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Researchers at the University of Waterloo are joining a major effort to help make Canadian manufacturers more competitive through the use of computer modelling.

Led by Kaan Erkorkmaz, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, the Waterloo team is in line for $1.3 million in funding over five years to tackle complex issues in advanced manufacturing.

Following up on comments made by Donald Trump in a presidential campaign debate regarding the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA), both the New York Times and BNN reached out to Jim Bookbinder for his input on the consequences proposed.

Perseverance is paying off for a Waterloo Engineering alumnus with ambitions to make the game of hockey even faster than it already is.

Jeffrey Azzolin (BASc 2013, Mechanical) applied his education to develop a skate blade that speeds up players using a spring action to store and release energy as they stride.

Time was tight, but Team Pear made it under the wire as more than 200 first-year mechatronics engineering students got out of class to tackle hands-on problems recently.

Despite a math error that set them back two hours, members Eric Chee, Ken Jen Lee, Karan Bajaj and Mulan Ramani combined calculus, linear algebra, graphic design, computer programming and a little 3D modelling to make a plotter using a Lego controller.

Free apple cider certainly didn’t hurt, but there wasn’t much arm-twisting required today when Waterloo Engineering invited students to thank all the people who donate money to enhance their educations.

A steady stream of students took a few minutes out in the foyer of Carl Pollock Hall to write personal thank-you cards or pose with messages on white boards for photographs to be shared on social media.

A robotics company founded by four Waterloo Engineering alumni expects to almost double its workforce within 18 months after securing $30 million US in funding to pursue the market for self-driving vehicles in factories and warehouses.

Alfred Yu of electrical and computer engineering has been awarded this year's IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award for his contributions to ultrasound flow imaging and key discoveries in therapeutic ultrasound biophysics. The honour, awarded to researchers in the early stages of their careers, recognizes achievements in the area of ultrasonics and its applications.

Paul Chen, a chemical engineering doctoral candidate, has received the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship to validate and continue his research of next generation diagnostics for infectious diseas

A smart contact lens developed by University of Waterloo students for diabetics to monitor glucose levels is the only Canadian entry to make the shortlist in this year’s international James Dyson Award competition.

A company based in Vancouver is investing $3 million to help Waterloo Engineering professor Zhongwei Chen develop silicon-based batteries with the potential to have a huge impact on the global market.