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Two students at Waterloo Engineering have launched an online project to help their peers across campus share strong emotions and the stories behind them.

Queenie Wu and Leslie Xin, third-year students in the systems design engineering program, created a heat map called Waterworks to show places where students have cried as a tool for coping and connecting.

Waterloo Engineering researchers have found that single-use, medical-grade gloves may be safely reused up to 20 times when using certain disinfection methods.  

In a recent study of six viral disinfection treatments on two commonly used types of disposable gloves worn for personal protection throughout the pandemic, the researchers discovered that alcohol, UV and heat treatment could allow the reuse of gloves safely up to 20 cycles.

A professor at Waterloo Engineering has been named a fellow of an international organization that fosters leadership and collaboration among leading environmental researchers.

Nandita Basu, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and earth and environmental sciences, is one of 21 sustainability scientists selected from across North America for the 2021 cohort of the Earth Leadership Program (ELP).

Teams representing Waterloo Engineering made the top three in six of eight categories at the recent Ontario Engineering Competition, which was held online due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

The two Waterloo teams, the winners of campus competitions held in the spring and fall of last year, together collected two firsts, three seconds and a pair of thirds at the 42^nd annual event.

Undergraduate students competed in communications, programming, consulting, re-engineering, junior design, senior design, debates and innovative design over two days.

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have taken another step forward in their open-source COVID-19 project with the release of new datasets and an artificial intelligence (AI) model that was built using them.

Launched in March, the initiative involves the use of deep-learning AI software to screen for evidence of infection in chest x-rays and CT scans.

A wide-ranging conversation with celebrated Waterloo Engineering alumnus Chamath Palihapitiya and one of his early role models, technology entrepreneur Vinod Khosla, was a highlight at the recent Hack the North event.

Sponsored by Waterloo Engineering, the University of Waterloo and a long list of industry partners, the largest hackathon in Canada doubled to 3,000 participants after moving to a virtual format because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A senior environmental official with York Region is the 2021 Douglas Wright Engineer-in-Residence for the civil and environmental engineering department at the University of Waterloo.

Erin Mahoney is commissioner of environmental services for York, overseeing water and wastewater, waste management, forestry and other services for 1.2 million residents in the regional municipality north of Toronto.

An engineering grad's online story-sharing company is to be acquired by South Korean internet business Naver Corp. in an estimated $754-million CAD cash and stock deal later this year.  

Each year, Waterloo Engineering recognizes Faculty members for their outstanding contributions and unwavering dedication to education and research.

The recipients of the Faculty's four faculty and staff awards were recently announced by Mary Wells, dean of engineering, and celebrated virtually.   

Chamath Palihapitiya, the outspoken venture capitalist, former social media executive and Waterloo Engineering alumnus, has made an annual list of the 50 most influential Canadians published by Maclean’s magazine.

Palihapitiya, who graduated from the electrical engineering program in 1999 before making his fortune at Facebook and as a founder of Social Capital, holds down the 33^rd spot on the 2021 Maclean’s Power List.