Current students

Alison Brooks' latest award is only one of many impressive achievements since her graduation from Waterloo Architecture in 1988.

Nomination Deadline: Friday, February 14, 2014

The Centre for Teaching Excellence is seeking nominations for the Amit and Meena Chakma Awards for Exceptional Teaching by a Student. From the Centre for Teaching Excellence web site:

Brigette Lau (BASc, CompE, 1999) and Chamath Palihapitiya (BASc, ElectE, 1999) partners of The Social + Capital Partnership in Palo Alto, CA, returned to campus on January 23 to announce two new prizes of $40,000 each for Capstone Design in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

3, 2, 1, LEGO!  Those words opened each competitive heat on Saturday at the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) West Ontario Championships, held at the University of Waterloo.  Some very focused 9 to 14 year olds were competing in the 2013 FLL challenge, Nature's Fury.  

Waterloo Engineering will accept an additional 45 students to its high demand Mechatronics Engineering program, beginning in Fall 2014!

Engineering students hope to build a smart vehicle that understands and adapts to drivers’ habits
 
From Waterloo Stories, By Jae Doncillo

It’s obviously something about your great engineering school, combined with the resources and encouragement to start building and creating stuff while you’re still in school, that positions Waterloo founders so well to be starting companies," says Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of reddit, author and startup investor.