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Waterloo Engineering alum Jagdeep Singh Bachher (BASc ‘93, mechanical engineering, MASc '94, management sciences and PhD '00, management sciences) has been named the University of Waterloo’s 12th chancellor. 

In his new role as chancellor, the titular head of the University, he will be a key ambassador for the institution, building and nurturing relationships across the broader Waterloo community and advancing its mission provincially, nationally, and internationally in keeping with the Vision for Waterloo at 100. 

A team of University of Waterloo Engineering researchers has created smart, advanced materials that will be the building blocks for a future generation of soft medical microrobots.

Led by Dr. Hamed Shahsavan, a chemical engineering professor, the research team has developed tiny robots that have the potential to conduct medical procedures, such as biopsy, and cell and tissue transport, in a minimally invasive fashion.

Ten Key Labs, a Toronto-based software startup, has launched a new equity management platform called Mantle and secured $10.5 million in seed funding.  

Ten Key Labs was co-founded in 2022 by Waterloo Engineering alum Amar Varma (BASc ‘99, electrical and computer engineering), son of Nityanand Varma who helped establish the Varma Family Professorship in Robotics in the Faculty’s electrical and computer engineering department.

Hundreds of graduating engineering and architecture students recently celebrated the end of their current academic journey as they received their University of Waterloo degrees at convocation.

With family, friends and the Faculty of Engineering and School of Architecture community in attendance, 102 undergraduate, 224 Master's and 66 PhD students crossed the stage during their Saturday afternoon convocation ceremony on campus. 

Three recent Waterloo Engineering alumni have made it onto the James Dyson Award’s international Top 20 shortlist which recognizes innovation by current and recent design engineering students.  

Colin Bolt, Benjamin Beazley and Jake Chateauneuf (all BASc ‘23, mechanical and mechatronics engineering) have been shortlisted for their product WhaleSafe, a rope on-demand fishing device that stops whales from getting tangled up and dying in lobster and crab fishing trap ropes. 

Waterloo Engineering professor Dr. Alexander Wong was featured on a CBC News TV segment to discuss how AI could play a vital role in Canada’s rural healthcare system. 

Wong, who holds the Canada Research Chair for Artificial Intelligence, said that AI will improve healthcare efficiencies across the country, but that rural Canadians will see the greatest impact from AI-driven technologies.  

Waterloo Engineering’s outreach programs have won an award honouring their contributions to the Nigerian community.

Presented by the group Nigerians in the Region of Waterloo (NIROW) at their annual Independence Day celebration, Waterloo Engineering Outreach (WEO) received the 2023 Community Allyship award. 

Waterloo Engineering alum and PhD candidate Robert Chlumsky (BASc ’15, MASc ’18 ) is a recent recipient of the Jain Family Award for Entrepreneurship.

The award, made possible by a gift from the Vijay Anand Foundation to encourage student entrepreneurship at Waterloo, provides Chlumsky with valuable financial assistance and confirmation that his hydrologic modelling research has significant potential.

Cutting-edge technologies gave the world fake news, but researchers from the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Engineering are developing even newer technology to stop it.

According to Chien-Chih Chen, one of the project’s lead researchers and a PhD candidate in electrical and computer engineering, the innovative system he and his colleagues have developed over the past three years is “unique,” and relies on something already famous for underpinning Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies — blockchain.

Having weathered the COVID-19 pandemic far from home, Waterloo Engineering alum and Muay Thai instructor, Qianshu Wang (BASc ‘19, Nanotechnology Engineering) is back in Waterloo figuring out his next move. 

As he reboots for his next adventure (he’s interested in semi-conductor engineering in Germany or the Netherlands), Wang highlights his involvement with the Recent Engineering Alumni Council (REAC) for helping him through some challenging times over the past couple of years.