News for Faculty

Monday, December 13, 2021

Professor recognized by Chinese Canadian foundation

A Waterloo electrical and computer engineering professor has been honoured with the Award of Merit for 2021 by the Chinese Canadian Professionals (Ontario) Education Foundation.

Friday, October 1, 2021

Showcasing houses that float

An architecture professor’s amphibious house research in Vietnam is featured as a Global Best Practice project at Expo 2020 Dubai opening today in the United Arab Emirates.

Elizabeth English’s award-winning work on the development of amphibious technologies for retrofitting existing homes will be prominently showcased for the month of October in the Opportunity Pavilion dedicated to addresing major global challenges.

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Engineering mourns the loss of a beloved dean

Pearl Sullivan, Waterloo's former dean of engineering and the first woman to hold the position, died on November 28 after a 12-year battle with cancer.

Passionate about supporting students, she was dedicated to ensuring they had a full understanding of engineering principles as well as the tools and facilities they needed to succeed.

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Smaller brother of TALOS makes its engineering debut

The much-anticipated REEM-C recently arrived on campus and has already started an extensive training program.

The humanoid robot is described as the slightly smaller and lighter brother of TALOS, the full-size black and purple robot that was welcomed with great fanfare at Engineering 7 almost two years ago.

Friday, September 11, 2020

Professor receives outstanding engineer recognition

John Yeow, a Waterloo Engineering faculty member and the Canada Research Chair in Micro and Nanodevices, has been honoured with IEEE Canada’s Outstanding Engineer Award for 2020.

He was recognized for “his significant contributions to the research & development and commercialization of micro/nanodevices for medical and industrial applications.”