Engineering became the choice of study for Brampton, Ontario-born Al Ismaili (BASc 2007, Electrical) after his best friend and Bamba Group co-founder, Faiz Hirani, headed to the University of Toronto to study electrical engineering a year earlier.
Life on Mars – Where Mars is a Dome in Hawaii - is not only the title of Martha Lenio’s new blog, it also sums up where she’ll be for eight months.
Each year, Alumni Achievement Medals are handed out at the Faculty of Engineering Awards Dinner to an outstanding set of individuals in recognition of their hard work and dedication to the field of engineering. In addition, a Friend of the Faculty award is presented to recognize exceptional support of UW’s Faculty of Engineering. Here are this year’s recipients:
A University of Waterloo program that helped recent graduates and new alumni commercialize their innovations and launch businesses has been given a jumpstart – $60,000 for 40 early-stage startups.
The $2.4 million infusion builds on the success of the Scientists and Engineers in Business program, a pilot project that provided 17 Waterloo entrepreneurs with funds and mentorship to move their innovation into the marketplace.
Two entrepreneurs who got their start while students at the University of Waterloo have been named to the 2015 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Danny Yaroslavski, 23, founder of LightBot and William Zhou, 22, founder of Chalk.com, were named by Forbes in the education category for “rethinking learning with the three C’s: code, college readiness and community impact.”
When Bessma Momani teaches her students about past and current conflict in the Middle East, she tries to focus on one important point – the human side of struggle.
The Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA) Connected Vehicle Technology Demonstrator, also known as the Connected Lexus
The vehicles of tomorrow are taking shape today at the University of Waterloo — home to the largest concentration of automotive researchers at any Canadian university.
A startup working to bring eye exams to impoverished and remote communities globally was the big winner at the fall Velocity Fund Finals (VFF).
EyeCheck is one of four Waterloo-based startups that each won a $25,000 grant from Velocity, an entrepreneurship program at the University of Waterloo. EyeCheck also won an additional $10,000 as the top hardware startup in the competition.
Startup founder and investor Alexis Ohanian liked what he saw when he came to the University of Waterloo last year on his book tour. This year he’s back with his show, Small Empires, to find out why Waterloo is such a hub for entrepreneurship.