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Waterloo Engineering researchers and medical clinicians are collaborating on a testing tool to help assess the viability of donated lungs and potentially improve patient outcomes in transplant cases.

The new device, called MetaboSense, was developed during a joint project involving Waterloo researchers and doctors at the University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, including its leading lung transplant program.

A Waterloo Engineering professor has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, one of the country's highest academic honours.

Dr. Raafat Mansour, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was recognized for his internationally renowned leadership in radio-frequency (RF), microwave and micro-electromechanical systems engineering.

A member of the first cohort of Waterloo Engineering's Rising Stars Fellowship — a paid summer research program for undergraduates — is one of seven fellows who've returned to the University of Waterloo for graduate study since the program began in 2024.

David Carciente is now pursuing a master's degree in the Department of Systems Design Engineering, after spending his 2024 Rising Stars summer in Waterloo's Vision and Image Processing Lab building a computer vision tool that helps marine researchers identify whales in satellite imagery.

A professor at Waterloo Engineering has a lot more material for his classes after winning one of the world’s wackiest academic prizes last week.

Dr. Zhao Pan and one of his students, Kaveeshan Thurairajah, were thrilled to accept the 2026 Ig Nobel Physics Prize in bright yellow raincoats in a sold-out, 1,500-seat theatre in Zurich, Switzerland with collaborators from two other universities.

Five incoming students in the Faculty of Engineering are among this year's cohort of Schulich Leaders, Canada's most coveted undergraduate STEM scholarship, joining the University of Waterloo this fall.

Anna Denisova (Computer Engineering), Kaumudi Jeevendra (Mechanical Engineering), Shiza Khan (Mechatronics Engineering), Onna Okeke (Mechatronics Engineering) and Noah Robinson (Electrical Engineering) were recognized for their entrepreneurial mindset, leadership and commitment to making a meaningful impact.

A Waterloo Engineering professor has been recognized with a national award for her decades of dedication to graduate students.

Dr. Catherine Burns, a professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Human Factors in Healthcare Systems, has received the 2026 Dr. Suning Wang Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship from the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS).

A new student design team at Waterloo Engineering is tackling one of computing's most demanding disciplines: high-performance computing. 

Computer engineering students James Redekopp and Karl Keshavarzi founded UW High Performance Computing (UWHPC) earlier this year within the Sedra Student Design Centre (SSDC).

A Waterloo Architecture alum has been recognized in King Charles III's 2026 Birthday Honours, part of the United Kingdom's national program celebrating outstanding achievement and service.

Alison Brooks (BES ’85; BArch ’88) was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on June 16 for her contributions to architecture.

University of Waterloo students from the faculties of Engineering and Environment spent four weeks in Ghana on a field course to explore issues of water insecurity and apply systems design thinking to complex environmental challenges. 

The 12 undergraduate Waterloo students were hosted by Ashesi University. Through a range of immersive experiences and hands-on learning, the cohort investigated how technical, social and ecological systems affect the connection between water and health.

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have designed a new electrode with potential impact on the way energy generated on wind and solar farms is stored in the future.

The electrode was inspired by shapes found in nature and took advantage of the design freedom of 3D printing to help optimize redox flow batteries as safer alternatives to the lithium-ion batteries now used in many energy-storage systems.