New initiatives for industrial and international partnerships are enabling Waterloo engineers to develop strategic research collaborations in areas such as wireless communications, the mobile internet, additive manufacturing, advanced robotics, biomedical engineering and sustainable energy.
The Engineering Research Office (ERO) proactively builds relationships with funding agencies, potential sponsors and other stakeholders, pairing the university’s leading engineering researchers with government and industry, to advance new technologies to improve the human condition.
Waterloo Engineering maintains research partnerships with close to 800 Canadian companies and 300 companies internationally, targeting strategic research partnerships with leading global universities.
Several
Senate-approved
research
centres,
including
the
Centre
for
Advanced
Trenchless
Technology,
the
Waterloo
Institute
for
Sustainable
Energy,
the
Waterloo
Centre
for
Automotive
Research
and
the
Waterloo
Institute
for
Nanotechnology
form
part
of
Waterloo
Engineering’s
commitment
to
research
excellence.
Areas of Concentration
![Advanced manufacturing banner](/engineering/sites/default/files/uploads/images/advanced_manufacturing_banner.png)
Controls and precision tooling, lightweight materials, structural crashworthiness, advanced materials.
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Digital design and fabrication technologies, environmental issues and new material economies, globalization, urbanization.
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![Biomedical engineering banner](/engineering/sites/default/files/uploads/images/biomedical_engineering_banner.png)
Bio-compatibility and in-vitro modelling, human movement, ergonomics, wearable technology.
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![Connectivity and Internet of Things banner](/engineering/sites/default/files/uploads/images/connectivity_and_internet_of_things.png)
Advancing IoT research to connect and exchange data.
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![Nanotechnology banner](/engineering/sites/default/files/uploads/images/nanotechnology_banner.jpg.png)
Nano-biosystems, nano-electronics, nano-instrumentation, nano-materials.
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![Operational artificial intelligence banner](/engineering/sites/default/files/uploads/images/operational_artificial_intelligence_banner.jpg)
Robotics and machine intelligence, machine learning.
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![Robotics banner](/engineering/sites/default/files/uploads/images/robotics_banner.jpg.png)
Human machine interaction, autonomous robotics, rahabilitation and assistive robotics, micro and nano robitics, and sensing and control.
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![Smart infrastructure banner](/engineering/sites/default/files/uploads/images/smart_infrastructure_banner.png)
Transporation networks, smart buildings, smart communities, and sensors and devices.
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Industry partnerships
Partnering with Waterloo Engineering can help companies be at the forefront of technology expertise and innovation.