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Improving lives around the world

Grad's foundation provides community support and increased access to education

Engineering a 45-year partnership

Alumni celebrate wedding anniversary and class reunion on same day

E7 opens with a bang, a reveal and a special delivery

New building 'a lot more than bricks and mortar'

Hands-on projects set the tone of new program

Hands-on projects set the tone of new engineering program First class of architectural engineering is learning by designing and building

Scooping up sweet success

Four All Ice Cream a cool complement to owner’s engineering roots

Startup provides a pipeline to co-op housing

PadPiper offers a better process for both students and landlords

7 engineering disruptors

Transforming life, business and the global economy

Doors open to Engineering 7

A new world of endless possibilities

Failure is an option

Providing a safe testing ground

Unpacking important problems

New lab helps students delve deeper

Upping the ante

Matching startups with angel investors

WEAL October 2018

Read the full October 2018 WEAL magazine

Preserving chilling Auschwitz history

Architecture professor and students contribute to historical correctness of NYC exhibit

A seat of honour under the "tree of hope"

Campus bench commemorates parents’ love and support

Alumnus recognized as global hero

Jim Estill receives prestigious award for doing the right thing

Bargain hunting app downloaded 40 million times – and counting

Flipp used to open a staggering 1.8 billion publications in 2017

Chalking up job success to engineering experience

Kynan Gallagher makes his mark at an educational software company

Grand Opening of Engineering 7

Save the date — October 29, 2018

Harnessing the vast potential of AI

Waterloo Engineering builds on expertise developed over the last several decades

Non-invasive technology promises to reduce biopsies

Elucid Labs uses AI in imaging device to detect skin cancer

Artistic careers by design

Architecture grads credit program for helping shape how they approach art

Celebrating our achievements

Students encouraged to change the world at annual dinner

Midnight Sun builds on winning past

Student team experience impresses co-op employer

New scholarship honours professor

Alumni recognize Xuemin Shen's dedication to students

Planting a lasting legacy

Alumnus repatriates oak trees 100 years after Vimy Ridge battle

Welcome to Brodland Commons

Retired professor shares what he learned over 32 years

In celebration of our own

Annual awards dinner recognized outstanding alumni, students and supporters.

Accomplished alumni, outstanding current students and generous supporters were all celebrated when more than 400 people got together last November for the 2017 Waterloo Engineering Awards Dinner.

Kik’s new cryptocurrency designed to be a game-changer

Kin offers a unique way to earn and spend value while taking part in digital world activities.

Ted Livingston saw the future on a smartphone while he was a Waterloo Engineering student doing a string of co-op work terms at BlackBerry.

Alumni robot is scrubbing down and cleaning up

Avidbots’ Neo is making a reputation for itself around the world

Neo is making a clean sweep inside hundreds of buildings throughout the world.

Professor achieves a Faculty first

Keith Hipel is awarded the prestigious Killam prize

A promising solution to hangover misery

Ex-Tesla employee switches gears to create Morning Recovery

Sisun Lee and classmate Kenny Leung, who were rooming and working on school projects together just a few years ago, are now entrepreneurs chasing a share of a market they believe could be worth US $5 billion a year in the United States alone.

From a one-room house in India to a doctorate from Waterloo

Newly-minted engineering doctoral grad grew up in a remote village where a kerosene lamp was often the only source of light

Pampa Dey left her home to pursue a postsecondary education. Thirteen years and three degrees later, she received her doctorate in engineering at Waterloo’s 2017 fall convocation.

Building on 50 years of experience

Waterloo’s School of Architecture marks its golden anniversary as an international leader in design and research

Gearing up Autonomoose for a Canadian first

Waterloo researchers expect to test an autonomous car for the first time on a public road anywhere in the country.

Scaling the Eiffel Tower with Meccano

Alumnus builds iconic structure using 100-year-old pieces of the toy of his youth

Additive manufacturing technology offers unlimited potential

Lab members focus on next-generation additive manufacturing processes

Alumni break into student lounge — and redecorate

On a whim, the Systems Design Engineering Class of ’91 refurbished the current fourth-year lounge with new furniture and a custom toaster that burns the Vitruvian Man into every slice.

Founding dean reminisces about Waterloo at 60

Douglas Wright joined Waterloo Engineering in 1958 because it was free of the constraints found at other universities at the time.

On a mission to recruit grad students

Chemical engineering professor Luis Ricardez-Sandoval wants to ensure ambitious graduate students in his homeland of Mexico know more about the opportunities at Waterloo Engineering than he originally did.

Professor provides tough love to budding entrepreneurs

Nasser Abukhdeir is known for his honest feedback when it comes to assessing the potential of ideas and the ability of student teams to develop them into viable businesses.

$32.6 million in federal funding announced for E7 building

The federal government contributes $32.6 million in funds to Waterloo Engineering under a program to update research and innovation infrastructure.

Cold call leads to career with railway and bus company

Full steam ahead: cold call leads to career with North Bay-based railway and bus company. Corina Moore (BASc 1997) heads up Ontario Northland, a key lifeline for Northern Ontario residents.

Fuzo brings financial inclusion to millions through Blockchain

Leon Gerard Vandenberg (BASc 1988) is using innovation to improve the lives of people who need it most: the unbanked and underbanked.

Supporting the Engineering Ideas Clinic to create better engineers

Supporting the Engineering Ideas Clinic to create better engineers Graduates John and Anita Rossall are major donors to a program in which students will be able to get their hands dirty while gaining hands-on, real world experience.

Waterloo Engineering honours its own

Awards’ dinner celebrates top students, distinguished alumni and a Waterloo Region family with a record of generous support.

Defying the odds in ‘down and dirty’ manufacturing

From struggling student to successful entrepreneur, Jim Wei shares how his academic experience taught him to take risks and persevere.

FleetCarma: keeping close tabs on electric vehicles

Do you want to help facilitate the upcoming global transition to electric cars, but remain in Waterloo? If so, Matt Stevens (BASc 2004, Chemical; PhD 2009, Chemical) is someone to talk to.

Grobo pivots from indoor produce to medical marijuana

Bjorn Dawson was just 20 years old when he bought his first home in 2012 – and got a great business idea in the bargain.

Help celebrate Waterloo Engineering’s 60th anniversary by sharing your memories

With Waterloo Engineering set to celebrate its 60th anniversary on July 1, 2017, we’d like to hear and see your memories.

Engineering Outreach: Filling the talent pipeline

Inspiring youth age 7-17 to see engineering as a fulfilling career that makes the world a better place.