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WatCAR webinar details with photo of car and a QR code
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR) Webinar - Driving Towards the Future: Deployments, Designs, and Challenges of Autonomous Vehicles

Join us for a webinar presentation by Dr. Krzysztof Czarnecki on the current state of autonomous vehicles, exploring active deployments, emerging challenges and research directions. The talk will also highlight research taking place in the Waterloo Intelligent Systems Engineering (WISE) Laboratory, which co-led the development of the first autonomous vehicle tested on public roads in Canada.

students attending capstone design symposia
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 12:00 am - Thursday, April 2, 2026 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Engineering Capstone Design Symposia

Alumni, students, employers, industry partners, media, and members of the general public are invited to join us in the Pearl Sullivan Engineering Building (formerly Engineering 7) for the Capstone Design Symposium.

Group photo of mechatronics students and alumni celebrating capstone
Friday, March 20, 2026 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

TronCon 2026

It's a full day of discovery at TronCon 2026! 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. 

FIRST Robotics Competition
Thursday, March 26, 2026 - Saturday, March 28, 2026 (all day)

FIRST Robotics Waterloo Regional Competition

The FIRST Robotics Waterloo Regional Competition brings teams of Ontario's brightest high school students to the University of Waterloo campus to battle head-to-head with student-designed, remote-controlled robots. Built from scratch, these five-foot tall, 140-pound robots compete in high intensity robo-sports.

student team presenting
Thursday, March 26, 2026 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Esch Pitch Competition

Watch as 12 outstanding Capstone teams compete for over $100k in prizes. These teams were shortlisted from over 50 entries representing most programs in the Faculty of Engineering. The Esch Awards support creative and entrepreneurial students in the pursuit of research and development and its commercialization for the benefit of Canada.