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We are the largest engineering school in Canada, with 10,898 enrolled in 2025, and expansive range of state -of- the -art, future ready labs powered by industry and government funding. In 2024/25, external research funding from Canadian and international partners exceeded $103 million, up $24 million from prior year, this strong growth is reflective of our extensive industry partnerships and the excellence of our engineering research programs.
News
Alum’s investment buoys AI-driven water risk research
Dr. John Quilty in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering leads a graduate student research team building artificial intelligence (AI) models that help communities better anticipate and respond to water-related risks.
The research is supported by the Sinnathamby Professorship in AI for Sustainable Solutions in the Faculty of Engineering, established by University of Waterloo alum Thiru Sinnathamby (BASc ’01, electrical engineering) with an investment of $500,000.
ECE students take home hardware design honours
A student team from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) has earned international recognition, placing as first runner-up for the Hardware Design Award at the IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Signal & Power Integrity (EMC+SIPI) in Dallas, Texas.
Jake Peters, Amirbahador Mansoori, Alanna Rudolph and Dhyey Bhatt, were named one of the top three finalists in the IEEE EMC+SIPI Student Hardware Design Contest earlier this summer, the qualifying step that led to their runner-up finish at the symposium.
Tests raise fears open AI models could be ‘used at scale for harm’
A testing tool built by researchers at Waterloo Engineering shows that leading open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) models are alarmingly vulnerable to malicious tampering.
The researchers collaborated with experts at FAR.AI, a non-profit AI security research group, to rigorously test 21 of the most popular open-weight large language models (LLMs) and found their built-in safeguards could all be defeated.
Events
Economic Briefing with Professor Larry Smith
This October 1, Waterloo Engineering invites you to join us in Toronto for an evening reception and lecture with Professor Larry Smith. The event marks Smith’s remarkable 45-year career at the University where he specializes in forecasting and the economics of innovation.
This event is part of Waterloo Engineering's annual alumni lecture series exploring the forces shaping our global future. This year's focus on economic futures connects to the University of Waterloo's Global Futures vision — a framework for addressing the defining challenges of our time.