A mechatronics student has earned a national fellowship that supports global leadership and entrepreneurship called the Cansbridge Fellowship.
Dr. Michael Benoit is an assistant professor within the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering and is one of the 2026 honourees named in the list curated by the Financial Post.
Three incoming mechanical and mechatronics undergraduate students have been awarded Schulich Leader Scholarships as they begin their degrees, supporting exceptional talent.
Jeremy Wang (PhD '23, mechanical and mechatronics engineering) realized that Northern Communities lack access to commercial airlines and airports due to limited infrastructure, so he set out to co-found Ribbit—a pilotless fixed-wing aircraft company.
Gupta received the Silver Combustion Medal from The Combustion Institute for research showing that chemically enhanced water mist is more effective than water alone at suppressing large fires.
Matthew Gordon (BASc '26, mechanical engineering) has made The Logic's annual list, which highlights the top innovators among graduating students across Canada.
At the annual Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers (CSME) conference, a capstone project team received national recognition for developing a robot that helps train professional volleyball players and teams. The robot delivers repeatable, game-like sets, allowing athletes to practice without relying on another player to assist with training.
Ryan Gariepy (BASc '09, mechatronics engineering, MASc '12, mechanical engineering*) and his co-founders, who are also all mechatronics alumni, established Clearpath Robotics in 2009 at a time when the robotics industry in Canada was still finding its footing, and it wasn't common to see Canadian startups taking technology that involved physical robots from the lab to the global market. Now that's changed, and Gariepy is happy to see it.
A newly minted mechanical engineering alum has received three awards for his academic excellence.
University of Waterloo Alternative Fuels Team (UWAFT), a mechanical and mechatronics-focused team, has been selected from among 20 universities across North America and is one of two Canadian universities to compete in the EcoCAR Innovation Challenge on the Stellantis track.