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Today, the Faculty of Engineering commemorated the tragic loss of 14 female engineering students whose lives were cut short 35 years ago at École Polytechnique de Montréal (now known as Polytechnique Montréal).

The event paid tribute to these young women, mourned their loss, and confronted the ongoing reality of violence against women and girls. 

A health-tech startup founded by two Waterloo Engineering graduates hit an impressive milestone recently when the total number of steps taken by people using its robotic exoskeleton topped one million.

Trexo Robotics was launched in 2016 by Manmeet Maggu (BASc ’13, mechanical and mechatronics engineering) and Rahul Udasi (BASc ’14, mechanical and mechatronics engineering). The company helps people, especially children, with cerebral palsy, spinal muscular atrophy, muscular dystrophy, brain injuries and other conditions beat the odds and walk.

Dr. Reinhold Schuster, a retired civil engineering professor and a pioneer in cold-formed steel engineering, was awarded the Alfred F. Wong Lifetime Achievement Award earlier this month by the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC).

This national honour award recognizes individuals whose transformative contributions have advanced the structural steel industry through design, fabrication, construction, or academia.