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.
Thirty years after graduating from systems design engineering at Waterloo, Frank Gerencser is making a difference in the world of education across Ontario and now in Atlantic Canada as well.
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.
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.
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.
Waterloo Engineering will accept an additional 45 students to its high demand Mechatronics Engineering program, beginning in Fall 2014!