University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering#Systems design engineering
{{Short description|Canadian engineering school in Waterloo, Ontario}}
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The Faculty of Engineering is one of six faculties at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It has 8,698 undergraduate students, 2176 graduate students, 334 faculty and 52,750 alumni "http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics" Retrieved 2022-12-16 making it the largest engineering school in Canada "http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/". Retrieved 2022-12-16 with external research funding from 195 Canadian and international partners exceeding $86.8 million."http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/" Retrieved 2022-12-16 Ranked among the top 50 engineering schools in the world,{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/202|title= QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021|access-date=2022-12-16}} the faculty of engineering houses eight academic units (two schools, six departments) and offers 15 bachelor's degree programs in a variety of disciplines."http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/undergraduate-students/programs-and-options" Retrieved 2022-12-16
All undergraduate students are automatically enrolled in the co-operative education program, in which they alternate between academic and work terms throughout their five years of undergraduate study. There are 7,600 co-op positions arranged for students annually."http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about" Retrieved 2022-12-16
History
The faculty of engineering was originally conceived in 1957 as an extension of the then Waterloo College (now known as Wilfrid Laurier University). It was the college's first Faculty,{{cite web |url=http://campusguides.ca/2021/09/03/brief-history-of-the-university-of-waterloo/|title= The Birth of Waterloo Engineering |date=September 3, 2021|access-date=2022-02-07}} originally named the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the Waterloo College Associate Faculties. The first class consisted of 74 male engineering students. In October 1957, the students started their work terms in what was the first co-operative education program in Canada. These students alternated between being in school and working in industry every three months. The program was later changed to a four-month term system, and has been adopted by all of the other University's Faculties in their co-op programs.
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In 1959, the "associate faculties" of Waterloo College separated and became the University of Waterloo and the former faculty of science and engineering was renamed the faculty of engineering.
On Saturday, May 27, 1961, the faculty's first engineering graduates were awarded the Master of Applied Science in electrical engineering. William Cousins Miller, John Shewchun, Ferenc Takacs, and William Jacob Vetter received their degrees from Professor R. G. Stanton, chairman, faculty of graduate studies.{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/our-history/timelines/|title= Timelines |date= 12 December 2011 |access-date=2022-02-07}}
In July 2012, Pearl Sullivan became the first woman to hold the position of dean at the University of Waterloo Engineering. She was one of five women across Canada to head a school of engineering. She held the position until November 2019.{{cite web|title=Waterloo mourns the loss of Dean Pearl Sullivan|url=
https://uwaterloo.ca/news/engineering/waterloo-mourns-loss-dean-pearl-sullivan|date = 2022-11-29|access-date=2022-12-10}}
In 2020, Professor Mary Wells was appointed the dean of engineering. She was previously a professor in the faculty's department of mechanical and mechatronics engineering for 10 years."http://www.nationalobserver.com/u/mary-wells" Retrieved 2022-01-18
In 2021, University of Waterloo's faculties of engineering and math partnered with five Ontario faculties of engineering to create the IBET PhD Project, to foster equitable and inclusive research environments to increase the presence of Indigenous and Black academics in STEM. The program has expanded to include 13 academic institutions across Canada and includes IBET Momentum fellowships and academic mentoring to help increase the number of Indigenous and Black academics at Canadian post-secondary institutions.{{cite web|title=About: Addressing An Urgent Need|url=http://ibetphd.ca/about/|work=iBET PhD Project|access-date=2022-02-07}} The faculty hosted its inaugural conference for the fellowship program on October 23 and 24, 2022.{{cite web|title= Waterloo Engineering hosts first IBET Conference To Boost Academic Diversity|url= https://ibetphd.ca/waterloo-engineering-hosts-first-ibet-conference-to-boost-academic-diversity/|date = 2022-10-28|access-date=2022-12-11}}
On November 10, 2022, the engineering faculty's IDEAS Clinic was renamed the Pearl Sullivan IDEAS Clinic in honour of the lllFaculty's former lllDean, who died from cancer in 2020.{{cite web|title=Honouring 'her unstoppable spirit'|url= https://www.myscience.ca/fr/news/wire/honouring_her_unstoppable_spirit-2022-waterloo|date = 2022-11-10|access-date=2022-12-10}}
Waterloo Engineering has one of the highest percentages of women in undergraduate programs in Canada.{{cite web|title=Women in Engineering|url= http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/sites/ca.engineering/files/uploads/files/c009791_eng_facts_book_4x7_lr_final-accessible.pdf|access-date=2022-02-15}} The faculty has a Women in Engineering (WiE) group that was established in 1992 to support women and non-binary engineering students and alumni.{{cite web|title=Women In Engineering|url= https://uwaterloo.ca/women-in-engineering/|access-date=2022-12-10}} It also has an on-campus residence living learning community for women in the faculty of engineering that is located at the University of Waterloo's United College.{{cite web|title=Women in Engineering Living-Learning Community|url= https://uwaterloo.ca/united-college/residence/future-residents/women-engineering-living-learning-community/|access-date=2022-12-10}}
Undergraduate programs
There are 15 undergraduate programs offered by the lllFaculty: Architectural, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Geological, Management, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Nanotechnology, Software and Systems Design Engineering as well as Architecture. Within the engineering programs, there are options that can be taken in the later years of undergraduate studies. Options include mechanical, computer, electrical, or control systems for the Mechatronics Engineering program.
