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A company that began as a fourth-year design project by four students at Waterloo Engineering has gone on to become a significant player in the additive electronics industry.

Voltera was founded in 2013 after teammates Jesus Zozaya, Katarina Ilić, James Pickard and Alroy Almeida (all BASc '13, mechatronics engineering) spotted an opportunity to bring the rapid iteration of printed circuit boards to hardware development with a desktop device.

Waterloo Engineering researchers have designed smart technology to help industries navigate geopolitical uncertainty, inflation and supply chain issues.

Led by Dr. Luis Ricardez-Sandoval, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, the team has harnessed machine learning (ML) to improve industrial production scheduling. This ability to improve planning helps manufacturers withstand unpredictable market conditions more effectively.

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering are in line for a share of a major funding commitment announced today to help tackle destructive wildfires.

Natural Resources Canada is providing $45.7 million for 30 research projects across the country in areas including wildfire risk assessment, mitigation and adaptive forestry practices, and wildfire readiness in Indigenous communities.

Two Waterloo Engineering faculty members have been appointed to updated Val O’Donovan Chair positions that reflect the Faculty’s strategic focus on advancing artificial intelligence through ethical research, interdisciplinary collaboration and student engagement.

Starting September 1, Dr. Amir-Hossein Karimi will hold the O’Donovan Chair in Trustworthy AI, while Dr. Sirisha Rambhatla will hold the O’Donovan Chair in Efficient, Safe and Adaptive AI.

A company co-founded by a double graduate of Waterloo Engineering is helping scientists around the world make important discoveries faster.

Nicoya Lifesciences was launched in 2012 after Ryan Denomme (BASc ’10, nanotechnology engineering, MASc ’12, mechanical engineering) identified a need during his graduate work for tools to speed up research on human diseases and how to treat them.

Work by Waterloo Engineering researchers launched early in the COVID-19 pandemic tops a list of the most cited papers in a leading academic journal.

Results recently released by Google Scholar Metrics show a paper on the use of chest X-rays and artificial intelligence (AI) analysis to screen for COVID-19 has been cited over 3,700 times, more than any other paper published in Nature Scientific Reports from 2020 to 2024.

The Pearl Sullivan Engineering IDEAs Clinic hosted an Optics & Quantum Communications Workshop for students from across campus, supported by a group of University of Waterloo alumni who built their careers at Microsoft. 

The three-day event, delivered in partnership with Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and the Quantum-Nano Fabrication and Characterization Facility (QNFCF), introduced 70 Waterloo Engineering students to the emerging field of quantum telecommunications.

A national research network led by Waterloo faculty is advancing sustainable metal 3D printing through $10.9 million in new funding.

Two mechanical and mechatronics engineering professors, Dr. Ehsan Toyserkani and Dr. Mihaela Vlasea, will co-direct HI-AM 2.0, a large-scale initiative backed by NSERC, Mitacs and industry partners to accelerate industrial adoption of additive manufacturing and train future talent. Toyserkani and Vlasea are co-directors of Waterloo’s Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing Lab (MSAM).