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Free apple cider certainly didn’t hurt, but there wasn’t much arm-twisting required today when Waterloo Engineering invited students to thank all the people who donate money to enhance their educations.

A steady stream of students took a few minutes out in the foyer of Carl Pollock Hall to write personal thank-you cards or pose with messages on white boards for photographs to be shared on social media.

A robotics company founded by four Waterloo Engineering alumni expects to almost double its workforce within 18 months after securing $30 million US in funding to pursue the market for self-driving vehicles in factories and warehouses.

Alfred Yu of electrical and computer engineering has been awarded this year's IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award for his contributions to ultrasound flow imaging and key discoveries in therapeutic ultrasound biophysics. The honour, awarded to researchers in the early stages of their careers, recognizes achievements in the area of ultrasonics and its applications.

Paul Chen, a chemical engineering doctoral candidate, has received the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship to validate and continue his research of next generation diagnostics for infectious diseas

A smart contact lens developed by University of Waterloo students for diabetics to monitor glucose levels is the only Canadian entry to make the shortlist in this year’s international James Dyson Award competition.

A company based in Vancouver is investing $3 million to help Waterloo Engineering professor Zhongwei Chen develop silicon-based batteries with the potential to have a huge impact on the global market.

Each year, the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies (CAGS) honours the single most outstanding doctoral dissertation in engineering, medical science or natural science from across the country. This year, it was Drew Higgins.

Extracurricular activities and academics were both important stepping stones for two young women starting Waterloo Engineering programs this fall with $12,000 awards to help them leave gender stereotypes behind.

Thalmic Labs, a company founded by three Waterloo Engineering graduates, announced a series B raise of US $120 million today.

Leading the future of human-computer interaction with its Myo gesture control armband, the company has plans to further build out its workforce in Kitchener-Waterloo and San Francisco, and accelerate development of new technologies and products. 

The investment was led by Intel Capital, the Amazon Alexa Fund and Fidelity Investments Canada.

Palihapitiya lifting ‘self-inflicted’ fear of failure from budding entrepreneurs

From lessons learned while on academic probation to his view of Waterloo Engineering as one of the top schools on the planet, celebrated alumnus and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya shared his humour, honesty and insight during a free-wheeling discussion on campus today.