Each of Waterloo Engineering's eight academic units (schools and departments) also offers graduate degrees.{{cite web |title=Programs and Options|date = 11 January 2012|url= http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/undergraduate-students/programs-and-options|access-date=2022-02-07}}
=Architectural engineering=
Architectural engineering is the newest undergraduate program, introduced in September 2018.{{cite web |title=Architectural Engineering|date= 23 October 2017|url= https://uwaterloo.ca/architectural-engineering/about|access-date=2022-02-07}} It was designed to produce engineers technically skilled in the whole scope of building design, construction, assessment, repair and refurbishment with an emphasis on communication, collaboration and design. There were 373 architectural engineering undergraduate students in fall 2021.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Undergraduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021|publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
=Architecture=
The architecture program focuses on the culture and practice of design. Students learn the workings of society and culture, of the principles of physics, of materials and techniques of construction, of the human interaction with the natural and built environment, of historical process, of critical thought and the diverse forms of creative expression.{{cite web |title=Architectural|date= 16 March 2018|url= https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/future-undergraduate-students|access-date=2022-02-15}} There were 341 undergraduate architecture students in fall 2021.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Undergraduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021|publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
=Biomedical engineering=
The biomedical engineering program is part of the Department of Systems Design Engineering. This interdisciplinary program which focuses on design, combining fields such as biochemistry, cellular physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, and physiology with engineering principles, centres around the creation and development of biomedical systems and devices.{{cite web |title=Biochemical Engineering|url= http://uwaterloo.ca/biomedical-engineering/undergraduate-students/future/about|access-date=2022-02-15}} There were 414 biomedical engineering undergraduate students in fall 2021.
=Chemical engineering=
The chemical engineering program deals with the use and transformation of raw materials and energy. Students explore areas such as biotechnology, advanced materials, pollution control, alternative energy and other industry applications.{{cite web |title=Chemical Engineering|date= 13 August 2018|url= http://uwaterloo.ca/chemical-engineering/future-undergraduate-students/what-chemical-engineering|access-date=2022-02-15}} There were 604 undergraduate chemical engineering students in fall 2021.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Undergraduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021|publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
=Civil engineering=
The civil engineering program at University of Waterloo is administrated by the department of civil and environmental engineering. It prepares its graduates for work in fields that include traffic engineering, structural design, building structures, bridges, sanitation (public health), structures, harbours, aerospace, highways (roads and streets), railroads, pipelines, foundations, tunnelling (rock mechanics), surveying and cartography, urban and regional planning and overall project planning. There were 604 civil engineering undergraduate students in fall 2021.
