News archive - 2015

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Waterloo Engineering recognized for leadership and talent development

The University of Waterloo's innovative model of education received recognition today for its blend of hands-on learning, entrepreneurship, scholarship and professional training.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

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

Osama Elgadi standing next to the Class 1 system machine

Grand River Hospital (GRH) has formally activated its halogenated drug recovery (HDR) system, developed through a research initiative lead by Bill Anderson, professor of chemical engineering, and Class 1 Inc. of Cambridge. This new technology will help battle climate change as it captures waste anesthetic gases exhaled by patients undergoing surgery.

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Engineering remembers Mohamed Kamel

Mohamed Kamel, a recently retired electrical and computer engineering professor, died December 4.

Friday, December 4, 2015

Impressive results from first nanotechnology undergraduate conference

Organized by Waterloo nanotechnology engineering undergraduate students, the first nanotechnology undergraduate conference provided a taste of the exciting and inspiring future of the field across a variety of disciplines that are impacted by nanotechnology.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Awards dinner celebrates students, staff, faculty, supporters and alumni

Exceptional students and alumni were honoured at the 2015 Waterloo Engineering Awards Dinner held November 26.

Over 2,500 students received awards this year for everything from top marks, to extracurricular activities, such as leadership, community engagement and involvement in athletics.

Faculty of Engineering medals were presented to the following alumni: