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Waterloo Engineering made another strong showing in the 2025 world subject rankings released by global education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

In the broad category of engineering and technology, one of five used by QS to group 55 more specific subject areas, Waterloo maintained a top-50 showing by ranking 47^th in a field of more than 1,500 universities.

From groundbreaking technology to real-world solutions, Waterloo Engineering’s 2025 Capstone Design symposia will highlight the ingenuity of final-year students. Running from March 12 to 26 in Engineering 7 (E7), the annual event offers a glimpse into the future through student-led innovations.

More than 1,500 students from 12 programs will present over 350 meticulously designed projects. New this year, the i-Capstone symposium will close the event on March 26, uniting students from all six Faculties at Waterloo. This interdisciplinary initiative fosters collaboration and reinforces the university’s leadership in work-integrated learning.

A University of Waterloo research team is close to commercializing its health-tech breakthrough — a painless skin patch that continuously monitors blood glucose and ketone levels in patients with Type 1 diabetes.

Leading the research is Dr. Mahla Poudineh, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The patches are smaller than the size of a band-aid and send real-time results to patients’ smartphones or health-care providers. 

A professor at Waterloo Engineering credits the “magic” that can happen when researchers with different expertise team up for the discovery of a new way to test male fertility.

Dr. Sushanta Mitra, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, collaborated with Dr. Veronika Magdanz, a professor of systems design engineering, on the testing project.

For the second year in a row, Waterloo Engineering’s Department of Management Science and Engineering (MSE) has earned a spot among the finalists for a prestigious international award celebrating top-tier student preparation in operations research, management science, and analytics.

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) announced the finalists for the 2025 UPS George D. Smith Prize yesterday, naming the University of Waterloo as one of three recognized programs.

A Kitchener-based medtech company has developed an innovative system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect post-operative complications early, improving patient outcomes.

FluidAI was co-founded in 2014 by Waterloo Engineering alumni Youssef Helwa (BASc ’15, nanotechnology, MASc ’17) and Amr Abdelgaward (BASc ’16, nanotechnology, MBET ’17) and makes use of novel sensors and machine learning algorithms to monitor patient recovery after surgery.

Waterloo Engineering’s Dean Mary Wells joined a panel of engineering leaders to kick off National Engineering Month with a discussion celebrating the centennial of the Iron Ring tradition and the unveiling of a newly modernized Calling of an Engineer ceremony.

Hosted by Engineers Canada, yesterday's virtual event honoured the legacy of the Iron Ring’s obligation ceremony and explored recent updates made by the Corporation of the Seven Wardens to reflect a more inclusive and forward-thinking profession. 

Waterloo Engineering’s concrete toboggan team secured a podium finish at one of Canada’s most competitive student engineering challenges, placing third overall.

Competing at the 2025 Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR) in Montreal from January 22 to 26, Waterloo Engineering’s 26-member team excelled in multiple categories—earning first place in sustainability, second-place in theoretical design and technical report, and third-place in steering design, concrete reinforcement design and ski geometry design.

The University of Waterloo has appointed an alum from the Faculty of Engineering as interim vice-president, academic and provost effective July 1, 2025.

Dr. Thomas Duever earned his bachelor, masters and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering from Waterloo. After three years as a research engineer in the pulp and paper industry, he returned to the University as a faculty member for 24 years.

A University of Waterloo co-op student played a pivotal role in advancing sustainable building practices at a local consulting and engineering firm that specializes in building science.

Recent Waterloo Engineering alum Nicholas Sterner (BASc ’24, architectural engineering) completed three co-op work terms at RDH Building Science Inc. Sterner made significant contributions to projects aimed at enhancing energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reaffirming the value of co-op for students and employers.