=Computer engineering=
Students in the computer engineering program, learn about hardware, software, and computing principles in the context of important devices and systems – systems that control phones, cars, planes, and robots. They share classes with Electrical Engineering students until the second semester of the second year, with the Computer Engineering class required to take Embedded Microprocessor Systems and Systems Programming.{{cite web |url=http://ugradcalendar.uwaterloo.ca/page/ENG-Computer-Engineering-Electrical-Engineering |work=Academic Calendar |title=Undergraduate Calendar |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2013-01-30}} There are 1451 computer engineering students, making it the faculty of engineering's largest undergraduate program.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Undergraduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
=Electrical engineering=
Students in the electrical engineering program learn fundamental skills in electronics, circuit analysis and electromagnetics. They share classes with Computer Engineering students until the second semester of the second year, with Electrical Engineering students then required to take Advanced Calculus II, and Electrical Properties of Materials. In fall 2021, Electrical Engineering had 418 undergraduate students registered.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Undergraduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
=Environmental engineering=
Environmental engineering is an accredited engineering program administrated by the department of civil and environmental engineering. The program focuses on water management and treatment, solid waste management, remediation of surface water and groundwater systems, biotechnology and contaminant transport. The program offers elective courses in earth sciences, biology, chemistry, ecology and planning. There were 273 undergraduate students enrolled in the program as of fall 2021.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Undergraduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
=Geological engineering=
The geological engineering program is part of the department of civil and environmental engineering. More than half of the courses that geological engineering students take are offered through the faculty of science. In first year, geological engineering students take courses together with environmental and civil engineering students. In second year, they move into their own stream. There were 63 geological engineering undergraduate students in fall 2021.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Undergraduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
=Management engineering=
The management engineering program at University of Waterloo is administrated by the department of Management Sciences. This program covers subjects such as mathematical optimization, stochastic modelling, process improvement and operations research. There were 440 management engineering undergraduate students in fall 2021.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Undergraduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
=Mechanical engineering=
The mechanical engineering program at University of Waterloo is administrated by the department of mechanical & mechatronics engineering. The mechanical engineering program is one of the largest engineering programs at the University of Waterloo. Graduates have a foundation in mechanics, power, control, and manufacturing. There were 1006 mechanical engineering undergraduate students attending as of fall 2021.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Undergraduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
=Mechatronics Engineering=
Mechatronics engineering, often referred to as "Tron", is administrated by the department of mechanical and mechatronics engineering and was launched at the University of Waterloo in 2003. Its first class graduated in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.mme.uwaterloo.ca/undergrad/mechatronics/home.html |title=UW Mechatronics Homepage |work=Mechatronics Engineering |publisher=University of Waterloo |url-status=dead |access-date=2013-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071158/http://www.mme.uwaterloo.ca/undergrad/mechatronics/home.html |archive-date=2011-07-16 }} Mechatronics engineering is a multidisciplinary field of study, combining computers with electro-mechanical technology in order to create robotic, wearable and autonomous systems. Though the program begins with students required to take a spectrum of mandatory courses, it later allows an extremely broad range of electives to enable specialization. Technical electives in fourth year include artificial intelligence, autonomous robotics, multi-sensing systems, computer architecture, micro electro mechanical systems, etc.{{cite web |title=Technical Electives List |url=http://ugradcalendar.uwaterloo.ca/page/ENG-Mechatronics-Engineering |work=Mechatronics Engineering |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2013-01-30}} Through these electives, students are able to strengthen skills within the mechanical, electrical, or computer aspect of Mechatronics. The department is currently chaired by Professor Michael Collins and has 1095 undergraduate students enrolled in total as of fall 2021.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Undergraduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
=Nanotechnology engineering=
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Nanotechnology engineering at the University of Waterloo is administrated by the department of chemical engineering as well as the department of electrical and computer engineering. Founded in 2005, it is Canada's first accredited undergraduate nanotechnology engineering program and the only program of its type in North America."https://uwaterloo.ca/nanotechnology/events/nanotechnology-engineering-celebrates-15-years". Retrieved 2021-04-08 Graduates work in many different fields such as nano-engineered materials, nano-electronics, nano-biosystems, and nano-instruments. Built in 2012, the $160-million, 285,000-square-foot Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, (also known as Quantum Nano Centre, or simply QNC), is home to this engineering program. The QNC is composed of two main buildings designated for the Waterloo Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and it includes classrooms for instructional teaching and laboratories for research and development. The facilities operate with control for vibration, humidity, electromagnetic radiation, and temperature. Cleanroom facilities are constructed upon a separate building foundation to keep vibrations at less than a micron.{{cite web |url=https://archello.com/project/mike-ophelia-lazaridis-quantum-nano-centre|title=Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre|publisher=KPMB Architects|access-date=2022-02-07}} There were 509 nanotechnology engineering undergraduate students attending in fall 2021.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Undergraduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
=Software engineering=
Software engineering at the University of Waterloo is an independent, interdisciplinary program supported by both the faculty of mathematics and the faculty of engineering. Graduates of this program earn a Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSE) degree. This program applies computer science and engineering principles and practices to the creation, operation, and maintenance of software systems.{{cite web |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/software-engineering/ |title=University of Waterloo: Software Engineering |date=20 July 2012 |access-date=2013-01-30}} There were 615 software engineering undergraduate students enrolled as of fall 2021.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Undergraduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021|publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}} In 2022, more than 70 percent of the class accepted job offers in the United States.{{cite news | last = Brenner | first = Reuven | date = April 24, 2025 | title = Why Smart Canadians Are Fleeing for the U.S. | url = https://www.wsj.com/opinion/canada-has-itself-to-blame-for-brain-drain-economy-opportunity-policy-0808e037?st=MnLukA | work = Wall Street Journal}}
=Systems design engineering=
Systems design engineering at University of Waterloo is administered by the department of systems design engineering. Systems design is focused on creation or modification of systems including human physiological and psychological systems, ecological systems, transportation systems, communication systems, energy systems and mechatronic systems. The program had 515 undergraduate enrolled in it as of fall 2021.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Undergraduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
Graduate programs
There are 2176 graduate students at the University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Graduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}} The school graduates the largest number of engineers at the graduate level in Canada.{{cite web|url= https://blog.waterlooedc.ca/facts-university-waterloo| title= Five Outstanding Facts About The University of Waterloo |date= 30 July 2019|publisher=waterloo edc |access-date=2022-02-07}}{{cite web|url= https://www.cemf.ca/en/university-of-waterloo |title= Faculty of Engineering|date= 13 May 2014|publisher=cemf.ca |access-date=2022-02-28}}
University of Waterloo offers 37 graduate degree programs in architecture, chemical engineering, civil & environmental engineering, electrical & computer engineering, management sciences, mechanical & mechatronics engineering and system design. Graduate degrees are also offered by the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business. Engineering.{{cite web|url= https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/graduate-students/programs | title= Programs| date= 9 January 2012|access-date=2022-02-07}}
The program with the largest graduate enrolment is electrical & computer engineering, with a total of 749 students.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Graduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
The faculty offer research programs in architecture (Master of Architecture), applied science (Master of Applied Science) as well as a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). In addition, there are Master of Engineering (MEng), Master of Management Sciences (MMSc) and Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) programs.
