Awards, Honours and Rankings

As a young girl, Pampa Dey lived with her parents and two siblings in a small one-room house in the remote village of Ranibandh, India where a kerosene lamp was often the only source of light. Starting at the tender age of 10, she worked as a part-time cashier in her father’s small sweet shop to help support her family.

Alex Cattran was up for anything when 17 student teams gathered Saturday to race against each other - and test themselves in the process - in electric cars they had spent months designing and building.

Over 700 students from across the globe participated in this year’s Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Student Design Awards, the world’s longest running student design competition. Now in its 94^th year, the awards encourage students to respond to complex design challenges in the name of social good.

Bottom row (from the left): Kirsty Duncan, Slim Boumaiza, John Ilowski, Julie Payette, Denis Jacques, Mario Pinto; Top row: Other award winners and industry partners. Photo credits: MCpl Vincent Carbonneau, Rideau Hall © OSGG, 2018

Since his first day in September 1968, it’s estimated that Professor and Distinguished Teacher John North has taught more than 20,000 students.  And while that day stretches back 50+ years, North still remembers it vividly.

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.

Audiences were in for a glowing treat at this year’s Christie Design Awards, a competition offering third-year Global Business and Digital Arts students access to industry mentorship and leading-edge technology in interactive display.