The University of Waterloo’s Board of Governors has approved the construction of a new $88-million Engineering 7 (E7) building.
The 230,000-square-foot, seven-storey building will house Waterloo Engineering’s ongoing transformation of how it delivers education to students.
A Globe and Mail article entitled Why tech giants are investing in STEM programs for students highlights Waterloo Engineering's outreach initiatives, including a weekly after-school program to build and program 
computerized Lego robots.
Adel Sedra, dean of Waterloo Engineering from 2003 to 2012, has a new title to add to his name – distinguished professor emeritus.
The recipients of this year’s Engineering Faculty and Staff Awards were announced October 24 by Pearl Sullivan, dean of engineering.
The Faculty’s Teaching Excellence Award recognizes outstanding teaching and commitment to the enrichment of Waterloo Engineering education. This year's recipients are Kyle Daun of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, David Nairn of electrical and computer engineering, and Luis Ricardez-Sandoval of chemical engineering.
Electrical engineering graduate students Alireza Parsafar, Abdallah El-Falou and Chris Scott were honoured with the 2014 CAD Teledyne DALSA Componentware award at the CMC Texpo conference held in Quebec.
From the front page of the Waterloo Region Record -- October 20
In the future, Emily Loberto feels sure that there will be flying cars, even if she has to invent them herself.
She wants there to be a cure for cancer. If there isn't one by the time she's older, she wants to help find it.
"I think I want to invent things to help the future," said Loberto, 12, of Cambridge.
Two Waterloo Engineering inventions are the only Canadian entries to make the final round of the James Dyson Award to be announced next month.
Engineering research received a boost with three professors awarded Canada Research Chair appointments on October 16.
Drew Higgins, a chemical engineering doctoral candidate, has been awarded the grand prize in the 2014 Dr. Bernard S. Baker Student Researcher Award for Fuel Cell Research. The purpose of the award is to encourage and recognize exceptional student research relating to fuel cell technologies.