Funding is provided for graduate students with financial support available from a variety of sources. In spring 2018, the school began offering additional fellowships for Canadian and Permanent Resident students entering engineering research programs.{{cite web |date=23 March 2021 |title=Funding and Awards |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/graduate-students/funding-and-awards |access-date=2022-02-07}}
Major awards won by University of Waterloo Engineering graduate students totals over $2M.{{cite web|url= https://publications.uwaterloo.ca/engineering-graduate-studies/why-waterloo| title= Why Waterloo |date= 1 December 2021 |access-date=2022-02-07}}
The Indigenous and Black Engineering and Technology (IBET) PhD project is a Fellowship that provides financial support of $30,000 per year for 4 years for University of Waterloo recipients.{{cite web|title= Indigenous and Black Engineering and Technology (IBET) Momentum Fellowship |date=14 January 2021 |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/math/future-graduate-students/funding-and-opportunities/ibet-momentum-fellowship|access-date=2022-03-04}}
University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering maintains an intellectual property policy that gives both faculty and students complete ownership over their ideas and technology.
Academic units
The faculty has six departments, one school, and one centre. They are the school of architecture, department of chemical engineering, department of civil and environmental engineering, department of electrical and computer engineering, department of management sciences, department of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, department of systems design engineering, and Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (CBET). Architecture rejoined the faculty of engineering after leaving environmental studies in May 2005, while the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business joined the faculty in June 2006, not having been previously affiliated to a faculty.
=School of architecture=
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The school of architecture in the faculty of engineering at the University of Waterloo offers a Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB) accredited professional program consisting of a four-year Honours Bachelor of Architectural Studies followed by a Professional Master of Architecture. Located in Cambridge, Ontario, it offers a fully cooperative professional program and has been rated the greenest architecture curriculum in Canada.{{cite web |url=https://greenbuildingcanada.ca/directory-listings/category/architecture-university-of-waterloo/|title=Architecture (University of Waterloo)|publisher=Green Building|access-date=2022-02-22}} It is the only Canadian school of architecture to have a permanent international facility, which has operated in Rome, Italy since 1979.{{cite web |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture//architecture-university-of-waterloo/|title=Waterloo Architecture Home)|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=2022-02-22}} In fall 2021, there were 107 graduate students enrolled in the school of architecture.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Graduate Enrolment By Program For Fall 2021 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
=Conrad School of Entrepreneurship & Business=
University of Waterloo Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business (The Conrad School) is part of the faculty of engineering and located in the Engineering 7 (E7) building.{{cite web |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/conrad-school-entrepreneurship-business/events/engineering-7-conrad-school-grand-opening|title=Engineering 7 & Conrad School Grand Opening|date = October 29, 2018|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=2022-12-10}} The school offers a Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) program; professional development programs; research; and undergraduate-level academic courses. MBET alumni include Noah Buchman - the founder of Propel Holdings, an online artificial intelligence fintech platform that provides loans to people with low credit ratings {{cite web |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/news/alumnus-fintech-company-propel-goes-public-tsx |title=Alumnus fintech company Propel goes public on TSX|date = October 22, 2021|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=2022-02-07}} - and Rachel Bartholomew founder of Hyivy Health, the developers of a pelvic health rehabilitation system.{{cite web |url=http://www.schoolandcollegelistings.com/CA/Waterloo/172122986135508/Conrad-School-of-Entrepreneurship-and-Business |title=Femtech Startup Hyivy Health Raises $1.1M in Pre-Seed Funding for its Holistic Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation System|date = January 18, 2021|publisher=schoolandcollegelistings.com|access-date=2022-02-07}} In fall 2021, there were 91 graduate students enrolled at the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about/faculty-engineering-statistics |title=Graduate Enrolment By Program For Fall < 2021 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
