A second-year student in the biomedical engineering program has been recognized as the co-op student of the year for Waterloo Engineering.
Aiden Sarrafzadeh was cited for his contributions during a co-op term as a research assistant at Women's College Hospital.
As the only engineer on the team, Sarrafzadeh independently built an AI chatbot prototype to explore its potential in supporting health care practices, and completed a four-month OntarioMD collaboration project in just one month, contributing to the evaluation of digital health tools for clinical decision support.
Go to Turning clinical gaps into research-driven solutions for a profile on Sarrafzadeh, and Celebrating the 2025 Co-op Students of the Year for a campus-wide story and video on the winners for all six faculties.
Aiden Sarrafzadeh