Waterloo Engineering students claimed podium finishes across all four categories at Canada's most prestigious engineering student competition.
The 2026 Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC), hosted at the Université de Sherbrooke, saw every qualifying Waterloo team finish on the podium. Yaxin Wang and Matthew Ko (biomedical engineering) took first place in the Consulting category, while Alanna Rudolph (mechatronics engineering) and Eva Siao (computer engineering) secured second place in the Debate category.
In the Innovative Design category, Daniel Puratich (electrical and electronics engineering), Marko Vehauc, Nathan Green, Megan Spee and Georgia Vachon Westerlund (mechatronics engineering) earned second place.
Flora Wu, Divhleen Ruprai and San Basnet (nanotechnology engineering) claimed third place in the same category.
Next year, Waterloo will welcome the country's top engineering students to campus as host of the 2027 Canadian Engineering Competition.
Waterloo Engineering students pose at this year's Canadian Engineering Competition in Sherbrooke, Quebec.