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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.

Three graduating students at Waterloo Engineering are out to protect the environment and help farmers increase profits with technology to optimize the use of pesticides on crops.

Jack Paduchowski, Brandon Chan and Kurtis Eisler, classmates in the mechatronics engineering program, launched Maesos Technologies in 2020 to collect predictive weather and fungal spore data for wine grape farmers in the Niagara Region with custom sensors.

Over the past week, our campus community came together to mark some significant milestones in the lives of our alumni and graduating students. More than 7,000 degrees, diplomas and certificates were awarded during 16 convocation ceremonies and 4 celebrations. Never before have we celebrated convocations for three classes – from 2020, 2021 and 2022 – in one week. Perhaps most significant was the opportunity to once again connect in person with our friends and colleagues.

Cooks throughout Asia put moist bamboo chopsticks into oil in a frying pan, watching the bubbles that form and listening to the sizzling sound they make as they burst to gauge the perfect cooking temperature.