Research Centres and Labs
University of Waterloo Engineering's research collaborations include partnerships with almost 800 Canadian companies and 300 international companies as well as many leading universities.{{cite web|url= http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/research/ |access-date=2022-02-16 |title=Engineering Research|date=22 January 2018 }} In 2019/2020 external research funding from Canadian and international partners exceeded $86.8 million.{{cite web|url= https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/#:~:text=Canada's%20Largest%20Engineering%20School,10%2C500%20students%20enrolled%20in%202020|title=Canada's largest engineering school|date = February 22, 2022|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=2022-02-22}} There are 23 Research Chairs, 19 University Research and Endowed Chairs and 8 NSERC design chairs and industrial research chairs. And there are 57 Early Researcher Award recipients.{{cite web |url=http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/about|title=A global leader in engineering education and research |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-12-16}}
=Research Centres=
- Centre for Advanced Materials Joining
- Centre for Advancement of Trenchless Technologies
- Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- Centre for Control of Emerging Contaminants
- Centre for Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems
- Centre for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
- Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology
- Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute
- Games Institute
- Giga-to-Nano Electronics
- Institute for Computer Research
- Institute for Innovation Research
- Institute for Polymer Research
- Institute for Quantum Computing
- Water Institute
- Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute
- Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research
- Waterloo Centre for Groundwater Research
- Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research
- Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
- Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy {{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/sites/ca.engineering/files/uploads/files/c009791_eng_facts_book_4x7_lr_final-accessible.pdf|access-date=2021-01-19 |title=School of Engineering}}{{cite web|url= http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/research/engineering-research-office-centres-and-institutes |access-date=2022-02-16 |title=Engineering Research|date=9 January 2012 }}
=Labs=
- Autonomous Vehicle Research and Intelligence Lab (AVRIL) {{cite web|url= https://kitchener.citynews.ca/local-news/4-million-research-lab-opens-at-the-university-of-waterloo-2086535|access-date=2022-02-16 |title=$4-million research lab opens at the university of Waterloo}}
- Pearl Sullivan Engineering Ideas Clinic {{cite web|url=https://blog.opto22.com/optoblog/engineering-ideas-clinic-at-the-university-of-waterloo|access-date=2022-02-16 |title= Engineering Ideas Clinic at the University of Waterloo}}
- Sedra Student Design Centre {{cite web|url=http://arc-media.ca/projects/sedra-student-design-centre-at-the-university-of-waterloo/|access-date=2022-02-16 |title= Sedra Student Design Centre}}
- Robohub {{cite web|url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/university-waterloo-engineering-building-robohub-talos-1.4882589|access-date=2022-02-16 |title= Robohub opens in University of Waterloo engineering building}}
Hack the North
University of Waterloo Engineering hosts Hack the North, Canada's biggest hackathon that was launched in 2014.{{cite web |title=Hack the North 2014 |url=https://2014.hackthenorth.com |access-date=2022-02-15}} Over 3,000 students around the world participate, creating software or hardware projects from scratch in 36 hours.{{cite web|title=Hack The North|url= https://hackthenorth.com/#faq|access-date=2022-02-15}}
Hive Mind Program
Originally conceived in 2020, the Hive Mind program is run out of Waterloo Engineering Outreach's Women In Engineering program. It offers online and one-on-one tutoring sessions to high school students of all genders in advanced functions, calculus, chemistry, and physics. Since its launch, over 60 per cent of Hive participants have been students who identify as female.{{cite web|title=Waterloo Engineering's Hive Mind program provides free tutoring to high schoolers|url=https://engineerscanada.ca/news-and-events/news/waterloo-engineerings-hive-mind-program-provides-free-tutoring-to-high-schoolers|access-date=2022-02-23|website=engineerscanda.ca|date=21 October 2021 |publisher=engineers canada}}
Design Days
Hosted at the Pearl Sullivan Engineering IDEAS Clinic, the two-day Design Days event held during orientation week is for all 14 undergraduate programs at Waterloo Engineering. Modelled on the concept of a hackathon, the annual event gives over 2,000 students hands-on learning experiences as they solve open-ended problems.
