News archive - September 2018

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

First-year students backed by HeForShe scholarships

Two young women at Waterloo Engineering have won $12,000 scholarships designed to help improve the gender balance in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs.

Isemi Ekundayo of computer engineering and Megan Lai of mechatronics engineering are among six campus-wide winners of HeForShe IMPACT scholarships awarded by the University of Waterloo.

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Two incoming students land $100,000 scholarships

Two new students at Waterloo Engineering began their university careers this month with more than $100,000 each in backing from a national scholarship program.

Dhruv Patel and Lauren Prophet were among 34 young Canadians selected as Loran Scholars for 2018 from an initial pool of over 5,000 candidates.

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Alumnus tells hackers not to be afraid of failure

Students who competed in last weekend’s Hack the North at the University of Waterloo received a piece of sage advice from engineering alumnus Chamath Palihapitiya: go fix the hard stuff.  

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

New engineering fellows and members named by RSC

Feridun Hamdullahpur leads a group of four Waterloo Engineering faculty members named today to a prestigious national organization for scholars, artists and scientists.

A mechanical and mechatronics engineering professor who has served as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo since 2010, Hamdullahpur joins the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) as a specially elected fellow.

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Engineering professor and alumnus formally join Order of Canada

Keith Hipel, a longtime professor at Waterloo Engineering, was formally invested today into the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest honours.

Hipel was made an officer of the Order, a rank that recognizes national service or achievement, by Governor General Julie Payette during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

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