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Two graduate students will represent the Faculty of Engineering on April 2, 2015 at the University of Waterloo's 3rd annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Competitors have 1 static slide and 3 minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research to a non-specialist audience.

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). 

Portal is launching in the Faculty of Engineering this month. All students in Engineering programs, both undergraduate and graduate, will receive an email invitation to access the student portal starting this month.

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.

Mohamed Kamel has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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.