A company based in Vancouver is investing $3 million to help Waterloo Engineering professor Zhongwei Chen develop silicon-based batteries with the potential to have a huge impact on the global market.
Each year, the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies (CAGS) honours the single most outstanding doctoral dissertation in engineering, medical science or natural science from across the country. This year, it was Drew Higgins.
Extracurricular activities and academics were both important stepping stones for two young women starting Waterloo Engineering programs this fall with $12,000 awards to help them leave gender stereotypes behind.
Thalmic Labs, a company founded by three Waterloo Engineering graduates, announced a series B raise of US $120 million today.
Leading the future of human-computer interaction with its Myo gesture control armband, the company has plans to further build out its workforce in Kitchener-Waterloo and San Francisco, and accelerate development of new technologies and products.
The investment was led by Intel Capital, the Amazon Alexa Fund and Fidelity Investments Canada.
From lessons learned while on academic probation to his view of Waterloo Engineering as one of the top schools on the planet, celebrated alumnus and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya shared his humour, honesty and insight during a free-wheeling discussion on campus today.
A team led by Philip Beesley presented Epiphyte Chamber at an exhibition in Seoul.
An experimental research team led by an architecture professor at the University of Waterloo has been awarded close to $2.5 million in federal funding to pursue a vision of living, breathing buildings.
Two researchers at Waterloo Engineering have been recognized by a prestigious national organization for emerging scientific leaders.
Zhongwei Chen and John Tze Wei Yeow were named today to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada.
Medella members, winners of a national startup award, pose for a team picture.
A student startup with strong ties to Waterloo Engineering has taken first prize in Canada in the annual James Dyson Award competition for its work on smart contact lenses to monitor glucose levels for people with diabetes.
John McPhee, Jamie Clark, Nasser Azad, Daiene Vernile, Pierre Normand, Pearl Sullivan and Brian May officially open the GAIA Research Facility.
A state-of-the-art automotive research and testing facility that was five years in the making officially opened at the University of Waterloo today with a twist on the old ship-christening tradition.
With more and more robots headed for the commercial world, a Waterloo Engineering researcher hopes to speed their arrival by developing cheaper, general-purpose control systems.
At the moment, the high cost of customized robotics applications in workplaces such as warehouses and manufacturing plants largely limits them to huge companies with plenty of money to invest.
