Mechanical Engineering class of ’85 pays it forward to help first-year students
Find out how a close-knit group of mechanical engineering alumni is helping first-year students lighten the financial load.
Find out how a close-knit group of mechanical engineering alumni is helping first-year students lighten the financial load.
Ceragen was co-founded by Matthew Rose (BASc '21 mechanical and mechatronics engineering), the company's CTO, it develops microbes for soil to help with food production, aid with food security, and advance sustainable agriculture.
Congratulations to PhD candidate Bronwyn Forrest who has received the Dr. Guyléne Proulx OC Scholarship.
Dr. Sushanta Mitra, one of our professors in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, has been selected as a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) for his contributions to sensor technology for water quality monitoring and the deployment of sensors in communities and industries.
On June 26th, it was announced that four groups of students and two teams were winners of the Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Digital Manufacturing Challenge. Dr. Mihaela Vlasea, a professor of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, supervised the students in collaboration with PhD student Daniel Juhasz, who specifically advised the undergraduate team.
Three outstanding graduating students have won the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) Gold Medal. This award recognizes students who have achieved outstanding academic achievement. We were pleased to honour this award to Matthew Krmpotic on the undergraduate level, Kyra Wanuch on the master’s level, and Run Ze Gao on the doctoral level. Keep reading to find out what some of our newly-minted alumni had to say about their award win.
If you could live on the moon, would you? A group of Waterloo researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering has set out to help make that a reality by processing raw materials on the moon to power the area as a hub for manufacturing, construction, and human life.
Kitchener-Waterloo software startup IntelliCulture has certainly been putting the pedal to the metal over the last few years. They’ve been pushing their expansion to the United States after seeing much success in Canada.
Artemis Data, co-founded by William Shi (BASc ’23, mechatronics engineering), has raised 2 million in pre-seed funding to make data cleaning 50 times faster than traditional methods.
Professor Michael Worswick received the Market Development Industry Leadership Award from the American Iron and Steel Institute at their Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., for making significant contributions to the competitive use of advanced and ultra-high-strength steel in the automotive market.