From chip-resistant windshields to streamlining access to education, the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list highlights five entrepreneurs with University of Waterloo connections. Take a look at the innovators who are shaking up some of the world’s most competitive industries, one product at a time.
Banner image courtesy of Loran Scholars Foundation. Chidi Umenwofor-Nweze, far right, stands with all of Waterloo's current Loran Scholars.
Earlier this year, Waterloo opened its doors to thousands of new students, one of whom was Chidi Umenwofor-Nweze, a 2019 Loran Scholarship recipient whose educational journey from the ice-capped mountains of Iqaluit to a small village in India has given her the ability to thrive as a young leader and make a positive impact in her communities.
Waterloo Engineering’s Strategic Plan 2020-2025 was launched this month to ensure the Faculty is recognized as the epicentre of innovation and entrepreneurship for Canada and the world.
The Faculty’s third formal strategic plan is intended to direct Waterloo Engineering activities for the next five years.
Banner image: (L to R) David Radke, Amelia Holcomb, Omid Abari and Farzan Dehbashi.
A device that detects if someone is drowning in a pool to help relieve a parent’s worry. A wireless gadget to more quickly identify fires, so everyone gets to safety. A system to track and assist people with Alzheimer’s to help calm a family’s fears when they’re not present. These are just a few examples of projects designed for social good by students in the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Mathematics graduate course, IoT and Intelligent Connectivity.
Banner photo by Tomasz Adamski
It all began as a more profound way of thinking about community.
Now, with over three decades and numerous subsequent projects to its name, The Working Centre is a local legacy beaming brightly from the heart of downtown Kitchener.
Founded by Waterloo alumni Stephanie Mancini (BA ’82) and Joseph Mancini (BA ’81, MA ’82) in the spring of 1982, The Working Centre serves as an ongoing response to unemployment and poverty within the community.
While fall is undoubtedly a bustling time on the University of Waterloo campus, for many Warriors who have reached the convocation milestone, it is also a time to reflect and celebrate the proud ending to a significant chapter in one's life.
If you’ve been following social media during election season, you might despair at people’s ability to discuss the issues without resorting to insults or outright hostility. While civil communication is necessary for democracy, is the discourse actually changing anyone’s mind?
Rather than thinking about communication as the transmission of information from one person to another, professor Robert Danisch says we need to think of communication as a practical art of producing effects on others.
Velocity decided it was time to reach for a new speed.
For the first time in the history of its marquee pitch competition – one that has helped shape dozens of winners whose combined value now exceeds $1 billion — leaders of the University of Waterloo’s flagship entrepreneurship program brought the event to Toronto.
Four exceptionally talented students are making their way to Waterloo with a prestigious scholarship in tow.
Better Bail for America (BB4A) team members in front of Henry the VIII’s former residence. The recent Waterloo alumni will be staying here for five weeks while they compete in the Hult Prize challenge.
In what could have a fairy-tale ending, four recent engineering alumni are advancing their school project at the Hult Prize Startup Accelerator located in a 16th century English castle.