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Students at Waterloo Engineering had another strong showing at the recent Fall 2020 Concept $5K pitch competition.

Two of four teams that earned $5,000 prizes at the virtual event, which is staged three times a year, featured engineering members.

Ayush Bhargava, a first-year management engineering student, and Raymond Wu, a first-year biomedical engineering student, are members of ChangeRoom.

Young entrepreneurs who studied at Waterloo Engineering and launched companies to fill a void in the marketplace are part of Forbes 30 Under 30 for 2021.

The University community continues to share memories and acknowledge the impact of Pearl Sullivan at Waterloo in the wake of her passing two weeks ago. A champion for Waterloo and for Engineering, Pearl made an incredible impact on this institution, our people and partners during her service as a professor, department chair and dean as shown by the continued outpouring of support and tributes from her students, colleagues, and members of the community.

Two Canadian engineering deans wrote a powerful opinion piece for the CBC mourning the École Polytechnique's victims and reflecting on the trailblazing women in engineering since December 6, 1989.

Mary Wells, dean of Waterloo Engineering, and Suzanne Kresta, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, shared their thoughts on the tragic loss of engineering talent and the “engineering superheroes” who have worked towards the goal of equal representation in the profession.

Work by three researchers at Waterloo Engineering is featured in the latest issue of WaterResearch, a publication produced by the Water Institute at the University of Waterloo.

Alison Brooks has been honoured as 2020’s Architect of the Year by Dezeen, an influential architecture and design online magazine based in London, England.

Brooks, a 1988 Waterloo architecture alumnus, received the recognition from Dezeen’s international jury.

A student design team at the University of Waterloo recently earned a gold medal at an international competition involving synthetic biology.

REMINE was one of almost 250 teams from around the world competing at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) contest, which was held virtually due to the COVID-19 crisis.

It wasn’t until the December 6 killing of 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal that Mary Wells realized the significance of her gender in the profession.

“I consciously remember thinking that I was also a woman in engineering and could have easily been one of those women in the room,” says Wells, dean of Waterloo Engineering. “I was completely shocked and horrified by what had happened and it is etched in my mind forever.”

Pearl Sullivan, Waterloo's former dean of engineering and the first woman to hold the position, died on November 28 after a 12-year battle with cancer.

Passionate about supporting students, she was dedicated to ensuring they had a full understanding of engineering principles as well as the tools and facilities they needed to succeed.   

It is with great sadness that we share the news of Professor Igor Ivković's death on November 27.