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Sept. 20, 2016 Chemical Engineering grad wins Canada’s Distinguished Dissertation award

Waterloo Chemical Engineering Grad Drew Higgins

Each year, the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies (CAGS) honours the single most outstanding doctoral dissertation in engineering, medical science or natural science from across the country. This year, it was Drew Higgins.

Sept. 20, 2016 Professor’s battery research gets a major funding boost

A company based in Vancouver is investing $3 million to help Waterloo Engineering professor Zhongwei Chen develop silicon-based batteries with the potential to have a huge impact on the global market.

Sept. 19, 2016 Thalmic Labs receives a US $120-million boost

Thalmic Labs, a company founded by three Waterloo Engineering graduates, announced a series B raise of US $120 million today.

Leading the future of human-computer interaction with its Myo gesture control armband, the company has plans to further build out its workforce in Kitchener-Waterloo and San Francisco, and accelerate development of new technologies and products.

The investment was led by Intel Capital, the Amazon Alexa Fund and Fidelity Investments Canada.

Sep 19 2016 Two engineering students win HeForShe scholarships

Sep 16 2016 Chamath Palihapitiya and Dean Pearl Sullivan chat about a new Social Capital fund

Sep 13 2016 Two researchers recognized as ‘emerging leaders’

Sep 13 2016 Waterloo research project aims to give architecture life

Sep 8 2016 Medella tops field for national student startup award

Sep 7 2016 Auto research lab opens with a ceremonial christening

Aug 31 2016 Funding will help team develop ‘plug-and-play’ robots

Aug 29 2016 Student wins award as role model for young women

Aug 29 2016 Scholarship winners coming to Waterloo Engineering

Aug 5 2016 Rio Olympics 2016: Engineering speed for the Canadian track cycling team

Aug 2 2016 Engineering grad appointed the new director of Velocity

Jul 28 2016 Waterloo imaging device is now aboard space station

Jul 24 2016 A Waterloo Engineering tradition begins with the first Engineering Day

Jul 22 2016 Engineering students successful at Velocity Fund Finals

Jul 21 2016 Waterloo spin-off gets funding for digital X-ray device

Jul 19 2016 Engineering professors cited for awards from peers

Jul 18 2016 Alumni in running for entrepreneur honours

Jul 5 2016 Waterloo wins big with tiny power device

Jun 28 2016 Professors honoured as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering

Jun 22 2016 Waterloo antenna is now orbiting Earth

Jun 18 2016 Civil and environmental engineering students capture project and paper awards

Jun 18 2016 Engineering grants degrees and celebrates outstanding achievements

Jun 14 2016 New engineering grad draws on personal experience to help save lives

Jun 8 2016 Waterloo School of Architecture presents The Evidence Room at International Architecture Exhibition

Jun 7 2016 Multidisciplinary collaboration in data-driven persuasive technology

Jun 6 2016 Undergrad's optical systems research published in Science

Jun 2 2016 Student team places first in microrobotics challenge

Jun 2 2016 Professor honoured as fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers

May 20 2016 Waterloo Engineering collaborates with Silicon Valley VC firm in entrepreneurship program

May 18 2016 Engineering lecturer receives national award for teaching excellence

May 11 2016 Engineering team only one from North America in IEEE competition

May 10 2016 Waterloo joins IBM Watson cyber security project

May 4 2016 Baylis Medical supports the Educating the Engineer of the Future campaign

May 4 2016 Next stage of Ka-Band phased array technology

Apr 18 2016 Engineering startups win top awards in California Pitch Alumni Event

Apr 15 2016 Two engineering researchers awarded CFI funding

Apr 12 2016 Engineering Society honours ECE faculty members for teaching excellence

Mar 31 2016 Researchers honoured for advances in identifying cancer through imaging

Mar 31 2016 Landmine diffusing robot among winners of prestigious Esch awards

Mar 29 2016 Faculty and grad student recognized for excellence in teaching

Mar 16 2016 TechCrunch article looks at imbalance of women in tech sector

Mar 15 2016 Engineering students showcase Capstone Design Projects

Mar 15 2016 Management engineering student a top Co-op Student of the Year

Mar 15 2016 Waterloo research finds fertilizer applied to fields today will pollute water for decades

Mar 14 2016 Chemical engineering professor awarded CFI funding

Mar 7 2016 Waterloo students take top awards at Canadian Engineering Competition

Mar 1 2016 Engineering researchers receive over $3.3 million to partner with industry

Feb 26 2016 Waterloo among Ontario universities receiving funds to create Advanced Manufacturing Consortium

Feb 16 2016 Rechargeable battery expert awarded prestigious Steacie honour

Feb 12 2016 Engineering professors and supporters named to the Order of Canada

Feb 9 2016 Amir Khajepour's Canada Research Chair renewed

Feb 9 2016 Hipel elected to prestigious National Academy of Engineering

Feb 8 2016 Graduate student wins cold-formed steel design contest

Feb 4 2016 Waterloo students capture top awards at OEC

Feb 2 2016 Engineering alumni named to Forbes 30 under 30 list

Feb 1 2016 Engineering honours its own

Jan 31 2016 ECE grad student and professor receive best paper award

Jan 29 2016 Dropping in on California alumni: Two nights of networking and knowledge sharing

Jan 26 2016 Alumni founders at Vidyard announce $35M raised

Jan 21 2016 McPhee honoured as new EIC fellow

Jan 21 2016 Trudeau praises University of Waterloo for brilliant minds and ideas on world stage

Jan 20 2016 Cañizares to receive IEEE Canada Electric Power Medal

Jan 8 2016 New touchless device makes earlier detection of heart problems possible

Jan 7 2016 Company born from capstone design gets FDA clearance for next generation surgical smart tool

Jan 5 2016 WAVELab director discusses testing driverless cars

Dec 15 2015 Waterloo Engineering recognized for leadership and talent development

Dec 15 2015 Industry research partnership leads to new patented technology for capturing hospital anesthetic gases

Dec 9 2015 Engineering remembers Mohamed Kamel

Dec 4 2015 Impressive results from first nanotechnology undergraduate conference

Dec 1 2015 Awards dinner celebrates students, staff, faculty, supporters and alumni

Nov 27 2015 Shen named fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Nov 27 2015 Engineers dominate Velocity Fund Finals

Nov 25 2015 Researchers find inexpensive and effective way to clean oil sands production water

Nov 17 2015 Professor made fellow of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Nov 16 2015 ECE professor and student honoured with research project award

Nov 16 2015 Engineering student breaks silence on lifelong struggle with depression

Nov 12 2015 University of Waterloo breaks ground on innovative engineering building

Nov 10 2015 Waterloo Engineering invention wins $60K Dyson design award

Nov 3 2015 Dematic celebrates anniversary by launching Waterloo Engineering scholarships

Oct 26 2015 Engineering researchers develop technology to create better battery from silicon

Oct 20 2015 Electrical engineering grad elected to Trudeau's Liberal government

Oct 13 2015 Taiwan Ranking recognizes Waterloo's engineering excellence

Oct 12 2015 Waterloo students capture top awards at international iGEM Giant Jamboree

Oct 8 2015 University of Waterloo and HKUST launch dual engineering PhD degree

Oct 5 2015 Engineering professor wins Emmy award

Oct 4 2015 ECE researcher’s work on the concepts of quantum vacuum published in Nature Journal

Sep 29 2015 MME professors among panelists at industry-leading forum on additive manufacturing