Pearl Sullivan, Waterloo's dean of engineering, announced March 31 that undergraduate students applying for Waterloo Engineering’s Accelerated Master’s program will be eligible for top up funding of $4,500 to supplement funding available through NSERC Student Research Awards.
Waterloo Engineering women were honoured during March's National Engineering Month with a faculty member, two graduate students, and an alumna included as part of #30in30, an initiative that featured 30 outstanding women in engineering over 30 days.
PiinPoint, a location analytics company, co-founded by Jim Robeson, a graduate of Waterloo Engineering's Master in Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology program, and Adam Saunders, a current Waterloo Environment student, is the latest company from University of Waterloo incubator VeloCity, to participate in the prestigious Y Combinator accelerator program in Silicon Valley.
Josh Bradshaw, a second-year systems design engineering student, has been chosen by the University of Waterloo as Engineering's 2013 co-op student of the year.
Waterloo's School of Architecture is profiled in the February issue of DOMUS, one of the leading design magazines in the world. Published in Milan, the magazine has worldwide distribution.
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.
Engineering students hope to build a smart vehicle that understands and adapts to drivers’ habits
From Waterloo Stories, By Jae Doncillo
The first class of an innovative biomedical engineering program that connects students to the medical community will start at the University of Waterloo next fall.
The new program in Canada's largest engineering school will give students the unique opportunity to blend hands-on design expertise with workplace experiences and academic studies.
Carl Haas, a civil and environmental engineering professor and the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Construction and Management of Sustainable Infrastructure, was inducted last month into the National Academy of Construction. The ceremony took in Scottsdale Arizona.
Amir Khajepour, a Waterloo mechanical and mechatronics engineering professor and the Canada Research Chair in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems, received a prestigious Engineering Medal – Research and Development from the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers at its awards’ gala. The event was held in Toronto on November 23.