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Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Carolyn Ren named member of Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars

Four University of Waterloo engineering professors are named fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and members of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

Waterloo’s Feridun Hamdullahpur, Zhou Wang, Carolyn Ren and Alexander Wong are joining this prestigious national organization. The RSC recognizes remarkable contributions in the arts, humanities, and sciences, as well as Canadian public life.

Friday, September 7, 2018

Mechatronics students' project captures national Dyson award

A blog post, written by a visually impaired person about the challenges she faced trying to use the office’s new touch screen coffee maker, was the inspiration behind a recent Waterloo Engineering Capstone Design project. WatVision took home top honours in the national leg at this year’s James Dyson Award for its clever, yet simple engineering principles.

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Carolyn Ren receives recognition by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum

Thursday, July 5, 2018

MME students sink competition at AquaHacking semi-finals

From left to right: Rachel Tao, Oliver Witham, Robert Liang, Ivana Zurakowsky

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Masters student wins award at 14th annual injury biomechanics symposium

Khor wins Rod Herriott Best Poster Presentation Award

Fiona Khor, a M.S. student from the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo, was awarded the Rod Herriott Best Poster Presentation Award.

The Injury Biomechanics Symposium aims to stimulate and reward strong injury biomechanics research among students and recent graduates.

Friday, June 8, 2018

Bata partners with University of Waterloo to deliver innovation success

Bata partners with the University of Waterloo to deliver innovation success

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Visiting delegation of the National Academy of Education Administration

On May 29th, 2018, Waterloo Engineering hosted a delegation of Presidents and Vice Presidents from 21 Chinese Universities and Colleges. The group, led by government officials toured campus to learn more about the Tsinghua University – University of Waterloo Joint Research Centre for Micro-Nano Energy and Environment Technology (JCMEET).

Thursday, May 17, 2018

CBB Seed Funding winners announced

Monday, April 2, 2018

Waterloo partners with Tsinghua University on research collaboration centre

The University of Waterloo is partnering Tsinghua University in Beijing, China on a research collaboration centre that will advance science in the areas of nanotechnology, energy, and pollution control.

The centre—known as Tsinghua University – University of Waterloo Joint Research Centre for Micro/Nano Energy & Environment Technology—officially opened on March 29.

Friday, March 9, 2018

UW team make Canadian history with CAES power plant facility

A Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) in Salt Caverns power plant facility - the first in Canadian history - is soon to be built in the city of Goderich (Ontario).

The project, valued at $7.2 million, was due to the efforts of industry leaders NRStor and Hydrostor, partnering with the University of Waterloo.