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Waterloo Engineering alum Sukh Singh (BASc ’12,) is the co-founder of Ground News, a media platform offering users a comprehensive view of news coverage across the political spectrum. Drawing on his University co-op experiences, Singh combines his passion for technology with a commitment to fostering informed, balanced discourse in today’s media landscape.

In this founder spotlight, Singh discusses how his co-op work terms helped him kickstart his entrepreneurial journey.

A Waterloo Engineering research team has developed a new technology that can generate sustainable, clean energy from vibrations and even small body movements.

This innovative research, supervised by Dr. Dayan Ban, a professor at the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, means you could charge your laptop by typing or power your smartphone’s battery on your morning run. 

Waterloo Engineering alum Rachel Bartholomew (MBET ’14) is the founder and CEO of Hyivy, a femtech startup revolutionizing women's health care through therapeutic and remote monitoring devices for gynecological conditions. She is also the founder and lead advisor of Femtech Canada, an organization advocating for women innovators.

Bartholomew, a Waterloo alum from the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business, reflects on her entrepreneurial journey and the experiences that shaped her company.

Waterloo Engineering earned high positions across a range of subject areas in the 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) released by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. Waterloo was ranked 31st in the world and 1st in Canada in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 44th in the world and 1st in Canada for Energy Science & Engineering.

The ARWU rankings are a respected measure of research excellence and impact, evaluating over 1,900 universities from 96 countries across 55 subject areas.

A total of 112 Engineering student-athletes were among the 444 Warriors varsity team members named to the 2023-24 President's Academic Honour Roll. This recognition celebrates student-athletes who maintain an average of 80 percent or higher while competing at the varsity level.

The President’s Academic Breakfast, held at Federation Hall, showcased the University of Waterloo's commitment to excellence both on and off the field.

Kitchener-based biotech startup HeadFirst could revolutionize concussion detection and give sports leagues a new way to protect their players.

The company, co-founded by Waterloo Engineering alum and University hockey player Andrew Cordssen-David (MBET '23), has developed a rapid saliva-based test to provide a quicker, more objective method for identifying concussions.

An interdisciplinary research team at the University of Waterloo has identified a pivotal mechanism in E. coli evolution that could revolutionize cancer therapy and biomanufacturing. 

Led by Dr. Christian Euler in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Dr. Matthew Scott from the Department of Applied Mathematics, the team’s discovery offers new insights into cellular regulation with implications for producing essential products like insulin and mRNA vaccines. 

The Faculty of Engineering has launched the CEGCs Champions program, a new initiative encouraging students to engage directly with Canada’s most critical engineering challenges.

Conceived and developed by Engineering Deans Canada, under the leadership of Mary Wells, dean of engineering, this program empowers students to make meaningful contributions while gaining skills that will shape their professional futures.

Waterloo Engineering alum Dr. Kiyoumars Zarshenas (PhD ’23) won the Science Exposed 2024 Jury Prize from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for his electron microscope image showcasing the intricate layers of a structured membrane.

Zarshenas' achieved his award-winning image by freezing the membrane with liquid nitrogen, fracturing it and capturing the cross-section using electron microscopy. Inspired by natural forms, he processed the image to emphasize the membrane’s complex structure.

The Government of Canada has announced significant funding awards for University of Waterloo researchers, with Faculty of Engineering scholars receiving grants for impactful projects in technology, sustainability, and health.

This funding, awarded through the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), aims to advance critical areas of research and infrastructure.