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"I am very pleased to announce the award recipients for 2018, and would like to take this opportunity to congratulate them for their outstanding contributions to the University of Waterloo," writes Vice-President, Academic & Provost Jim Rush. 

Effective May 1, 2005, in accordance with the 2003 Faculty Salary Settlement, the University of Waterloo established an Outstanding Performance Fund to reward faculty members for outstanding contribution in teaching and scholarship.

Ten University of Waterloo researchers considered to be on the verge of a breakthrough will receive supplemental funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).

What makes a machine more than just a piece of hardware? Do we form relationships with our technology? How should we be teaching robots to act? And what are they teaching us?

These are just some of the questions that Kerstin Dautenhahn is exploring as the Canada 150 Research Chair in Intelligent Robotics. Dautenhahn joined the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Engineering in 2018 to establish the new Social and Intelligent Robotics Research Laboratory.

While the world impatiently awaits the dawn of the 5G era, equipment manufacturers and network operators are slowly drawing attention to another new-and-improved wireless standard: Wi-Fi 6.

Hackers at the University of Waterloo topped counterparts at more than 2,000 other schools to take first-place honours in a North American league for the popular invention competitions.

The result reflected the fact over 3,200 Waterloo students took part in more than 150 events supported by Major League Hacking (MLH) during the 2017-2018 season and finished in the top three at 30 of them.

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it’s what drives Professor David Wang of electrical and computer engineering who is celebrating 30 years as a professor and 35 years since arriving from Saskatchewan as a graduate student at Waterloo. When his graduate students try to determine a well-defined career path, he explains that the only way to success is by trying new things and often failing.

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.

Dave Harris, ECE's Manager for Undergraduate Studies, was recognised in the President's Accolades this week for improving the lives of our undergraduate students.

ECE Professor, Sherman Shen, has been selected by IEEE Canada as the 2019 recipient of the IEEE Canada R.A. Fessenden Silver Medal Award. The Medal is awarded to outstanding Canadian engineers recognized for their important contributions to the field of telecommunications engineering.  Professor Shen will receive his award in May at the IEEE Canada Awards Gala.