Waterloo Engineering Heritage Project
In 2022, the faculty launched Waterloo Engineering's Heritage Project. Led by Dean Mary Wells, the project will feature a collection of recordings made with former deans - including at 2015 interview with Pearl Sullivan - faculty members and others who will share their Waterloo Engineering experiences and perspectives of the past. The recordings will be available on the university's archives site beginning in early 2023.{{cite web|title=Waterloo Engineering's Heritage Project|url= https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/heritage-project|access-date=2022-12-10}}
Student life
Many students in the faculty participate in the University of Waterloo Engineering Society. Due to the co-op nature of the program, the society is split into two sub societies, named "Society A" and "Society B". Each term, one society is in academic term, and the other on a co-op work term. The society in academic term runs events both on and off campus as well as services in the society's office. Its charity events include an annual "Bus Push" where student volunteers raise money by pulling a Grand River Transit bus seven kilometres from campus to Kitchener City Hall.{{cite web|url=http://www.engsoc.uwaterloo.ca/bus-push-winter-2016/8 |title= Bus Push 2016|date=9 March 2016 |publisher=Waterloo Engineering Society |access-date=2022-02-07}}
First-year students receive yellow hard hats during their orientation week symbolizing their adherence of the principles of engineering. File: University_of_Waterloo_engineering_frosh_students.jpg The society's mascot is a 60" (1,524mm) pipe wrench called the TOOL (formerly the RIDGID TOOL). TOOL appears at events organized by the Engineering Society.{{cite news |url=http://iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca/?module=displaystory&story_id=2979&format=html&edition_id=78 |title=The Tool: 40 Years Old and Still Ridgid |date=27 June 2007 |publisher=Iron Warrior |access-date=2013-01-30}}{{cite news |url=http://imprint.uwaterloo.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1822 |title=Wrenching 40 |date=19 October 2007 |publisher=Imprint |access-date=2009-04-08}}
Engineering students are grouped into classes based on their program. Class sizes never exceed 150 students and vary between disciplines. There are over 100 students for Nanotechnology, Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Software and Systems Design Engineering, and smaller class sizes for Chemical, Environmental, Management, Civil and Geological Engineering as well as Architecture.{{cite web|url= https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/sites/ca.engineering/files/uploads/files/2021_waterloo_engineering_admissions_brochure.pdf
|title= Engineering # beyond ideas|publisher=University of Waterloo Engineering |access-date=2022-02-28}}
University of Waterloo Engineering hosts speedfriending events that enable students to interact virtually.{{cite web |url=https://www.joinglimpse.com/post/uwaterloo-s-engineering-society-connects-students-through-virtual-speed-friending-events|
title= uwaterloo engineering society-connects students through virtual speed friending events |
date= 8 November 2020 |publisher=JoinGlimpse |access-date=2022-02-28}}
University of Waterloo Engineering students participate in engineering-related competitions. In 2016, a student team won the grand prize at the Hydrogen Education Foundation's 2016 Hydrogen Student Design Contest - a competition between teams from around the globe.{{cite web|url= https://www.cheminst.ca/magazine/article/waterloo-students-win-award-for-renewable-micro-grid-design |title= Waterloo students win award for renewable micro-grid design|date=1 September 2016|publisher=Chemical Institute of Canada |access-date=2022-02-07}}
In 2018, a University of Waterloo Engineering student team took first place in the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition at Spaceport America in New Mexico.{{cite web |url= https://uwaterloo.ca/sedra-student-design-centre/news/student-design-team-flies-high-rocketry-competition
|title=Student Design Team Flies High At Rocketry Competition|date=28 June 2018|publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-02-28}} In 2019, a team won the Team Sportsmanship award in the same competition.{{cite news |url=https://www.soundingrocket.org/2019-sa-cup.html |title= 2019 IREC, SDL, and Spaceport Cup Winners|date=3 August 2019 |publisher=Sounding Rocket.org|access-date=2022-02-28}}
At the 2020 Canadian Engineering Competition, University of Waterloo Engineering student teams won first place in the Innovative Design category and the Programming challenge. And in 2021, a student team was at the top of the standings in VEX U robotics event operated by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation. The team was ranked first among 77 teams from around the world.{{cite web |url= https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/news/student-robotics-team-climbs-top-world-rankings
