The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) funding announced today will support two Waterloo Engineering research initiatives:
Waterloo Engineering professors Amir Khajepour, Manoj Sachdev and John Yeow have been named fellows by the Engineering Institute of Canada. The three faculty members received the prestigious recognition at the institute’s annual awards banquet on May 26.
Kitematic, a software startup dedicated to making the Docker development environment accessible to a wider range of developers, has been acquired by Docker Inc. Founded by engineering alumni Jeffrey Morgan and Sean Li (both BASc 2013, Software), and electrical engineering student Michael Chiang, Kitematic sold for an undisclosed amount last week.
Sriram Narasimhan, Canada Research Chair in Smart Infrastructure and professor cross-appointed to the departments of civil and environmental engineering and mechanical and mechatronics engineering, is the recipient of $100,000 in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).
Voltera, a startup founded by mechatronics engineering graduates, took first place and a $50,000 cash prize during TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield competition at the 2015 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas.
A group of students and grads is tapping into Waterloo’s entrepreneurial spirit to bridge their passion for business with the desire to help others. The result is Empower Health, an organization committed to providing diagnostic and wellness programs to the world’s slum dwellers.
Alison Brooks' latest award is only one of many impressive achievements since her graduation from Waterloo Architecture in 1988.
Brigette Lau (BASc, CompE, 1999) and Chamath Palihapitiya (BASc, ElectE, 1999) partners of The Social + Capital Partnership in Palo Alto, CA, returned to campus on January 23 to announce two new prizes of $40,000 each for Capstone Design in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
3, 2, 1, LEGO! Those words opened each competitive heat on Saturday at the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) West Ontario Championships, held at the University of Waterloo. Some very focused 9 to 14 year olds were competing in the 2013 FLL challenge, Nature's Fury.