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Two systems design engineering (SYDE) alumni were recognized at the 2021 Faculty of Engineering Alumni Achievement event.

Dr. Glen W. Bandiera – Individual Alumni Achievement Medal for Community Service

Skills Glen Bandiera (BASc ’90, systems design engineering)learned as a Waterloo student over 30 years ago still guide him in his career today with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) student Anna Wang was recognized in the enterprise technology category of the North American Forbes 30 under 30 list for 2022.

Fourth-year Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) student Aman Mathur won a top prize in the fall 2021 Concept $5,000 pitch competition. Aman pitched Learnlist, an online platform to save, curate and share knowledge.

Among the finalists was first-year SYDE student Niharika Srivatsa, who pitched Bebaha Virtual HealthCare, a virtual clinic that connects women to women doctors in India.

Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) Professor Parsin Haji Reza was awarded the Engineering Research Excellence Award from the Faculty of Engineering and the Friend of Natalie Award from the Waterloo Engineering Society.

Identifying infections through x-rays and AI

The Department of Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) has installed a piano in the Pearl Sullivan Engineering 6^th floor atrium (PSE 6301) in honour of Professor Igor Ivkovic, who passed away suddenly in 2020. Professor Ivkovic was a passionate teacher and leader in the SYDE community and is greatly missed.

Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) students took second and third place in this year's Waterloo.AI GRADflix, a video competition for University of Waterloo graduate students. The competition challenges grad students to create a one minute video that describes the goals and outcomes of their research work. 

ERS 275: Indigenous Sustainability Entrepreneurship is a new course available to Engineering students for Winter term 2022. 

Offered by the School of Environment, Resources, and Sustainability (SERS), this course provides an overview and introduction to environmental sustainability through the lens of Indigenous entrepreneurship. The course can be counted as a complementary studies elective and there are no prerequisites.

Company led by Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) Professor Parsin Haji Reza caught Microsoft's attention for their use of the Azure Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform. 

Professor Haji Reza, who is the Director of Photomedicine Labs and Founder and Chief Technology Officer of the medical imagining startup, illumiSonics Inc., patented a tissue imaging techn

SYDE professor honoured for distinguished service