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Waterloo-based e-commerce startup Perpetua is utilizing the power of co-op students to drive its global growth. 

Perpetua was co-founded by Waterloo Engineering alumnus Rosco Hill (BASc '03, electrical and computer engineering) and fellow University alumnus Joe Rideout (BMath '03). Since opening its doors in 2016, the company has grown from 40 employees to more than 200.

A new smart material developed by researchers at Waterloo Engineering is activated by both heat and electricity, making it the first ever to respond to two different stimuli.

The unique design paves the way for a wide variety of potential applications, including clothing that warms up while you walk from the car to the office in winter and vehicle bumpers that return to their original shape after a collision.

A student design team from the University of Waterloo took home one of the top prizes from an international competition to design and build highly energy-efficient homes.

Warrior Home, which is made up primarily of engineering undergraduate students, finished first in the engineering category, one of 10 categories at the Solar Decathlon Build Challenge sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Waterloo Engineering alumnus Dilan Badshah (BASc ’17, civil engineering) understands the benefits of co-operative education from his own experiences in the co-op program.

As a New York Alumni Chapter member, he is now passionate about building a Waterloo community for current students working in New York City. 

Two teams from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) tied for the top spot for a faculty-wide sustainability prize for projects displayed during the recent Capstone Design symposia.

The GreenStem Group, made up of graduating students from the architectural engineering program, and YESA Consulting, representing the environmental engineering program, shared the Sustainable Development Capstone Design Award.

On Saturday, April 15, the world lost Distinguished Professor Emeritus Raymond L. Legge, a former chemical engineering professor and an irreplaceable member of the Waterloo Engineering community. He was 68 years old.

For over 35 years, Legge’s exemplary scholarship, teaching and service record helped elevate the University of Waterloo’s reputation as one of the world’s preeminent engineering schools.

Mikaela Lewis, a mechanical and mechatronics engineering doctoral candidate, is among four recipients across campus honoured with the Amit & Meena Chakma Awards for Exceptional Teaching by a Student.

A teaching assistant for a third-year fluid mechanics course, Lewis is described as passionate and adaptable, ensuring her students can best understand the material she’s teaching. Her office hours are so popular that she hosts additional ones to meet her students’ needs.

Kitchener-based Miovision Technologies has bought Global Traffic Technologies (GTT) from the Raleigh, U.S.-based Vontier Corporation to evolve its road traffic solutions and expand its market share.

The acquisition was financed with an investment of $260 million made by three large Canadian technology investors – Maverix, Telus and Export Development Canada (EDC). This will establish Miovision as one of North America’s leading smart city equipment vendors.

A professor at Waterloo Engineering has been awarded more than $1 million in federal funds to lead a research project to develop quantum-enhanced sensors.

Dr. Na Young Kim, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, is principal investigator of the project.

Waterloo Engineering hosted its second annual Faculty Commencement Day on April 14 to celebrate significant academic milestones in the careers of faculty members.

Hosted by Dean Mary Wells in Engineering 7, the event recognized faculty members who have received tenure, been promoted to associate professor and full professor, and advanced from lecturer to continuing lecturer.