|title=Student robotics team climbs to top of world rankings|date=11 June 2021|publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=2022-02-27}}
In 2022, a Waterloo Engineering student won the top prize in the student category of Build the Impossible, an international competition organized to increase visibility around the world to mass timber innovation.{{cite web |url= https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2022/01/waterloo-engineering-student-takes-top-prize-in-build-the-impossible-competition
|title=Waterloo Student Takes Design Prize In Build The Impossible Competition |date=26 January 2022|publisher=Daily Commercial News |access-date=2022-02-28}} And a student team from the University of Waterloo took top prize in the water environment design category at the Water Environment Federation's 2022 Student Design Competition in New Orleans.{{cite web|url= https://esemag.com/wastewater-ubc-students-win-weftec-for-water-wastewater-solutions| title= UWaterloo, UBC students win big at WEFTEC for water, waste watersolutions|date = 2022-10-24|access-date=2022-12-16}}
Capstone Design
The Capstone Design project allows Waterloo Engineering students to conceptualize and design a project that is related to their discipline. Capstone ideas led to the creation of Athos, BufferBox, the Myo Armband and the Pebble smartwatch.{{cite web|url= https://uwaterloo.ca/capstone-design/| title= Supporters and Financial Awardsaccess-date=2022-03-02| date=October 2015 }}
File:Chamath Palihapitiya 2016.jpg founder Chamath Palihapitiya (shown here) that provides two $50,000 awards to University-selected Capstone Design teams.{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/entrepreneurship/funding/palihapitiya-venture-creation-fund|title=Palihapitiya Venture Creation Fund |publisher=Uwaterloo.ca |access-date=2022-10-11}}]]
The project is supported by industry partners with the following financial awards provided:{{cite web|url= https://uwaterloo.ca/capstone-design/supporters-and-financial-awards/| title= Capstone Design At Waterloo Engineering| date= 9 February 2016|access-date=2022-03-02}}
- Adel Sedra Entrepreneurship Award for Capstone Design
- Baylis Medical Capstone Design Awards
- Bhattacharya Capstone Design Award
- Design Analysis Competition Sponsored by ANSYS AIM
- Engineer of the Future Fund
- Intellijoint Surgical Capstone Design Award
- Konrad Capstone Design Award
- Magna New Mobility Award
- MTE Consultants Inc. Design Pitch Award for Capstone Design in Environmental and Geological Engineering / Civil Engineering
- Norman Esch Entrepreneurship Awards for Capstone Design
- Palihapitiya Venture Creation Fund
WatPD-Engineering (Formerly PDEng)
The PDEng (Professional Development for Engineering Students) began in January 2005 as a series of courses completed by students in the faculty of engineering during their coop terms.{{cite web |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/current-undergraduate-students/watpd-engineering |title=About PDEng |date=17 January 2012 |access-date=2013-01-30}} On May 12, 2010, The Dean of Engineering recommeneded overhauling the program{{cite web |url=http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/2010/may/12we.html |title='Entirely new' program to replace PDEng |date=May 12, 2010 |access-date=2013-01-30}} and it was replaced by WatPD-Engineering in the Winter 2011 term.{{cite web|url=http://iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca/2010/09/29/4224/what%E2%80%99s-been-happening-with-watpd-engineering/ |title=The Iron Warrior » What's Been Happening with WatPD Engineering? |publisher=Iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca |access-date=2014-05-25}}
The WatPD-Engineering program is run by WatPD and is overseen by the WatPD-Engineering Curriculum Committee. Engineering students are required to complete five PD courses, all of which are completed during their work term. Once they have finished their compulsory courses, they must choose three elective courses from those offered in subjects ranging from communications to professionalism and ethics.{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/undergraduate-students/co-op-experience/watpd-engineering|title=WatPD-Engineering |date=17 January 2012 |publisher=Uwaterloo.ca |access-date=2022-02-28}}
Waterloo Cases in Design Engineering
Waterloo Cases in Design Engineering (WCDE) was formed in 2005.{{cite web|title=About Waterloo Cases in Design Engineering|date= 26 April 2013 |url= https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering-cases/about |access-date=2022-03-11}}
It is a group that has developed and implemented over 100 case studies since its inception, using knowledge gained by students during their work terms.{{cite web|title=Bringing co-op experience into the classroom|url= https://uwaterloo.ca/news/bringing-co-op-experience-classroom| date = March 3, 2016|publisher=University of Waterloo News|access-date=2022-02-22}} The cases demonstrate engineering analysis and design across all engineering disciplines {{cite web|title=Engineering Cases|date= 14 May 2013 |url= https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering-cases/cases |access-date=2022-03-11}} and are used in classrooms at the University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering and other international universities, as well as at conferences around the world.{{cite web|title=Publications|date= 17 May 2013 |url= https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering-cases/publications |access-date=2022-03-11}}
