Workbays
There are eleven workbays on the first and second floors of the Sedra Student Design Centre.
Student teams use these spaces to work on their projects and to store materials and equipment. Each workbay has glass doors that allow visitors to see what the teams are working on and experience what it would be like to work alongside them.
Workspaces
Meeting rooms
We have a 12-seat conference room, E5 2103 and a 60-seat classroom, E5 2004, the Sedra Student Design Centre (SDC) offers space for our teams. Located on the second floor, these rooms include data projectors and excellent views overlooking the Sedra Student Design Centre and the uWaterloo campus.
Computer Aided Design(CAD) studio
Fourteen PC workstations with dual monitors and 3D CAD interfaces are located in the CAD Design Studio on the 2nd floor. These computers are used by the student teams for solid modelling, visualization and simulation in support of their projects. This workspace is also an ideal location for software training courses and workshops.
Electronics room
The Electronics Assembly and Test workspace on the second floor has six workstations with state-of-the-art digital multimeters, power supplies, wave form generators and oscilloscopes generously donated by Agilent Canada, Ltd. Other resources include soldering stations, a hot air rework station and a stereoscope. Personal computers located at each station host electronics design and simulation software packages.
Sanding/Paint rooms
Sanding and other dust-producing fabrication work are performed in a specially designed Sanding Room. With a built-in dust removal system, this workspace is large enough to house two full size vehicle projects at the same time.
Across the hall, the Painting Room is used by students for painting as well as fibreglass and carbon fibre lay-up. The room’s ventilation system and explosion-proof lighting ensure a safe working environment for all.
Equipment
3D printer
The Sedra Student Design Centre's 3D Print Centre operates two Fortus 360mc 3D printers that can create high-resolution parts up to 14 × 14 × 16 inches. These parts are accurate enough for prototyping and tough enough for service in the teams' vehicles and projects.
This equipment was purchased with a grant from the DENSO North America Foundation.
Engine dynamometer
A Superflow SF902 engine dynamometer system is used in the Engine Test Room to measure power and emissions of the teams' competition engines, including snowmobile engines, race cars engines and street cars engines.
Learn more about using the dynamometer at the Sedra Student Design Centre.
This equipment was purchased with a grant from the DENSO North America Foundation.
Data acquisition
Data acquisition equipment, donated by National Instruments, is used by the student teams to measure temperature, pressure, voltage, and current in their competition vehicles and projects. Portable test and measurement equipment, donated by Agilent Canada Ltd. and the Waterloo Engineering Endowment Foundation are available to the teams for diagnostic work in their workbays and in remote locations.
Thanks to our sponsors
The Sedra Student Design Centre would like to thank our sponsors and partners for their assistance acquiring our Centre's equipment.
For more information about donations and sponsorship of the Sedra Student Design Centre, contact Peter Teertstra.
Vehicles
2007 GMC
Hauling vehicles, gear and equipment to competition locations as far away as Utah and Oregon, the Student Team Truck has seen it all. This 2007 GMC Sierra 3500HD truck, donated by the Dean of Engineering, is the workhorse of the Sedra Student Design Centre, carrying equipment, hauling trailers, and carrying teams across the country (or just across town).
2017 Chevy
Our newest addition for the Sedra Student Design Centre is a heavy duty 2017 Chevy Silverado used by our students for hauling vehicles, gear and equipment to competitions all across north America. Thanks to General Motors Canada for their support of our student teams.
RAV4
This 2013 Toyota Rav4 was donated to the Sedra Student Design Centre by Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada as part of their 25th anniversary celebration in November, 2011. The Rav4 helps transport teams to competitions and sponsor visits, and provides day-to-day transportation to local vendors.
Trailers
A 25 foot long Pace enclosed trailer and a 12 foot long, double-width open snowmobile trailer are available for the student teams to move their projects around town or across the country.
E5 Fabrication and Prototyping Facilities
Engineering Student Machine Shop (ESMS)
The Engineering Student Machine Shop (ESMS) located in E5-1101, is the Engineering Faculty’s primary student machine shop and supports course projects, student design teams, entrepreneurship, and graduate students. The ESMS provides access to a variety machine tools for metal and wood based projects. It also supports mould-making, carbon-fiber work, and painting.
Rapid Prototyping Centre
The Rapid Prototyping Centre (E5-2002) provides high quality 3D printing and laser cutting to students, staff and faculty at the University of Waterloo. Whether you are an undergraduate student working on a fun side project to a design team member preparing for a big competition, we have the tools to help.
Last updated on Friday, November 11, 2025.