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Michael Steele (BASc ’81) knows first-hand how the influence of an individual or event can change the course of a career — or even a life. His parents set an example that shaped Michael’s values. Those values, along with relationships with key business figures, helped determine his career path and led to business success.

University of Waterloo’s Warrior Home Student Design Team attended the 2022 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon event this April 22 -24, 2022 in Golden, Colorado as part of the 2023 Build Challenge.

Launched to assist the City of Waterloo with a disintegrating household pipe problem in the 1990s, the University’s Centre of Advancement of Trenchless Technologies (CATT) is closing its doors at the end of this month.

Two recent graduates of Waterloo Engineering finished first and second in an international contest sponsored for a non-profit organization dedicated to effective water management.

wo professors at Waterloo Engineering were awarded $250,000 each this week through a federal program designed to encourage high-risk, high-reward research.

Giovanni Cascante, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, won backing for a project described as: optimized use of mechanical waves in a novel vibratory drainage stimulation device, from lungs to water filter applications. To continue reading this story please click here.

As part of the Fourth Year Design Project and Capstone 2022, the team “Wastes to Treat Wastes Inc.” from Environmental Engineering received the ESTEN Foundation award by placing 1^st in Canada, with an award value of $1,500.

A study of more than 2,000 streams around North America supervised by a Waterloo Engineering professor found that those altered by human activity are at greater risk of flooding.

A company founded by a Waterloo Engineering alumnus was recently awarded $3.5 million in startup funding through a federal agency that invests in new clean technologies.

My name is Naomie Seh Abomo and I am a 3A Civil Engineering student. My industry interests include master planning and resilient urban development. In my free time, I partake in leadership roles such as Social Events, Vice President, and President of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) UW chapter and other roles that allow me to affirm and empower particularly black and underrepresented students. I also take great pleasure in singing and dancing, and spending quality time with my dear friends and family.

Seven professors at Waterloo Engineering were awarded a total of almost $1.1 million in federal funding this week through a program designed to help attract and retain top researchers.

The backing from the John R. Evans Leaders Fund, a program of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, is earmarked for infrastructure to ensure labs are equipped for world-class research and technology development.