Events

Explore our Chemical Engineering program, where you'll learn to combine principles of chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics to design and optimize processes that produce, transform and transport materials. From developing new materials to creating sustainable energy solutions, chemical engineers are at the forefront of innovation. Hear from our professors, current students and alumni, and get your questions answered at this interactive AMA webinar.

Explore our Nanotechnology Engineering program, where you’ll learn to manipulate matter at the atomic and molecular scale, typically between 1 to 100 nanometers. With applications spanning electronics, healthcare, energy and environmental protection, this rapidly growing field offers the chance to develop groundbreaking solutions. Hear from our professors, current students and alumni, and get your questions answered at this interactive AMA webinar. 

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Belinda Sturm, Director Kansas NSF EPSCoR, Professor and Ross McKinney Faculty Fellow, University of Kansas, Kansas, US, will present: Wastewater process intensification: Using biological process design to increase the hydraulic and treatment capacity of a municipal wastewater treatment plant.

Are you an early career or established instructor who has taught/is teaching a course at Waterloo? Have you wondered how to interpret the Student Course Perceptions results, and have questions on the outcome and comments you have received? The Women in Engineering Faculty committee jointly with Women in Mathematics is proud to help shed some light: Register for the second edition of the "Interpreting Student Course Perception Results"  session!

The event will cover information about SCP, then will follow with a panel discussion with panel speakers from both Engineering and Mathematics, with experts from CTE, teaching champions, and chair of the SCP committee. This joint event between Engineering and Mathematics is a unique opportunity
to get to know peers from different faculties and provides an interdisciplinary perspective.

During the panel, we will go through some of the questions posted before the event (link in the registration form), as well as real-time questions posted
on Vevox. The questions are completely anonymous.

This event is meant for anyone who has taught and/or is teaching a course and has received or will receive Student Course Perception (SCP) results. All
genders are welcome to attend.

Explore our Environmental and Geological Engineering programs and see how these fields address critical issues like climate change, resource depletion and environmental degradation. As an environmental or geological engineer, you’ll work on projects that protect the environment, manage resources sustainably and design disaster-resilient infrastructure. Hear from our professors, current students and alumni, and get your questions answered at this interactive AMA webinar. 

Youth Gearing Up for Exciting Robotics Competitions at the University of Waterloo

If you like robots, you will want to watch teams compete at the University of Waterloo during the weekend of Saturday Nov 30-Sunday Dec 1. The fields are set for innovation, creativity, and teamwork as FIRST Lego League (FLL) and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) teams from across Waterloo-Wellington region, Hamilton region and the Greater Toronto Area prepare to display their skills at the two qualifier events organized by Waterloo-Wellington FIRST Robotics in partnership with Waterloo Engineering.

On Saturday, November 30, over a hundred of Grade 4 to 8 students will put their engineering skills and student-designed LEGO-based robots to the test on the SUBMERGED competition fields; these 19 teams will compete to win a spot at the Provincial Championship in January. The opening ceremony is at 8:30am followed by FIRST LEGO robot matches starting at 9am until 3pm, with the award ceremony at 3h45pm.

On Sunday, December 1, 23 teams of high school students will compete with their FIRST Tech Challenge robots and build their alliance to become the champion of the inaugural event at Waterloo.  Following qualification games, teams will select their alliance partners and will aim to become the first champion of the WWFIRST FTC qualifier event. The opening ceremony is at 11am and robot games will take place from 11:30am until 5pm.   Awards ceremony is at 5h30pm.

Both events take place in Engineering 7. Members of the public are welcome to attend the events. Pits, where teams work on their robots and display their projects and outreach activities, are also open to the public from 9am to 4pm.

Canada changed forever on December 6, 1989 when 14 women were murdered in a gender-based act of violence at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal.

The Faculty of Engineering invites you to join us, on December 6, 2024, for a ceremony and moment of silence observing Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

Please join us as we come together to honour and reflect on the lives of these 14 women and everyone else whose lives were forever changed.

When: Friday, December 6 | 10:30–11:00am

Where: Engineering 7, 2nd Floor Event Space

Please join us on the slopes to ski or snowboard at these exclusive and beautiful private resorts in the Blue Mountains (near Collingwood)! We’ll also be welcoming your classmates from the Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Health and the Faculty of Science to join us on the hills.

Please join us on the slopes to ski or snowboard at these exclusive and beautiful private resorts in the Blue Mountains (near Collingwood)! We’ll also be welcoming your classmates from the Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Health and the Faculty of Science to join us on the hills.

We are hosting a networking event on our premises for final year engineering students to see our shop floor, pizza lunch, networking with ATS engineering managers and recruiters, as well as participate in an engineering problem solving activity which includes a prize. We are also providing bus pick up and drop off from the school to ATS office and back to campus.