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 Seminar Notice: Empathic Social Robots for Anxiety Management in Adolescents
Candidate: Keith Rebello
Date: July 13, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: In-person
Supervisor: Kerstin Dautenhahn
Co-Supervisor: Chrystopher L. Nehaniv
All are welcome!
PhD Seminar: Design of a Locational Capacity Market Considering Various Supply Resources and Transmission Expansion Needs
Candidate: Shriram Shukla
Date: July 13, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: In-person
Supervisor: Professor Kankar Bhattacharya
All are welcome!
ECE Invited Seminar: Mastering Signal Integrity: Fundamentals, Fixture Compensation, and VNA Techniques for Cross-Talk, Differential S-Parameters, and TDR Measurements
Speaker: Aidin Taeb, RF, uWave, Quantum Solution Engineer, Keysight Technologies
Date: July 13, 2026
Time: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Location: EIT 3142
All are welcome!
News
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) adjunct professor honoured for service to global engineering community
An adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has been honoured by the world's largest technical professional organization for his service to the global engineering community.
Dr. George Shaker will receive the 2026 Service Award from the Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S), part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He was recognized for his leadership in strengthening the Society's global engagement, member and student support and industry participation.
Shaker, an adjunct professor in the department since 2014, directs the Wireless Sensors and Devices Lab (WSDL) at Waterloo and is also chief scientist at Spark Technology Laboratories. His research spans electromagnetics, antenna systems, intelligent radar and the Internet of Things, with a focus on technologies that support safer, healthier and more connected communities, from in-cabin child-presence detection to non-contact eldercare monitoring.
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.
Electrical and computer engineering professor, Dr. Werner Dietl, receives Amazon Research Award
Dr. Werner Dietl, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Waterloo, has been selected as a Fall 2025 recipient of an Amazon Research Award for his proposal, Strata-Sphere: Expressive Type Systems and Language Formalizations.
The Amazon Research Awards program supports innovative academic research across a range of disciplines and recognizes researchers whose work is contributing to advances in science and technology. Dietl's award adds to a growing list of national and international recognitions earned by ECE faculty for research excellence.
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.