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LoopX, a Waterloo Engineering startup company, founded by a mechatronics engineering doctoral candidate, Chao Yu, has recently received a $30K funding boost when it took top prize in the 5G Transportation Challenge. It is also the recipient of funding from the Engineer of the Future Fund at Waterloo Engineering. Within the next three months, LoopsX plans to demonstrate its 5G MEC-based hybrid driving system in the David Johnson Research + Technology Park. 

On July 14, at the Student Life Centre, Velocity Concept $5K pitch competition welcomed 9 aspiring student teams to each present a 3-minute pitch to judges. 

Award-winning teams, from left to right - The President Braids, OrientaMED, Symphonic, Tako

A picture of Eugene Li.

Congratulations to Eugene Li, who has recently been hired for the position of Design Engineer! This is the teaching-technical group manager position.

MME alumnus Martin Basiri  (MASc ’13, mechanical engineering) – co-founder of Kitchener-based education powerhouse ApplyBoard – has been recognized by professional services firm EY Canada as one of the top entrepreneurs in the province.

Basiri, who came to study at Waterloo from his native Iran and later helped his brothers, Meti and Massi, come to Canada for school as well, is one of seven Ontario winners of EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards for 2022.

Diabetes patients often suffer from neuropathy - a loss of sensation in the legs and feet that leads to the amputation of a limb.

On June 29, Canada's Innovation Corridor Summit took place to promote collaboration within the innovation region anchored by Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Hamilton where business leaders, government officials and researchers came together to discuss the challenges and opportunities that decarbonization will bring for the industry and research. 

Carolyn Ren, an MME professor, has recently received a grant for her Microfluidics Lab and Air Microfluidic Systems, which was co-founded by her PhD student, Run Ze Gao, and herself. 

Gordon Stubley is the 2022 recipient of a lifetime service award from the leading engineering and design education organization in Canada.'

Stubley, a retired mechanical engineering professor, Waterloo Engineering alumnus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, becomes the fifth engineering educator honoured with a Lifetime Service Award from the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA).

A grassroots fundraising and awareness initiative is underway on campus to support humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine.

Led by faculty, staff, and student volunteers, University for Ukraine (U4U) aims to bring together the University of Waterloo community to show solidarity and provide coordinated relief to war victims.

One digital flyer company with deep roots at Waterloo Engineering has joined forces with another in a deal announced this week.

Flipp, which was launched in 2007 by four friends and computer engineering graduates, acquired Kitchener-based reebee, which was founded by two mechatronics engineering graduates in 2012, for an undisclosed amount.