New system revs up efficiency of internal combustion engines
A decade of research at Waterloo Engineering has yielded promising new technology to boost the efficiency of internal combustion engines.

A decade of research at Waterloo Engineering has yielded promising new technology to boost the efficiency of internal combustion engines.

Capstone Design awards are the culmination of the undergraduate student experience, creating a blueprint for innovation in engineering design. At Waterloo Engineering we celebrate with the Capstone Design Symposia spanning two weeks in March.
A new institute, the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute, will focus on fostering campus-wide research into artificial intelligence (AI) and provide a portal for organizations to access the University of Waterloo’s extensive expertise in the rapidly growing field.

Curiosity on a summer drive through local farm country helped inspire an idea that could change the way homes are heated and industries are powered.




Zoya Leonenko
Professor, Faculty of Science
> Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN)
A lack of understanding of Alzheimer’s disease at the molecular level is one of the biggest obstacles to finding a cure, says a Waterloo researcher.

Cecylia Bocovich (MMath ’14)
PhD Student, Faculty of Mathematics
> David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
> Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research
The information age is making the world much smaller for most of us.

Mei Lin Chen
MASc Candidate, Faculty of Engineering
> Member, Bionics Lab, Department of Systems Design Engineering
> Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
A Waterloo research team is developing technology that will one day predict what you want to do – before you do it – by reading your brain signals without invasive surgery.

Mikal Skuterud
Professor, Faculty of Arts
Mikal Skuterud is the first to admit his research results—although influential—might not win him any popularity contests in Canada.