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PhD student takes on provincial role in digital higher learning
A Waterloo Engineering doctoral student has been appointed to the board of directors of a provincial not-for-profit that works to accelerate the transformation of post-secondary digital-by-design education in Ontario.
Redwan Siddiqui, a PhD student in the Department of Management Science and Engineering (Management of Technology stream), began his three-year term as a board director of eCampusOntario in April 2026.
Taking a load off: new material significantly lightens X-ray aprons
A lightweight material created by researchers at Waterloo Engineering could spare health-care workers from chronic pain by replacing the heavy lead now used in X-ray aprons to provide protection from radiation.
Made from a soft, silicone-based plastic mixed with nanoparticles of tungsten, the lead alternative reduces the weight of X-ray aprons by almost 90 per cent while still offering a similar level of protection.
Insight to Creation: Your degree is just the beginning
The Insight to Creation Speaker Series brings Waterloo Engineering alumni back to campus for honest, unscripted conversations with students about career journeys, bold decisions and what it really takes to build something meaningful.
In this session, Dean Mary Wells welcomed three graduates from the electrical and computer engineering class of 2001 —Thiru Sinnathamby, Vice President of Software Engineering at Nvidia, and Shao Xia and Terry Guo, co-founders of LotusFlare — whose shared starting point led to strikingly different destinations.
