Carl Haas, chair of Waterloo’s civil and environmental engineering department, is the recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers' 2019 Computing in Civil Engineering Award.
A collaboration between Waterloo Engineering researchers and the national wheelchair curling team has produced a new piece of equipment that could improve the sport for players the world over.
Now in its seventh iteration, the 3D-printed device screws onto the end of a wheelchair curling stick to give players better control by enabling them to pull rocks back before going forward to throw them.
A third-year student at the School of Architecture will have her work showcased at an upcoming trade show in Toronto after taking first place in a province-wide design contest.
Padmini (Penny) Unni won $1,500 and other prizes in a competition sponsored by Formica Canada Inc., which makes commercial and residential surfacing products, to design its booth for the Architect@Work show April 3 and 4.
Waterloo Engineering faculty members have become new fellows of IEEE and the Engineering Institute of Canada.
Kerstin Dautenhahn, a cross-appointed professor of electrical and computer engineering and systems design engineering, was named an IEEE fellow for her contributions to social robotics and human-robot interaction.
Professor David Correa didn’t know quite what to expect when he launched a class for graduate students at the School of Architecture to explore the potential of a new 3D printer for clay.
Six months later, he couldn’t be happier with the one-of-a-kind projects they produced after being challenged to design and build small walls made out of bricks.
Researchers at Waterloo Engineering are developing a new virtual tool that could help planners choose the best places to install bikes lanes in cities.
The data-based tool builds on a field study that validated the safety benefits of bike lanes for cyclists and motorists.
Collected using sensors and a handlebar camera as researchers cycled hundreds of kilometres in Kitchener-Waterloo, the data showed bike lanes virtually eliminate vehicles getting too close to cyclists when they pass them.
It is with deep sadness that we acknowledge the death of Mohammad “Mishkat” Islam, a second-year electrical and computer engineering student at the University of Waterloo. Mohammad passed away in hospital last week.
The University’s thoughts and support are with Mohammad’s family at this difficult time.
Members of the campus community who are impacted by this news and feel they may need support are encouraged to contact any of the following resources:
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A company headed by a Waterloo Engineering alumna is getting a $1-million investment from a federal Crown corporation.
P&P Optica, whose president and CEO is systems design engineering graduate Olga Pawluczyk, will use the money from Export Development Canada (EDC) to fund its growth.
“The investment from EDC will help us both further develop our technology and expand into the U.S. and other markets as we work towards becoming a global company,” Pawluczyk said in a media release.
A new distribution system designed by Waterloo Engineering researchers would reduce electricity prices by more than five per cent while also improving service reliability.
The design involves the integration of the two kinds of electric current that power homes, industries and electric vehicles - alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC).
Top Waterloo teams at this year’s Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC) will compete against the best from across Canada on campus later this winter.
Waterloo Engineering students placed first and third in both the Innovative Design and Senior Design categories and second in the Junior Design category at OEC held at McMaster University earlier this month. The first and second place teams will move on to compete in the Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC) to be held March 1-3 in Engineering 7.