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Dr. Chul Min Yeum, an assistant professor in the civil and engineering department at the University of Waterloo, leads a team of researchers using technologies like 5G and augmented reality to identify structural issues in bridges, buildings and other infrastructure before disaster strikes.

Thanks to the University’s Rogers 5G Partnership, Yeum's team can use data-hungry technologies like computer vision and deep learning to improve disaster mitigation tools for civil engineers. 

Five incoming students at Waterloo Engineering are starting their studies with between $100,000 and $120,000 in backing from a prestigious scholarship program.

Eric Gao and Ammielle Wambo Becker of systems design engineering, Mahi Joshi of computer engineering, Mikael Haji of electrical engineering and Evie Bouganim of mechatronics engineering are among 10 campus-wide Schulich Leaders Scholarship winners at the University of Waterloo.

Waterloo Engineering professors Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn and Dr. Aiping Yu have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada's (RSC) class of 2023, as announced today by the prestigious society.

Dautenhahn and Yu are two of 101 fellows and members from across the country elected by their peers for outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievements. In all, nine University of Waterloo researchers were announced as recipients of the elite distinction.  

Two recipients of the prestigious national Loran scholarships have chosen the University of Waterloo for their academic careers.

Garvit Jain of electrical engineering and Steven Yang of software engineering will begin their undergraduate degrees this fall, each backed by a $100,000 scholarship. 

Expanding upon its long legacy of excellence, the Department of Management Sciences at Waterloo Engineering has undergone an official name change to better encapsulate the unit’s distinctive, interdisciplinary approach to education within the engineering field.

The introduction of the department’s new name – Management Science and Engineering (MSE) – follows more than a year of discussions, meetings and town halls with students, faculty, staff, alumni and senior engineering faculty leadership.

Seven Waterloo Engineering faculty members will receive a combined total of $900,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to carry out world-class research that will help solve real-world problems.

Their research projects range from collaborative robots for human support, solutions to improve indoor air quality, magnetic microrobots for specific medical applications and an infrared hyperspectral camera to quantify greenhouse gas emissions.

A team of researchers is designing novel systems to capture water vapour in the air and turn it into liquid.

University of Waterloo professor Dr. Michael Tam and his PhD students Yi Wang and Weinan Zhao have developed sponges or membranes with a large surface area that continually capture moisture from their surrounding environment.

An electrical and computer engineering (ECE) professor has won an international prize for women that recognizes excellence in science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design.

Dr. Mahla Poudineh, who serves as director for ECE’s IDEATION lab, is one of six recipients of the Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award for Science. 

Enerza, a robotics engineering company, is creating a beetle-like robot that can predict power outages and mitigate wildfires.

Co-founded by Anson Maitland (PhD ’19, systems design engineering) and James Aein, Enerza's technology provides autonomous on-wire robots that will transform utility inspection processes to reduce the risk of conflagration from power line issues. 

A Waterloo Engineering professor was awarded $1.2 million in federal funding to protect Canada’s critical energy infrastructure and energy sector supply chains from cyber threats.

Dr. Sebastian Fischmeister and his research team will use the grant to develop an enhanced cybersecurity system, using a checkpoint technology, that can identify the threats to the supply chains serving the country’s energy sector.