The Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering recently unveiled its first welding lab, making it a first for the University of Waterloo.
Students in the Waterloo Rocketry student design team are continually innovating to break records with their liquid rocket.
100 high school students across Canada are awarded scholarships that recognize strong potential in entrepreneurship, engineering, science, and technology. Each scholarship ranges between $100,000 and $120,000 to help students pursue their academic goals. This year, one of our own first-year students in MME is being recognized.
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.
Researchers in MME have developed a device that generates enough energy to power a calculator, using a versatile food—walnuts.
A palm-sized device created by researchers within our department detects E. coli in water supplies to reduce illness and save lives.
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.
Joseph Nonso Orakwe, a PhD candidate in MME, was the winner of the 2024/2025 ASME K-16 Committee on Heat Transfer in Electronic Equipment and EPS - IEEE Electronics Packaging Society Student Cold Plate Design Competition, along with a student at the University of Alberta, and their supervisors, which included Dr. Ehsan Toyserkani within the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering and director of the Multi-Scale Manufacturing (MSAM) Lab.
Ahmed Shahin, a PhD student in mechanical and mechatronics engineering, has received the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship—one of the top graduate scholarships in the country. The award is presented to exceptional graduate students. It is valued at $50,000 per year for up to three years, supporting doctoral students who demonstrate strong research potential, leadership, and academic excellence.
Maryam Soleimani, a senior PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, has received three prestigious awards over the last few years: two CWB Foundation Graduate Scholarships and the Nanofellowship Award.