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Two undergraduates at Waterloo Engineering recently completed co-op placements through an initiative led by Communitech to pair students with local businesses to work on artificial intelligence (AI) projects.

Bilal Alberzreh, who is studying systems design engineering, gained invaluable experience working for a construction company that files utility locates.

Three classmates in the systems design engineering program at Waterloo Engineering have gone on to careers at one of Canada’s leading space technology companies since graduating three years ago.

Mary McPhee, Emily Pittman and Elodie Xie (all BASc ’23) are all putting their skills and educations to good use at MDA Space in roles advancing space robotics.

Researchers at a Waterloo Engineering lab have partnered with a leading data analytics company to advance insight into the fast-paced play in professional hockey.

The Vision and Image Processing (VIP) Research Group is collaborating with Stathletes, an Ontario-based company that provides data and problems for members to tackle using computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques.

Work by researchers at Waterloo Engineering demonstrates how advanced algebra can help reveal the deep patterns and symmetry at the heart of music.

Dr. Olga Ibragimova, a former PhD student in computational mechanics, and Dr. Chrystopher Nehaniv, a professor of systems design engineering, used group theory - a branch of mathematics that studies symmetry and transformations - to examine melody.

A financial technology company founded by two former classmates at Waterloo Engineering has secured US $6 million in backing to help launch a platform to fight fraud by enabling secure, real-time collaboration among merchants, banks and service providers.

Tuhk Inc. was founded in 2025 by Andre Edelbrock and Trevor Clarke (both BASc ’98, systems design engineering) to turn fragmented data into a cohesive intelligence network to neutralize fraud, maximize transaction approvals, reduce chargebacks and streamline dispute resolution.

Waterloo Engineering researchers have upped the evolving game of automated hockey analysis with new advances to follow the puck and track player movement with more accuracy than ever before.

In two recent studies, the researchers developed artificial intelligence (AI) software to overcome challenges posed by motion blurring and obstructed views in broadcast video of the fast-paced sport.

Technology developed at Waterloo Engineering uses radar and artificial intelligence (AI) to unobtrusively monitor people in hospitals and long-term care facilities for early signs of health problems based on how fast they walk.

“Walking speed is often called a functional vital sign because even subtle declines can be an early warning of health problems,” said Dr. Hajar Abedi, a former postdoctoral researcher in electrical and computer engineering at Waterloo.

A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by Waterloo Engineering researchers could improve the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases by enhancing the clarity and detail of medical images doctors rely on.

The AI model reverses quality loss and reconstructs reliable images of the cornea, the transparent tissue in the front of the eye, after researchers taught it the physics behind the imaging process.

Young entrepreneurs who studied at Waterloo Engineering and launched companies to fill a void in the marketplace are part of Forbes 30 Under 30 for 2021.

Linda Wang quickly pivoted her work last spring to develop technology to detect COVID-19.

Wang, who will receive her master’s degree in systems design engineering this week, helped create COVID-Net, now an open-source tool designed to screen coronavirus cases from chest X-ray images. 

Linda Wang, middle, celebrated receiving her BASc with her parents in 2018.