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Albert Jiang, a recipient of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for his research into climate change adaption, will continue his work at the University of Waterloo cross-appointed to the faculties of Engineering and Environment. 

Jiang will work alongside Dr. Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam, a professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering and Dr. Simron Singh, a research chair and professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED).

An international research team’s data analysis model could help California’s strawberry farmers prepare their harvests for adverse conditions caused by warming temperatures. 

The team included postdoctoral fellow Dr. Poornima Unnikrishnan and professor Dr. Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam from the University of Waterloo's Department of Systems Design Engineering and Dr. Fakhri Karray from the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi. Their research presents implications for the availability and cost of produce imported from California to Canada.   

A Waterloo Engineering team from the Vision and Image Processing (VIP) Lab is working with the Inuit-driven Arctic Eider Society (AES) to use deep learning to detect hazardous ice areas.  

Led by Neil Brubacher (BASc ‘21 and MASc ‘24, systems design engineering), the team partnered with AES to add data about ice conditions to an app used by locals in Nunavut.  

Kitchener-based biotech startup Ceragen has secured US$2 million in seed funding to expand operations and develop its technology in additional countries.  

Waterloo Engineering alum Matthew Rose (BASc '21, mechanical and mechatronics engineering) and Danielle Rose co-founded the company in 2021. The startup employs microbiology to aid food production and advance sustainable agriculture and food security. 

Dr. Jennifer Howcroft received the Ron Britton Engineering Education Vanguard Award at the 2024 Conference of the Canadian Engineering Education Association – Association Canadienne de l’éducation en génie (CEEA-ACÉG).

The award is given annually to a person who, early in their career, has committed to the development of engineering education in Canada through practice and research, and contributed to the field in a way that demonstrates their commitment to innovation, change and improvement in engineering education.

A forensic investigation done in 1945 by the British Army concluded that between 340 and 389 people died on Alderney, an English Channel Island, during the Second World War.

Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt, a professor at Waterloo Engineering's School of Architecture, helped review the evidence to determine the most accurate death count possible. The findings, while higher than the original, put to bed conspiracy theories claiming the true death toll was in the thousands.

Three teams of Waterloo Architecture undergraduate students presented papers at the 2024 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture conference.

The students were the only undergraduates to have papers accepted at the conference, and they received recognition for engaging in research at this early stage of their academic journey.

Waterloo Engineering researchers have paired inexpensive wireless communication antennas with artificial intelligence (AI) to improve how doctors can detect bone fractures.

Led by Dr. Omar Ramahi, an electrical and computer engineering professor, the team has created a new system to detect bone fractures that is fast, accurate and safe.

Dr. Sushanta Mitra, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering and Executive Director of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, has been announced as Fellow of The Electrochemical Society (ECS) for his exceptional contributions in sensor technology for water quality monitoring and deployment of sensors in communities and industries.

Fellows are selected for demonstrating advanced individual technological contributions in electrochemical and solid state science and technology, as well as active membership and involvement in the society.

Dr. David Clausi, a professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering and Associate Dean - Research and External Partnerships for the Faculty of Engineering, has been appointed as a University Research Chair.

The award recognizes researchers who have a distinguished record of accomplishments and a continued outstanding trajectory of excellence in research and scholarship, as well as research leadership.