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Celebrating independent invention, Popular Science recently named the top 10 innovations for 2015 with the Popular Science Invention Awards. Among this years' extraordinary gadgets is the V-One custom circuit board printer created by mechatronics and nanotechnology engineering alumni at Voltera Inc. 

For nearly 60 years, innovation has been a hallmark of Waterloo Engineering. By delivering education in a unique way, we transformed how engineers learn, preparing them to tackle the truly difficult problems.

Making shared accommodation spaces more private and secure is the goal behind winning Capstone Design project, Boogaloo Bunks. The team, comprised of students from mechanical, mechatronics and systems design engineering, designed a solution that transforms hostel beds into private and secure personal pods.

Zhongwei Chen, a chemical engineering professor, and Lukasz Golab, a management sciences professor cross-appointed to mathematics, have been named new Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs.

Solder Otter, a safe, easy-to-use soldering iron with built-in fume extraction, was one of six major winners at the second annual Norman Esch Capstone Design Awards competition for engineering students held today at the University of Waterloo.

The Solder Otter (top) with built in exhaust system compared to a traditional soldering iron.

Engineering startups were front and centre at the 2015 winter Velocity Fund Finals capturing the attention of the judges along with top awards.

Two graduate students will represent the Faculty of Engineering on April 2, 2015 at the University of Waterloo's 3rd annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Competitors have 1 static slide and 3 minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research to a non-specialist audience.

Research by graduate student Kim Van Meter and professor Nandita Basu shows wetland loss follows a strong pattern, with smaller, isolated wetlands being lost in much greater numbers than larger wetlands.