A second incoming student at Waterloo Engineering has landed a four-year, $70,000 scholarship from the TD Scholarships for Community Leadership program.
Jocelyne Murphy of Waterloo joins Chinemerem Chigbo of Winnipeg among 20 cross-country winners recognized for outstanding contributions to change in their communities.
A long-time former professor, department chair and associate dean at Waterloo Engineering is being remembered for his many contributions to his profession, the University of Waterloo, the Province of Ontario and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
Thomas Brzustowski, who joined the Faculty as a mechanical engineering professor in 1962, died June 19 after a brief illness.
A startup company co-founded by a Waterloo Engineering student was one of four winners at the recent Velocity Fund Pitch Competition.
Philip Scott, who is studying software engineering, is CEO of Tutturu.tv, which helps people have meaningful social experiences in a remote world via virtual browsing.
“Forget about downloading apps or signing up for accounts,” he said in a pitch that earned the startup a $50,000 pre-seed investment.
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Celebrated alumnus Chamath Palihapitiya urged graduates at the recent Waterloo Engineering virtual convocation to seize the moment in tumultuous times and change the world for the better.
In a nearly eight-minute video address, the former Facebook executive and Social Capital founder said it is up to young people to finally fix the systemic racism and injustice that have sparked protests around the world.
A researcher at Waterloo Engineering has won $265,000 in federal backing to develop a palm-sized device capable of detecting COVID-19 infection within 30 minutes.
Carolyn Ren, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, will lead the one-year project by a team that includes professors Emmanuel Ho of the School of Pharmacy at Waterloo and Keith Fowke of the University of Manitoba.
Work by a Waterloo Engineering professor on the use of ultraviolet light to help disinfect and reuse personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic is advancing to testing.
Bill Anderson, a professor of chemical engineering, began working online with researchers in New Zealand to develop a proposed two-stage system to kill, or deactivate, the virus on used PPE.
A lecturer at Waterloo Engineering is featured in an international video lecture series created by a United Nations organization dedicated to building inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and communities.
Nadine Ibrahim, who holds the Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering at Waterloo, kicks off the sixth season of Global Urban Lectures presented by UN-Habitat as the first of 10 lecturers.
Ralph Haas, professor emeritus and a former chair of civil and environmental engineering, died last week at the age of 87.
His ground-breaking concepts and technologies resulted in better-performing road networks and recognition as 'the father of pavement asset management' throughout the engineering world.
From experience holding elected student office to volunteer roles in the community, Mariko Shimoda leaves with a lot more than an undergraduate degree as she officially graduates from Waterloo Engineering this week.
The mechanical engineering student found time during her academic career to rack up an impressive list of extracurricular accomplishments and land a full-time job at her last co-op employer.
A nanotechnology engineering doctoral student is a recipient of this year’s prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
Asif Abdullah Khan was awarded the scholarship for his research that focuses on developing next-generation sustainable power sources for designing self-powered micro/nanosystems for aerospace applications.