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An incoming student at Waterloo Engineering will start his studies this fall with $70,000 in backing from a national, four-year scholarship.

Chinemerem Chigbo of Winnipeg is one of 20 cross-country recipients of 2020 TD Scholarships for Community Leadership in recognition of outstanding contributions to change in their communities.

A professor at Waterloo Engineering has been named the executive director of a campus-wide centre dedicated to advancing bioengineering and biotechnology research and innovation through industry collaborations and partnerships.

Karim S. Karim, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, was appointed to head the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology (CBB) for a five-year term.

A robotics company founded by four Waterloo Engineering graduates announced this week that it has secured US $29 million in funding to accelerate its worldwide growth.

Otto Motors, the industrial division of Clearpath Robotics, has now raised US $83 million in backing since its launch in 2015.

A professor at Waterloo Engineering has released a book to help international students improve their formal academic writing in English.

Zhongchao Tan, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, took advantage of time at home during the coronavirus pandemic and drew on his personal experiences as a Chinese-Canadian to write the guide for international engineering students, as well as university faculty members who supervise them.

As economies begin to reopen, Waterloo Engineering researchers are developing technology that will notify users and public health when individuals come in close contact with someone confirmed or suspected to have COVID-19.

Patricia Nieva and William Melek, both Waterloo mechanical and mechatronics engineering professors, and their students are developing contact tracing software for an app called TraceSCAN.

A group of Waterloo Engineering students have contributed to the COVID-19 cause by helping to develop an online dashboard to track and synthesize the results of antibody studies from around the world.

The five students - Nathan Duarte, Jordan Van Wyk, Austin Atmaja, Simona Rocco and Abel Joseph - teamed up with Canadians at universities in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, plus a federal task force of experts, to pull off the ambitious project.

Waterloo Engineering lecturer Nadine Ibrahim posed a compelling question in a recent opinion piece: can we use lessons learned during the COVID-19 crisis to also set our resolve to tackle climate change?

Ibrahim, who holds the Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering, argues that the structural and behavioural changes forced by the global pandemic could pave the way towards a truly sustainable - and still prosperous - way of life.

A glowing editorial published today in The Waterloo Region Record highlights the far-reaching mark made by Douglas Wright, the founding dean of Waterloo Engineering.

Wright, who died last week at the age of 92, went on to serve as the third president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo as it grew into a world-class institution of higher learning and research.

The editorial argues Waterloo Region would be a far different, far poorer place, had it not been for Wright's vision and determination to help bring academia and industry together.

Tarek Hegazi, a civil and environmental engineering professor, has won an award from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) for a paper published in the CSCE journal.

Hegazi is receiving this year's CSCE Stephen G. Revay Award for his work entitled Multi-dimensional optimization model for schedule fast-tracking without over-stressing construction workers.

Douglas Wright, the founding dean of Waterloo Engineering and the third president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo, has died at the age of 92.

Wright, who played a major role in the development of both the Faculty and the University, passed away at home Thursday while surrounded by his family.