Posts for the Topic Research

Working on the future of space technology

Thursday, March 9, 2023 by Bhavana Balasubramanian | 4 min read
Image of Isaac Cheng

As a child, Isaac found his passion for astronomy by looking at the brightest stars in the night sky. Today, Isaac is a recipient of the Co-op Student of the Year Award for his work at the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre (HAA) in the National Research Council Canada (NRC).

Co-op Student of the Year
Science
Research

Mastering the art of co-op: a grad student’s experience

Thursday, March 2, 2023 by Kaitlin Trendel | 7 min read
Maddie standing next to a camera and box light

Maddie Savage is a University of Waterloo Master of Arts co-op student in English Rhetoric and Communication Design, in the Major Research Paper stream.

Co-op 1: Worked as a researcher for Xello, a K-12 online academic planning company, updating Canadian and U.S. school databases.

Co-op 2: Worked as a content development associate at the University of Waterloo, Co-operative and Experiential Education (CEE), interviewing both students and employers to develop news stories for the CEE websites.

Arts
Grad
Research

Impacting lives through biomedical research

Thursday, February 16, 2023 by Kaitlin Trendel | 5 min read
Alex standing at the top of a mountain

Alex Chan, a third-year Biomedical Engineering student, shares an unexpected career twist that led down a path of rewarding biomedical research.   

Term 1: Queen's University School of Computing, bioinformatics research intern (Computational Genomics Laboratory) 

Term 2: SickKids, bioinformatics software research student (Scherer Lab) 

Engineering
International
Research

New York, San Francisco, where to next?

Thursday, February 2, 2023 by Kaitlin Trendel | 4 min read
A picture of Yuvika standing in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, wearing a UWaterloo Shirt.

Yuvika Khardenavis, a fourth-year Computer Engineering student, shares her pursuit of travel through the exchange program and international co-ops.

 

Engineering
Overcoming challenges
International
Research

The power of transferable skills in the workplace

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 by Wilson Tong & Zoe Tutte | 3 min read
Image of Wilson Tong standing and smiling with his arms crossed

 

 What is your program?

Include what year you are currently in. I am a third-year Public Health major, currently also completing a health informatics option and health research specialization.

 Who is your employer? 

Health
Research

A snippet in the life of a co-op student

Monday, October 3, 2022 by Maham Surahyo | 3 min read
Maham Surahyo standing in front of a Peel Regional Police backdrop

Maham Surahyo, a third-year Public Health student, shares her experience working for the Peel Regional Police as a community safety and well-being analyst. 

Q & A with Maham  

What are your responsibilities in the workplace and what does your work entail?  

Health
Research
UN SDGs

Bringing an idea to life: engineering through co-op

Monday, April 4, 2022 by Fatima Muni | 4 min read
University of Waterloo Engineering co-op student, Sarah Odinotski, smiling.

Sarah Odinotski (she/her), a fourth-year Nanotechnology Engineering student, shares her co-op journey working in research at Waterloo. She discusses the importance of networking and tells us about a biosensor device that she created during her last co-op term.

Co-op Student of the Year
Engineering
Skill-up
Research

A math student’s passion for working in the health sector

Wednesday, March 23, 2022 by Fatima Muni | 3 min read
University of Waterloo Math co-op student, Laura Bumbulis, smiling.

Laura Bumbulis (she/her), a fifth-year Math student in the Statistics and Combinatorics & Optimization program, talks about the projects she was part of while at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and gives some advice on finding a co-op job. Laura is also the recipient of the 2021 Math Co-op Student of the Year Award!

Co-op Student of the Year
Mathematics
Staying motivated
Research

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