Hydro One has announced a new partnership with the University of Waterloo, Ryerson University, University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Western University to increase enrolment and career opportunities for female students pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
Micaala Seth captured gold at 2013 University/College Squash Championship held the first weekend of March at the University of Toronto.The fourth-year chemical engineering student earned first place in the Women's Open after beating her opponent 3-0 in the finals.
Overall, the Waterloo Warriors team brought home two gold medals, one silver medal, and a bronze medal. The silver medal was won by Cameron Seth, who is a Waterloo math student and Micaala's brother.
Business pitches by Waterloo Engineering students captured the top three awards at this year's University of Waterloo Nicol competition held at the Conrad Centre on February 26.
According to Wired magazine, wearable computers are the way of the future, and University of Waterloo alumni are leading the R&D race.
Co-founder of Thalmic Labs, Stephen Lake (BASc, mechatronics), discussed the launch of Myo, the startup’s gesture control armband in a recent article published in Wired, saying the device “will one day control computers, smartphones, gaming consoles, and remote-control devices with simple hand gestures.”
A Waterloo Engineering research project that will lead to lighter and stronger automotive components will receive substantial funding from Automotive Partnership Canada (APC). The project is one of five that will benefit from a total of $21.4 million in APC support that was announced February 22.
A research project that may significantly boost clean biofuel production in Canada is among three Waterloo Engineering initiatives to receive funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Jan Huissoon has been appointed chair of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, succeeding interim chair Fathy Ismail. The mechanical and mechatronics engineering professor's term runs from February 4 until December 31, 2016. In January, William Melek was appointed director of the mechatronics engineering program, replacing Sanjeev Bedi who served as director for six years. [announcement]
The New York Times calls the University of Waterloo "one of the world's best technology schools" and takes a look at the recent successful start-ups by Waterloo Engineering students and alumni.
"Increasingly, graduates are following the lead of Mike Lazaridis, who nearly 30 years ago helped found BlackBerry, and creating start-ups of their own like Pebble, the smartwatch company founded by a University of Waterloo grad, and BufferBox, a parcel delivery system recently acquired by Google," says the article run in the February 4th issue of the publication.
Robert Jan van Pelt, a Waterloo School of Architecture professor, was honoured as a finalist in the 2012 National Jewish Book Awards for editing At the Edge of the Abyss: A Concentration Camp Diary, 1943-1944", written by Dutch student David Koker during his imprisonment in the Vught concentration camp. van Pelt, a leading Holocaust expert, also wrote the book's introduction, with Michiel Horn and John Irons translating Koker's diary for its first English printing.