Plant-based material developed by Waterloo researchers absorbs like commercial plastics used in products like disposable diapers - but breaks down in months, not centuries
Here are the people and events behind some of this year’s most compelling Waterloo stories
A winter holiday message from President Vivek Goel
Waterloo researchers develop highly efficient AI training system that paves the way for cheaper, greener “intelligent partners”
The Waterloo community comes together to remember, reflect and respond to gender-based violence
They crashed before getting to the timing gates, but the WatSub team never gave up and earned a perseverance prize at the European International Submarine Race in England
Sriram Narasimhan and his research group are working to identify vulnerable water pipes before they burst
Jordan Grant is the recipient of the Waterloo Engineering’s co-op student of the year 2015 award for his Deloitte Tech Exchange competition
University of Waterloo teaching award winner tells his engineering co-op students that the best design problems are found, not made
Mechatronics professor Amir Khajepour thinks big
Math, biology and nanotechnology are becoming strange, yet effective bed-fellows in the fight against cancer treatment resistance
Wildfire and water supply is a significant global problem that will intensify with climate change, says Waterloo expert
As a boy, Waterloo engineer Richard Yim dreamed of inventing technology that would defuse landmines
A team of University of Waterloo School of Architecture professors and students built chilling replicas of Holocaust architecture
The ambitious plan was born during a conversation on a bus by Engineering students
The Hyperloop concept created by Team Waterloop includes of a few key technologies and physical principals to allow for a smooth, comfortable and safe flight.
Inspiring youth age 7-17 to see engineering as a fulfilling career that makes the world a better place.
