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Two professors at Waterloo Engineering will be the recipients at convocation ceremonies this spring of awards for exceptional teaching.

Sanjeev Bedi, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, and Dan Davison, an electrical and computer engineering professor, will each be honoured with a Distinguished Teaching Award. The prestigious awards come with $1,500 to pursue teaching excellence.

An endoscope for arteries and a wearable oxygen device are the goals of two Waterloo Engineering student teams that have won $50,000 each to turn their fourth-year design projects into business startups.

"To keep our economic engine running in the face of this imminent shortfall, Canadian industry needs the specialized knowledge and skills of a new kind of engineer — those with advanced degrees." This is the key focus of an editorial published in Policy Options on March 15.

Engineering projects that push the boundaries of innovation will be on display at the annual Capstone Design symposium, beginning this week at the University of Waterloo.

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.