Electrical and computer engineers shape the future through innovation. They develop and improve systems that serve everyday needs of society spanning from high-voltage engineering and sustainable energy, to breakthroughs in wireless technology. Our faculty and students do everything from creating low-cost digital x-ray imagers to combat tuberculosis in developing countries, to building real-time embedded systems to advance the design and reliability of commercial products. ECE - the future is what we do.
Research
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is a dynamic and innovative hub of cutting-edge advancements in technology and engineering. Faculty members lead pioneering research in areas such as robotics, artificial intelligence, communications, embedded systems, and renewable energy, addressing real-world challenges and driving technological breakthroughs.
Resources
Events
PhD Defence Notice: From Understanding Learning Difficulties Among Students To Providing High-Quality Automated Feedback
Candidate: Huanyi Chen
Date: September 12, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM
Place: E5 4047
Supervisor(s): Ward, Paul
PhD Comprehensive Proposal Examination Notice: Developing a Robust Distributed Model Predictive Control Framework for Interconnected Energy Systems
Candidate: Adel Alganidi
Topic: Developing a Robust Distributed Model Predictive Control Framework for Interconnected Energy Systems
Date: September 13, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM
Place: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): El Shatshat, Ramadan
The Chair of the Committee is Professor Samir Elhedhli of the Management Science and Engineering Department.
PhD Seminar Notice: High Performance and Memory Request Handling For Safety-Critical Multicores
Candidate: Zhuanhao Wu
Date: September 13, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Place: EIT 3145
Supervisor(s): Patel, Hiren
News
ECE PhD student, Omid Bagheri wins Best Student Paper Award for his work in radar antennas
Congratulations to electrical and computer engineering PhD student, Omid Bagheri for winning a Best Student Paper Award (third place) for his work entitled “Radar Antennas Employing a Modified Dielectric GRIN Luneburg Lens” at the 2024 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization (NEMO).
ECE PhD student, Anshul Goyal and professor, Kankar Bhattacharya, win Best Poster Award at the IEEE Canadian Conference
Last week electrical and computer engineering PhD student, Anshul Goyal, and his supervisor, electrical and computer engineering professor, Kankar Bhattacharya, won the Best Poster Award in the Power Engineering Track for a poster Goyal presented for their accepted paper entitled “Impact of Multi-Colored Hydrogen System Participation in Electricity Markets,” at the IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering 2024 (CCECE).
Recent electrical and computer engineering alum marks third generation of Waterloo engineers
Nicolas Quintana (BASc ‘24, electrical and computer engineering), crossed the stage at convocation this year cheered on by his family of University of Waterloo alumni and ex-faculty.
In this Q&A, Quintana shares highlights from his student experience, and how his family’s close ties to each other and to Waterloo helped set him up for success.