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Waterloo Engineering alum and local entrepreneur Kurtis McBride (BASc ’04, MASc ’07) launched his first company, Miovision, in 2005.

The Kitchener-based company uses data-driven insights to help municipalities understand their traffic systems in real-time. It now employs 400 people, including Waterloo co-op students, and its technology is used in 63 countries. McBride, who has founded other businesses and community-focused initiatives, credits much of his success to Canada's golden age of entrepreneurship and stresses the need for Canada to once again celebrate risk-taking and job creation — or fall behind. 

A multidisciplinary team of students from the University of Waterloo turned a whimsical idea of building a fun vehicle from pop culture into reality in just four days. 

Anson Yu, a systems design engineering student, teamed up with classmates and friends to build a life-sized model of the Grumobile from Despicable Me. The electric vehicle was a hit on campus, delighting everyone who saw it, including Dr. Mary Wells, dean of Waterloo Engineering, who took it for a spin. 

A local startup founded by four Waterloo Engineering alumni expects to deliver its first zero-emissions, high-performance electric boats to early adopter customers next year. 

Mike Peasgood (BASc ’98 and MASc ’04, systems design engineering, PhD ’08, mechanical engineering), April Blaylock (BASc ’04 and MASc ’07, mechanical engineering), Paul Masojc (BASc ’05, mechanical engineering) and Jerry Mailloux (BASc ’01, electrical engineering) launched ENVGO in 2021. The company has developed a recreational electric boat that can travel above water on hydrofoils.