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Sunday, May 26, 2019 8:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

EV Challenge

Event has been postponed to Sunday due to risk of thunderstorm.

Hosted by Waterloo Engineering, the Waterloo High School Electric Vehicle (EV) Challenge encourages students to design and test their own electric car in an annual endurance competition

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Friday, April 5, 2019

Waterloo hackers top the standings in North America

Hackers at the University of Waterloo topped counterparts at more than 2,000 other schools to take first-place honours in a North American league for the popular invention competitions.

The result reflected the fact over 3,200 Waterloo students took part in more than 150 events supported by Major League Hacking (MLH) during the 2017-2018 season and finished in the top three at 30 of them.

Thursday, April 4, 2019

AMC at Waterloo is advancing industry-focused research

The Ontario Advanced Manufacturing Consortium (AMC), a joint partnership between McMaster University, University of Waterloo, and Western University, is helping to accelerate industry adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies, which will create jobs and strengthen the province’s reputation as a leading manufacturing region.

Since AMC was launched in April 2017, nearly 100 companies have benefited from the advanced manufacturing experts and state-of-the-art facilities at Waterloo. 

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Waterloo Symposium on Technology and Society: Disruptive Technology - Do Robots Want Your Job?

Waterloo Symposium on Technology and Society illustrationIn the first symposium of the Waterloo Symposium on Technology & Society series, Martin Ford explores the ways in which AI and automation (aka, “robots”) are outpacing humans in a range of sectors, from education to law, agriculture to healthcare, management and beyond. He offers a realistic view of what the future of work—and your place in it—will look like.

Richard Yim, Co-Founder & CEO, Demine Robotics
Thursday, April 4, 2019 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Support Demine Robotics on International Mine Awareness Day

Demine Robotics is bringing their robotic solution into the Cambodian minefields to clear explosives and needs your support!

Please join Demine Robotics on International Mine Awareness Day, Thursday, April 4th and be a part of the journey of building robots with a humanitarian mission.

Meet the Waterloo alumnus who is innovating a future free of landmines, Co-Founder and CEO Richard Yim, to hear about their progress and kick-off their crowdfunding and fundraising campaign.

Mike Lee (BASc '88), President of Fundica.com and R&D Partners
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Office Hour with Mike Lee, President of Fundica.com

Students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive Office Hour with engineering alumnus Mike Lee (BASc '88, Mechanical Engineering), the president of Fundica.com and president of R&D Partners.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm MDT (GMT -06:00)

Waterloo Engineering Alumni After-Work Reception at Matrix Solutions in Calgary

Join us for an after-work networking reception at Matrix Solutions to connect and network with local Waterloo Engineering alumni in Calgary. Hear a brief update about the Faculty of Engineering and the latest changes on campus including a look at the newest engineering building on campus: Pearl Sullivan Engineering.