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The Art of Engineering and Architecture research photo contest 2025 had a wide range of beautiful entries all of which truly represented the heart of the contest, showcasing the beauty of their fields. Second-place, with a prize of $500, was taken by Mikhail Malmyguine, a graduate student in mechanical and mechatronics engineering.

Each year, Clarivate publishes its Highly Cited Researchers™ 2025 list, which ranks the world’s top researchers and scientists in the top 1%. This is done by the number of citations researchers have in any given year.    

Dr. Ehsan Toyserkani has recently received the Award of Excellence in Education by the ASTM Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence (AM CoE) at their ICAM 2025 conference.

Four professors in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering have received national support for their research through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF).  

An MME professor recently lent their expertise to an article in the Globe and Mail on exoskeleton companies looking to break into the mainstream market.  

Students in the Waterloo Rocketry student design team are continually innovating to break records with their liquid rocket.   

The Royal Society of Canada has named its newest fellows, and a professor from MME is joining the ranks.  

A palm-sized device created by researchers within our department detects E. coli in water supplies to reduce illness and save lives.

Sometimes, complex physics hides within mundane fixtures of daily life – like a bathroom. Researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering are applying groundbreaking physics to tackle an annoying problem: urinal splashback. They recently published their work developing new urinal designs in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Nexus  (with a few fun puns in the process). The research also collaborated with a team at Weber State University in Utah. Their new technology will allow users to void without voiding their pants.  

Co-led by professors Dr. Beth Weckman and Dr. Vinny Gupta, the University of Waterloo Fire Research Facility (UWFRF) is dedicated to fire research and education on safety. The team has been examining how wildfires are evolving and identifying new measures that need to be taken to combat these fires and protect communities.