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News
Four with engineering ties included in Forbes 30 Under 30
Young entrepreneurs who studied at Waterloo Engineering and launched companies to fill a void in the marketplace are part of Forbes 30 Under 30 for 2021.
Engineering mourns the loss of a beloved dean
Pearl Sullivan, Waterloo's former dean of engineering and the first woman to hold the position, died on November 28 after a 12-year battle with cancer.
Passionate about supporting students, she was dedicated to ensuring they had a full understanding of engineering principles as well as the tools and
facilities they needed to succeed.
Redirecting master's research for COVID detection
Linda Wang quickly pivoted her work last spring to develop technology to detect COVID-19.
Wang, who will receive her master’s degree in systems design engineering this week, helped create COVID-Net, now an open-source tool designed to 
screen coronavirus cases from chest X-ray images.
Linda Wang, middle, celebrated receiving her BASc with her parents in 2018.