Current students

Friday, July 10, 2020 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Engineering Day 2020 (livestream)

Come show your spirit and get your purple on! 

The tradition continues on July 10, 2020 at 12:00 pm (ET) to celebrate Engineering Day with our incredible community of students, alumni, professors and staff. This year's activities, steamed live on YouTube on the Waterloo Engineering channel, will include a DJ playing fun music, hosted by the Presidents of EngSoc, a social media contest for purpling, appearances by special guests, throw a pie in the face of your professor, and so much more.

Students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with engineering alumnus Paul-Michael Dekker (BASc '80), Professional Networker, Futurist, Systems Design Engineer and Entrepreneur!

Saturday, June 20, 2020 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Class of 2020 Virtual Convocation Celebration

Congrats balloon

Congratulations. You did it! It’s time to celebrate your hard-earned engineering degree with your classmates at an interactive virtual celebration. We are also committed to ensuring this cohort will get to walk across a stage and have the full convocation experience when it is possible to do so. 

We will start the series with an introduction to entrepreneurship support resources available to graduate students on the UW campus and in the Region of Waterloo. You will learn more about on-campus program called CONCEPT from our guest speaker, Carly. You will hear the story behind the creation of Mirexus Biotechnology Inc., and finally, you will learn some basic concepts of entrepreneurial business analysis from Oleg Stukalov.

Thursday, June 25, 2020 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

The Post-COVID-19 Reboot - Rebooting with Research: Our virtual future

This third and final research-focused webinar considers what our virtual future may look like. We will need to improve productivity with better design and automation, make telecommuting more effective and apply to more job roles, learn new ways of managing a dispersed workforce, all while ensuring we remain connected to and engaged with colleagues, employers, families, and friends.

Students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with engineering alumnus Paul-Michael Dekker (BASc '80), Professional Networker, Futurist, Systems Design Engineer and Entrepreneur!

Monday, June 29, 2020 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WIN Member Seminar Series: Melanie Campbell

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is comprized of many talented faculty members, students and researchers from various backgrounds of study. We wanted to showcase their incredible work through our Member Seminar Series! Each month a professor and 2 of their researchers will present their research to our community. This series is an opportunity for our WIN community to come together, learn about ongoing research and potentially foster new partnerships between students, faculty and labs.