News archive - August 2011

Friday, August 26, 2011

Start-ups After 40: Insight from William Tatham

William Tatham, a systems design engineering graduate (BASc 1983) from the University of Waterloo, is profiled in a Globe & Mail story on August 26 discussing start-up success by a more experienced generation, those over 40 years of age. Tatham is founder, director and CEO of NexJ Systems Inc., Toronto, his third start-up company. NexJ is an enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) software solutions company focussed on the finance, insurance and healthcare industries. It has more than 300 employees.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Alumni Develop Technology Used by Libyan Rebels

Graduates of the Faculty of Engineering have helped to develop reconnaissance technology that is now being used by Libyan rebel forces.

According to a news report from The National Post, Libyan rebel forces are using Aeryon Scout Micro UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) to monitor troops led by Muammar Gaddafi. Aeryon Labs, based in Waterloo, employs a large number of Waterloo Engineering graduates among its 25 full-time staff.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Sweet Advice from Co-op Term with Peek Freans

Working for Kraft cookie manufacturer Peek Freans sounds like a pretty sweet gig. For Kartik Vaideswaran, a 2B chemical engineering student, it was. That is in large part because of the extra effort he put into his job as an Engineering Assistant at the company’s East York bakery. His contributions helped to have a production line certified above three sigma, a first for a Kraft facility in Canada. As a result, Kartik has been hired back for his next co-op term. He shares his experience in a story written by Andrea Banerjee in the Spring 2011-2 issue of Inside sCo-op.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Engineering hosts $1.25 million Actua announcement

Newtonville, a tabletop eco-friendly city, along with its enthusiastic Engineering and Science Quest camper architects provided the backdrop for the federal government’s $1.25 million Actua funding announcement made August 17 in E5. Actua is a national science, engineering and technology youth outreach network of which Waterloo’s ESQ and nine other Ontario university organizations are members.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Waterloo Engineering ranks with best in world

University of Waterloo is among the best in the world in engineering and computer sciences. That is according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, which released its 2011 findings on August 15.

The influential ranking placed Waterloo in the top 52 to 75 universities worldwide for engineering and computer sciences, ranked with 24 other well-regarded institutions from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Europe, and Asia.