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.
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Events
PhD Comprehensive Proposal Examination Notice: A Long-Term Planning Model for an Airport Thermo-electric Microgrid
Candidate: Nassim Najafi
Date: August 11, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: EIT 3142
Supervisors: Canizares, Claudio – Kazerani, Mehrdad
PhD Comprehensive Proposal Examination Notice: Data-Driven Asset-Aware Hierarchical Framework for Optimizing Unbalanced Distribution Networks with Aggregated Electric Vehicle Charging
Candidate: Ahmed Sayed Abdelaal Abdelaziz
Date: August 12, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: EIT 3151-53
Supervisor: El Shatshat, Ramadan
MASc Thesis Examination: PRC+: A Formal Security Model and Hardened Construction for Diffusion Watermarking
Candidate: Ewan Lister
Date: August 12, 2026
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: EIT 3102
Supervisor: Guang Gong
News
Electrical and computer engineering undergraduate student team named Top 3 Finalist in international IEEE hardware design competition
A team of undergraduate students from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) has been named a Top 3 Finalist in the prestigious IEEE EMC+SIPI Student Hardware Design Contest, earning international recognition for their innovative work in electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) engineering.
Competing under the name Team Watt-erloo, students Jake Peters, Alanna Rudolph, Amirbahador Mansoori, and Dhyey Bhatt advanced to the final round of the competition and will present their project at the IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Signal & Power Integrity (EMC+SIPI) in Dallas, Texas.
Supervised by ECE adjunct professor, Dr. George Shaker, the team developed a project that characterizes the electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by an Arduino-based robotic vehicle and validates targeted mitigation techniques to improve system performance and reliability.
Computer engineering student recognized with President's Award of Excellence and OPEFE Gold Medal
As graduation approaches this June, Computer Engineering student Aung Khant Min is being recognized with two distinguished honours: the University of Waterloo President's Award of Excellence and the Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation for Education (OPEFE) Gold Medal.
Min achieved the highest cumulative academic average (CAV) among Engineering students graduating this June. In recognition of this achievement, Min will receive the President's Award of Excellence, one of the University's highest student honours, as well as the OPEFE Gold Medal.
Electrical and computer engineering student Cait Aitchison named a recipient of the 2025 IEEE Power and Energy Society Scholarship Plus Initiative
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Waterloo proudly congratulates graduating student Cait Aitchison on being named a recipient of the 2025 IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Scholarship Plus Initiative. Awarded to outstanding students pursuing careers in the power and energy sector, the scholarship recognizes academic excellence, leadership potential, and a demonstrated commitment to advancing the future of sustainable electricity systems.
Electrical and computer engineering mourns the loss of Professor Kostadinka “Dida” Bizheva
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is deeply saddened by the loss of Professor Kostadinka Bizheva, fondly known as Dida, whose pioneering work in biomedical optics advanced both science and clinical practice.