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Electrical and computer engineering PhD student, Laith Alkhawaldeh, was awarded Best Student Paper at the IEEE PES ISGT-Asia 2025 conference, held in Guangzhou, China from October 31 to November 2, 2025.

Alkhawaldeh’s paper titled “Adaptive ADMM for Distributed Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading,” presents a distributed optimization framework for peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading among residential prosumers.

This year, the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program is investing more than 198 million to support new and renewed Chairholders, with up to 311 million invested annually to attract and retain some of the world’s top research talent. Electrical and computer engineering (ECE) professors Dr. Lan Wei and Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn have been named new Canada Research Chairs, bringing their cutting-edge work in nanoscale electronics and socially intelligent robotics to the forefront.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is proud to announce that the Broadband Communication Research (BBCR) Group led by Drs. Xuemin (Sherman) Shen and Weihua Zhuang, earned top international recognition at the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2025-Fall.

Held in Chengdu, China, from October 19 to 22, 2025, the IEEE 102nd Vehicular Technology Conference brought together global leaders from academia, industry, and government to advance conversations in wireless, mobile, and vehicular communications. At the conference, two BBCR papers were selected for top accolades.

Radio-Canada interviewed ECE professor, Dr. Omar Ramahi, on the state of breast cancer detection research, where he discussed advancements and ongoing challenges in the field. He also spoke about new, less painful detection technology currently in development.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Waterloo joins the global scientific community in celebrating the recipients of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics — John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis. Their pioneering experiments demonstrated that quantum mechanical properties can be realized in macroscopic electrical circuits, laying the foundation for modern quantum computing and sensing technologies.

This recognition holds special significance for Dr. Christopher Wilson, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and faculty member at theInstitute for Quantum Computing (IQC), who completed his postdoctoral fellowship underMichel H. Devoret.

Dr. Raafat Mansour, a professor and University Research Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, has been selected to receive the 2026 Distinguished Educator Award from the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S).

This prestigious international honour recognizes educators who have made exceptional and lasting contributions to the field of microwave engineering and science, while exemplifying the spirit of the late Fred J. Rosenbaum — a visionary who viewed teaching as a calling and dedicated his career to advancing the MTT-S community through mentorship and service.

Dr. Mansour’s award citation reads:

“For Outstanding Achievements as an Educator, Mentor, and Role Model of Microwave Engineers and Engineering Students.”

A Waterloo Engineering professor was recognized internationally for advancing ultrasound technology used in medical imaging and therapeutic applications.

Dr. Alfred Yu, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and the University of Waterloo’s associate vice-president of partnerships, entrepreneurship and commercialization, recently received the 2025 Carl Hellmuth Hertz Award, presented by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), for his extensive contributions to ultrasound imaging technology and therapeutic ultrasound.

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.

Dr. Patrick Lam, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been recognized with the Distinguished Reviewer Award at the IEEE International Conference on Source Code Analysis & Manipulation (SCAM) 2025, held last week in Auckland.

Dr. Andrew Boutros, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, was recognized with two major awards at the International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL), held last week in Leiden, the Netherlands.