Imagine being able to clean your driveway and charge your cell phone at the same time – using the same piece of equipment.
The University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Engineering, Canada’s largest engineering school and a leader in green energy research, will launch a graduate diploma in green energy to provide professional development for working engineers through real-time online learning.
Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo is the program of choice for students seeking an interdisciplinary education that is highly integrated and focused. The program was introduced in 2003 with an initial cohort of 120 students. Beginning in Fall 2014, the program will accept an additional 45 students for a total of 165.
Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTC) program announces the establishment of new Department of Energy faculty fellowship that is applicable only to EcoCAR 2 lead faculty advisors.
Dr. Roydon Fraser will be awarded the DOE Applied Automotive Engineering Fellowship this academic year in recognition of his contributions to the AVTC Applied Automotive Engineering Curriculum Project (AAECP). This fellowship includes a $10,000 gift that the advisor may use toward the university’s AVTC program.
DR. GERALD E. SCHNEIDER WINS AIAA 2013 THERMOPHYSICS AWARD
Honored for a Variety of Accomplishments in the Field of Heat Transfer
Reducing weight and fuel consumption while ensuring safety in mid-size cars is one of three initiatives led by University of Waterloo researchers that received major government funding today.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced that the Automotive Partnership Canada program will provide $4.9 million in support of three projects being driven by Waterloo Engineering researchers who are part of WatCAR, the University of Waterloo’s Centre for Automotive Research.
Robotic Surturing
Using a speed-dating format, mechanical and mechatronics fourth-year students will present their design projects to Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) students on September 23. MBET students will then invest their talents in selected projects by developing technology depl
John McPhee, a systems design engineering professor, and Willem Petersen, a systems design engineering postdoc, captured one of two best paper awards at the recent ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) International Conference on Advanced Vehicle Technologies held in Portland Oregon.
Two University of Waterloo alumni have been awarded