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More than 250 first-year Waterloo Engineering students went back to elementary school recently to help teach and inspire the next generation of professionals.

Armed with activity kits from their own mechanics course, the engineering students led lessons in forces and pressure for about 600 children in grades 7 and 8 at Laurelwood Public School and Centennial Public School, both in Waterloo.

Four mechanical engineering graduate students at Waterloo Engineering earned a week-long trip to Italy this month through an awards program focused on innovation in a range of manufacturing sectors.

The Italian Technology Awards welcomed more than 50 grad students and professors from 10 countries to Milan for events including workshops at post-secondary institutions and visits to leading technology and manufacturing companies.

Waterloo Engineering researchers have created a 3D scanner that has the potential to improve everything from surgical procedures to our understanding of landslides.

Companies founded by Waterloo Engineering graduates took the top three spots in the 2019 rankings of the fastest-growing technology startups in Canada by professional services firm Deloitte.

First spot on the list, based on a three-year growth rate, was ApplyBoard, a Kitchener-based company with a platform to help international students apply to high schools and post-secondary institutions in North America.

The impact of entrepreneurship and co-operative education programs – two of the core strengths at Waterloo Engineering - is highlighted in a comprehensive new report on the University of Waterloo.

Deloitte Canada found companies supported by entrepreneurship programs at the University generated over $2 billion in revenue in about decade, while co-op students helped the companies that hired them realize more than $500 million in net returns last year alone.

A fourth-year student at Waterloo Engineering has won a campus-wide award for her impact on the community through extensive volunteer work.

Mariko Shimoda, who is studying mechanical engineering, was named today as one of two winners of Community Leader awards through the President’s Community Impact Awards initiative. Two local organizations were also cited for University Champion awards.

John McPhee, a systems design engineering professor, was presented with this year’s Engineering Medal: Engineering Excellence from Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) at its annual gala held earlier this month in Mississauga.

McPhee was recognized for his innovative work into the modeling, simulation and design of dynamic physical systems

A graduate student at Waterloo Engineering topped more than 30 other presenters to take first place among young professionals at a recent conference in Japan.

Laurent Gerin, who is doing a master’s degree in civil engineering, came home with the hardware after presenting a paper at the 2019 International Aluminum Conference at the University of Tokyo.

Gerin, who also earned his undergraduate degree in civil engineering at Waterloo, focuses in his research on the use of aluminum in bridges and buildings.

A graduate of the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo is a finalist for a $250,000 prize recognizing the world’s leading young activist.

Nashin Mahtani (MArch ’15), director of a web-based platform based in Indonesia that develops methods and open source software for community-led co-management in disasters, is one of five nominees in the running for the 2019 Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award.

Teams with members from Waterloo Engineering claimed three of the four $5,000 prizes on the line today at the latest on-campus pitch competition for students with business ideas.

CodeGem, Ribbit and Scope were among nine finalists out to impress a panel of judges in three minutes as the Concept $5K Finals – formerly the Velocity Fund Finals – were staged at the Student Life Centre.