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Dr. John Medley, an influential researcher and educator in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, passed away on October 16.

Medley joined the department in 1981 and contributed 35 years of service before retirement, educating generations of students and mentoring many young academics. He was also a proud Waterloo Engineering alumni and, as a student and teacher, played an important role in the rapid growth of the Faculty.

Murray Zink was an Instructional Support Coordinator at the University of Waterloo for over 15 years.

Now retired, he continues to be a driving force behind local repair culture and sustainability initiatives.

A Waterloo Engineering research team is using augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) to better understand — and maintain — the condition of Canada's critical infrastructure. 

Dr. Chul Min Yeum, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and his colleagues have developed a system called the Smart Infrastructure Metaverse that uses AR/VR to allow on-site and off-site inspectors to interact in real-time as they view the real structure and a 3D scanned replica model simultaneously.

This opinion piece by the University of Waterloo’s Dr. Mary Wells, dean of Engineering; Dr. Lai-Tze Fan, Canada Research Chair in Technology and Social Change; and Dr. Ashley Mehlenbacher, Canada Research Chair in Science, Health, and Technology Communication, appeared today in the Toronto Star.

 It’s been more than a month since U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris launched her bid for the presidency and already AI-generated disinformation is working to smear her name. She’s not alone.

Waterloo Engineering master’s student Nicholas Levinski is developing a wearable device that can enhance patients' specialized treatment plans to reduce swelling caused by lymphedema.

Lymphedema is diagnosed when lymph, a clear fluid that contains nutrients and is also a type of white blood cell called lymphocytes, is unable to flow normally and builds up in the soft tissues of an affected limb, causing painful swelling in patients' arms and legs.

Scribenote, an AI-powered veterinary scribe co-founded by Faculty of Engineering alumni Alina Pavel (BASc ’21, nanotechnology engineering) and Ryan Gallagher (BASc ‘21, nanotechnology engineering), has raised $8.2 million in seed funding.

The investment round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from Inovia Capital, the Velocity Fund, and angel investors.

Hack the North, Canada’s largest hackathon, took place in E7 of the Faculty of Engineering, attracting over 1,000 young innovators for 36 hours of creativity and collaboration. Participants worked on a wide range of tech projects, from software applications to hardware gadgets, while also building connections and a strong sense of community.

Co-op students from Waterloo’s Faculty of Engineering have been making important contributions to healthcare innovation at SickKids.

Dr. Eman Rezk, an NSERC Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a 2024 recipient of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Alice Wilson Award. This award is presented annually to three women of outstanding academic qualifications in the fields of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, or Science, recognizing excellence at the postdoctoral level.