An engineering research project to deliver clean potable water to the developing world received $112,000 in funding last month through the federal government's Grand Challenges Canada.
Mohamed Kamel, an electrical and computer engineering professor, has 
been selected as the 2015 recipient of the IEEE Canada A.G.L. McNaughton Gold Medal.
Kyle Daun, a mechanical and mechatronics faculty member and member of the Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology, has been 
awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship to support his upcoming sabbatical.
Teaching Excellence Award introduced to promote and reward faculty or staff's outstanding contributions toward undergraduate learning.
The Southern Rockies Watershed Project co-led by Monica Emelko, a civil and environmental engineering professor, was awarded the 2014 Council of the Federation Excellence in Water Stewardship Award for the province of Alberta.
EyeCheck, a startup that brings eye exams to impoverished and remote communities, was the big winner at the fall Velocity Fund Finals (VFF). The team is one of four Waterloo-based startups to win a $25,000 grant from Velocity, an entrepreneurship program at the University of Waterloo. EyeCheck also won an additional $10,000 as the competition’s top hardware startup.
Exceptional students and alumni were honoured at the 2014 Waterloo Engineering Awards Dinner held November 25.
Raafat Mansour, an electrical and computer engineering professor, was honoured with an engineering medal for research and development by the 
Ontario Society of Professional Engineers at its annual awards gala held November 22.
Salam Gabran, a post-doctoral fellow with the Centre for Integrated RF Engineering, has been chosen to participate in the Ontario Brain Institute's Entrepreneurs program.