 teams from 21 schools spanning 4 countries and representing 19 Member Associations to compete in the 2022 Student Design Competition.

Four Waterloo Engineering students have been awarded $5,000 scholarships created to reward high-achieving Muslim students for outstanding contributions to their communities.

Youssra Rahham of chemical engineering, Azwad Abid of systems design engineering, Rodaina Aboelela of architectural engineering and Subha Azrin of computer engineering are among 74 MAX Scholarships award winners across Canada. To continue reading this story please click here.

A project inspired by a co-op work term on a construction crew has put a Waterloo Engineering student in the running for an international invention prize.

Adrian Simone, who is in his fourth year of the civil engineering program, was announced today as a national runner-up in the 2022 James Dyson Award competition for a proposal to make bricks using bacteria. 

Carl Haas, a Waterloo Engineering professor and department chair for civil and environmental engineering, has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).