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Waterloo Engineering faculty members have become new fellows of IEEE and the Engineering Institute of Canada.

Kerstin Dautenhahn, a cross-appointed professor of electrical and computer engineering and systems design engineering, was named an IEEE fellow for her contributions to social robotics and human-robot interaction.

Waterloo Engineering research received a boost with the awarding of two Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) included in a national announcement to help “keep Canadian research at the forefront of discovery today and in the future.”

The next big innovation to hit the marketplace could be among the Waterloo student projects on display at the annual Capstone Design symposia beginning March 16. 

Senior-year engineering students at Waterloo will exhibit projects ranging from a technology that reduces agricultural water waste through intelligent irrigation systems to a device that may help people with Parkinson`s disease avoid falls.

Mohamed Kamel, a recently retired electrical and computer engineering professor, died December 4.  

Catherine Burns is a new fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society recognizing outstanding achievement, consistently superior professional performance, exceptional contributions, personal service to the society, and other accomplishments.

For the second time in two years, two Waterloo Engineering startups have been chosen out of hundreds of others as contenders for the 2015 James Dyson Award.

Grasp and Voltera V-One, both founded as Capstone Design projects, are among five Canadian finalists for the award.

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.

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.

Two Waterloo Engineering grads have won prestigious EY Ontario Entrepreneur Of the Year awards for their individual contributions and spirit of entrepreneurship.  Both entrepreneurs, John Baker and Matt Rendall, received their well-deserved awards at the Ernst & Young Awards Gala in Toronto on October 24, 2013.