Conference

Friday, March 21, 2025 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

TronCon 2025

It's a full day of discovery at TronCon 2025! TronCon will coincide with the Mechatronics Capstone Design Symposium to give alumni an opportunity to view the newest batch of Capstone design projects (FYDPs) by fourth year mechatronics students, get involved in judging the capstone design projects, and reconnect with the Tron community at the event and at the dinner that follows. 

Monday, March 25, 2024 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

TronCon 2024

It's a full day of discovery at TronCon 2024! TronCon will coincide with the Mechatronics Capstone Design Symposium to give alumni an opportunity to view the newest batch of Capstone design projects (FYDPs) by fourth year mechatronic students, get involved in judging the capstone design projects, and reconnect with the Tron community at the event and at the dinner that follows. 

Waterloo Engineering students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumnus Stephen Semeniw (BASc 1989, electrical engineering), co-founder and vice-president of sales at Tego Cyber as well as management consultant at Quantus Capital Corporation, who will talk about “The Long and Winding Road Adventure.”

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 9:15 am - Wednesday, April 12, 2023 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

GRADventure Professional Skills Conference

An annual conference designed to help graduate students and postdocs develop key professional skills. This year’s theme is communication and community, focused on interpersonal and intercultural communication in the workplace, networking, and self-advocacy. Registration for day one and day two of the conference is now open.

Waterloo Engineering students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumni Tom Dean (BASc '79, mechanical engineering), director of technical operations in the Department of Chemical Engineering from 2012 to 2022, to talk about successfully navigating the various steps to obtain your next full-time job in a technical field. Tom has been an engineering hiring manager for the past 35 years and has been coaching chemical engineering undergraduate students on the hiring process for the past decade, prior to retiring four months

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Office Hour with Shawn Freeman (MMSc ’14), Mentor, Technology Entrepreneur, and Partner

Waterloo Engineering students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumni Shawn Freeman (MMSc ‘14, management sciences), mentor, tech expert and entrepreneur, to learn about leadership and the various stages of a start-up: transitioning from an employee to owning a business, scaling it, selling and then exiting.

Wednesday, November 23, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Office Hour with Parisa Golchoubian (MASc '17), Founder of Artistech and Artterra

Waterloo Engineering students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumna Parisa Golchoubian (MASc 2017, Systems Design Engineering), founder of Artistech and Artterra, as she shares tips and advice on the passion and values needed to start a company.

Waterloo Engineering alumni and current students are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour sponsored by Ten Thousand Coffees.

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time - presenting both a challenge and incredible opportunity to make positive change for future generations. Change can happen at any level - from the choices that individuals make on a daily basis to the commitments that large organizations make towards a more sustainable future.

Waterloo Engineering alumni and current students are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour sponsored by Ten Thousand Coffees.

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time - presenting both a challenge and incredible opportunity to make positive change for future generations. Change can happen at any level - from the choices that individuals make on a daily basis to the commitments that large organizations make towards a more sustainable future.