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Waterloo Engineering researchers teamed up with an artificial intelligence (AI) startup company this week on an ambitious project to improve COVID-19 screening.

The research team publicly released AI software that can better detect infections from chest x-rays and is now inviting experts from around the world to help make it better.

Mary Wells will rejoin Waterloo Engineering as the Faculty's next dean.

Wells, an accomplished materials engineer, is known for her strategic leadership in building collaborative and strong relationships within a university setting and for her work in attracting, engaging and retaining women in the engineering industry.

Wells currently serves as University of Guelph’s Dean of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, a position she has held since 2017.

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have developed powerful new technology to quickly and accurately diagnose all kinds of cancer.

The system uses artificial intelligence (AI) to tap collected human wisdom by searching a database of confirmed cases of cancer for similar digital images of tissue samples in suspected cases.

To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, a video was created featuring some of the remarkable Waterloo Engineering women who are changing the world through their innovation and determination to break barriers.

You belong here is the theme of the piece that highlights the incredible life-enhancing work women students and faculty members are advancing right across the Faculty.   

Waterloo Engineering undergraduate students captured three major awards at this year’s Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC) held this month at the University of Manitoba.

Teams won first and third place in the Innovative Design category and first in the Programming challenge.

Nanotechnology and 3D printing came together in the development of a tough, flexible sensor for wearable devices.

Created by researchers at Waterloo Engineering, the new technology combines silicone rubber and ultra-thin layers of graphene in a material that generates electrical signals when it is bent or moved.

Waterloo Engineering cracked the top 50 in the broad category of engineering and technology in worldwide university rankings released today by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) for 2020.

The faculty also notched four top-100 results in individual engineering subjects in the annual rankings, which examined more than 13,000 programs at 1,368 universities.

A graduate of Waterloo Engineering was among the big winners when Velocity held its winter pitch contest for early stage startup companies this week.

Rohit Rajan (BASc ’12, mechatronics engineering) and partner Omkar Deshmukh, the founders of Dolphyn, claimed one of four $50,000 investments up for grabs at the Velocity Fund Pitch Competition at Catalyst137 in Kitchener.

Harmless microwaves and artificial intelligence (AI) software are used in a new system developed by Waterloo Engineering researchers to enable routine, inexpensive screening for breast cancer.

The technology promises benefits including earlier detection of tumors, no radiation exposure and enormous health-care savings.

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have used sophisticated text-mining technology to back up age-old advice on the importance of taking care of yourself.

Their analysis of 700,000 online journal entries with an artificial intelligence (AI) computer model found a strong association between feeling good and getting enough sleep, eating well and exercising.