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ECE Professor, Raafat Mansour, has been selected by IEEE Canada as the 2019 recipient of the  IEEE Canada A.G.L. McNaughton Award. The Medal is awarded to an Outstanding Canadian Engineer who is recognized for exemplary contributions to the engineering profession.  Professor Mansour will receive his award in May at the IEEE Canada Awards Gala.

Startups in the fields of medical imaging, advanced manufacturing, construction, and travel were among the winners of the Velocity Fund Finals, which took place today at the Tannery Event Centre in downtown Kitchener.

Researchers at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) performed the first demonstration of quantum-enhanced noise radar, opening the door to promising advancements in radar technology.

The researchers showed how the quantum process can outperform a classical version of the radar by a factor of 10, enabling the detection of objects that are faster, smaller, or further away – all while making the radar less detectable to targets.

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released its 2019 World University Rankings and once again Waterloo finds itself amongst the best universities in Canada and around the world. Building on momentum, electrical engineering at Waterloo ranked 49^th globally, up two spots from last year.