A researcher at the University of Waterloo examines some of the latest groundbreaking technologies as an investigative scientist for the second season of Stephen Hawking's Brave New World, premiering on Discovery World this Friday.
Reflecting on his career, Rick Haldenby says his proudest accomplishments as a Waterloo School of Architecture faculty member were the launching of the school’s Rome program and the establishing of its Cambridge campus, both which happened on exactly the same date – 25 years apart.
Excerpt of article published October 31, 2013, Written by Caroline Winter
Waterloo Engineering expressed its gratitude to Magna International for the company's ongoing support of the Faculty by naming Engineering 5’s computer commons the Magna International Computer Commons.
Recent civil engineering graduate Aleks Kivi received the best paper award for 2013 at the Transportation Association of Canada Conference. Kivi wrote the paper when he was an MASc student. His master's supervisor was Susan Tighe, a civil and environmental engineering professor.
The University of Waterloo has been named Canada’s top university for innovation for the 22nd consecutive year by Maclean’s magazine.
The Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) and the Norman W. McLeod Chair recently hosted the third annual graduate student poster symposium in the E5 Student Design Centre. Industry members, faculty, staff and students attended the event that featured 19 student participants who prepared posters on their current research projects. Work completed by graduate students Marcelo Gonzalez, Xiomara Sanchez and Andrew Northmore was recognized at the event.
Making sure people are safe at a railway crossing involves considering everything from the condition of the road and railway, to accident history and speed of the traffic and trains.
On October 26, 503 Waterloo Engineering students received their degrees at the university's fall convocation.
Jeffrey Luc Glaister of systems design engineering was awarded with the Alumni Gold Medal for outstanding academic performance in a master’s program. Andrea Gail Murphy of the School of Architecture received the Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student. And Xiaohui Liang of electrical and computer engineering received the Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies award at the doctoral level.
Two Waterloo Engineering grads have won prestigious EY Ontario Entrepreneur Of the Year awards for their individual contributions and spirit of entrepreneurship. Both entrepreneurs, John Baker and Matt Rendall, received their well-deserved awards at the Ernst & Young Awards Gala in Toronto on October 24, 2013.