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The host of the Rick Mercer Report made stops at Engineering 5 and a local test track for a light-hearted look at aerial drones and autonomous vehicles in a segment that aired on the CBC this week.

Mercer opened the six-minute piece by describing Waterloo as a “hotbed of high-tech innovation” and the University of Waterloo as the place “where the tech leaders of tomorrow come to plan not only their future, but ours as well.”

Professor Susan Tighe of Waterloo Engineering shared her expertise on potholes and other road-related subjects in a recent television interview on The Agenda with Steve Paikin on TVO.

A medical technology company founded by three Waterloo Engineering graduates has expanded the scope of its products with approval in the United States of a smart tool for hip replacements using a different technique.

Intellijoint Surgical Inc., which traces its roots to a mechatronics engineering Capstone Design project, recently announced clearance by the Food and Drug Administration of intellijoint HIP Anterior, a new application for technology already in use by surgeons.

Waterloo Engineering made the world’s top 100 in four of five subjects covered by the 2017 edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) university subject rankings released this week.

Architecture, chemical engineering, civil engineering and electrical engineering at Waterloo all ranked between 51 and 100 worldwide, with mechanical engineering cracking the top 150.

A student team that has developed a unique endoscope placed second in this year's Canadian Engineering Competition hosted by the University of Calgary in early March.

Michael Phillips and Phillip Cooper, both fourth-year mechanical engineering students, competed in the Innovative Design category.

A student startup backed by the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business at Waterloo Engineering has a shot at $1 million in seed funding after winning a prestigious competition for social entrepreneurs.

Team EPOCH topped a field of 61 entries from universities around the world at a recent regional event for the Hult Prize in London, England.

A family doctor who earned his undergraduate degree at Waterloo Engineering has moved on to another stage in the process to select Canada’s next astronauts.

Jesse Zroback made the grade as the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) recently whittled the number of candidates down from 72 to 32 after thousands of people from across the country initially applied for two jobs last year.

Hundreds of students at Waterloo Engineering will explore new ways to apply a voice-activated virtual assistant system under a program backed by Amazon.

Announced today, the Alexa Fund Fellowship provides support for instruction and supervision of student design projects in the exploding field of artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Nine researchers at Waterloo Engineering will receive a total of $630,000 from the federal government for the tools needed to further their work.

Announced today, the funding is part of $1.4 million awarded to 19 researchers in all faculties at the University of Waterloo.

A company launched by former Waterloo Engineering students has switched gears from self-driving shuttles to long-haul trucks.

Embark, which grew out of student startup Varden Labs, emerged from stealth mode last week after quietly working since the summer of 2016 to develop technology that allows trucks to go from one highway exit to another without intervention by a driver.