Notable alumni
File:Chris Hadfield 2011.jpg|Chris Hadfield, retired, astronaut
File:Fariborz Haghighat.png|Fariborz Haghighat, professor, Concordia University
File:Mr Mike Lazaridis OC FRS.jpg|Mike Lazaridis, co-founder, Research In Motion
File:Rasmus Lerdorf August 2014 (cropped).JPG|Rasmus Lerdorf, creator, PHP
File: Cole_Pearn_2018.png|Cole Pearn, crew chief, NASCAR
File:Revered_Prof._Prem_Saran_Satsangi.png|Prem Saran Satsangi, spiritual leader, Radhasoami faith
File:jwhong.jpg|James Won-Ki Hong, professor, POSTECH
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| Name | Degree | Discipline | class="unsortable" | Known for | class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{sortname|V. K.|Aatre}} | Graduate | Electrical Engineering | Scientist and former head of a Research and Development Organisation | |
| {{sortname|Romesh|Batra}} | Graduate | Mechanical engineering | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University professor | |
| {{sortname|Rachel|Bartholomew|nolink=1}} | Graduate | Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business | Founder and CEO, Hyivy Health | |
| {{sortname|Tony|Brijpaul|nolink=1}} | Graduate | Systems Design Engineering | Co-founder, Miovision | |
| {{sortname|Noah|Buchman|nolink=1}} | Graduate | Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business | Founder, Propel Holdings | |
| {{sortname|Jade|Choy|nolink=1}} | Undergraduate | Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business | CEO and co-founder, Epoch Software and member of Forbes 30 under 30 2022 list for Enterprise Technology
|align="center"|{{cite web |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/conrad-school-entrepreneurship-business/news/students-pitch-social-enterprises-improve-lives-refugees|title=Students pitch social enterprises to improve the lives of refugees in the Hult Prize|publisher=University of Waterloo|date=2016-12-02|accessdate=2022-12-10}}{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2023/enterprise-technology|title=enterprise technology|work=Forbes|accessdate=2022-12-10}} | |
| {{sortname|Keith|Choy|nolink=1}} | Undergraduate | Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business | Co-founder, Epoch Software and member of Forbes 30 under 30 2022 list for Enterprise Technology | |
| {{sortname|Rod|Coutts}} | Undergraduate | Electrical Engineering | Founder, Teklogix; namesake of the Rod Coutts Engineering Lecture Building at University of Waterloo | |
| {{sortname|Kaylie|Dale|nolink=1}} | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | Co-founder, Friendlier and member of Forbes 30 under 30 2022 list for Social Impact
|align="center"|{{Cite web|url = https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2023/social-impact?profile=friendlier|title=30 Under 30: Social Impact|website=Forbes |access-date=2022-12-10}} | |
| {{sortname|Richard|Ducharme}} | Undergraduate | Civil Engineering | General Manager of Transportation for Edmonton | |
| {{sortname|Jon|Evans|Jon Evans (author)}} | Undergraduate | Electrical Engineering | Arthur Ellis Awards winner
|align="center"|{{cite web|access-date=2008-04-14|url=http://www.canadianauthors.net/e/evans_jon/|title=Canadian Books & Authors|publisher=Canadian Authors}} | |
| {{sortname|Chris|Hadfield}} | Graduate | Mechanical Engineering | Astronaut | |
| {{sortname|Fariborz|Haghighat}} | Graduate | System Design Engineering | Professor at the Concordia University | |
| {{sortname|Youssef|Helwan|nolink=1}} | Graduate | Electrical and Computer Engineering | C.E.O. and co-founder of Fluid AI | |
| {{sortname|Rosco|Hill|nolink=1}} | Undergraduate | Computer Engineering | C.E.O. of Perpetua Labs, chairman at Draper AI and co-founder of Blend Labs | |
| {{sortname|Jacqueline|Hutchings|nolink=1}} | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | Co-founder, Friendlier and member of Forbes 30 under 30 2022 list for Social Impact | |
| {{sortname|Mike|Lazaridis}} | Honorary | Electrical Engineering | Co-founder, Research in Motion | |
| {{sortname|Martha|Lenio|nolink=1}} | Undergraduate | Mechanical Engineering | Commander of the NASA Human Performance Study Hawai'i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation
|align="center"|{{cite web|access-date=2022-01-11|url= http://arcticwwf.org/work/team/martha-lenio/ |title=The WWF Artic Program|publisher=WWF|date=2020-08-01}} | |
| {{sortname|Rasmus|Lerdorf}} | Undergraduate | Systems Design Engineering | PHP creator | |
| {{sortname|Kevin|Madill|nolink=1 }} | Graduate | Systems Design Engineering | Co-founder, Miovision | |
| {{sortname|Chuck|Magro}} | Graduate | Chemical Engineering | President of Nutrien | |
| {{sortname|Peter|Masak}} | Undergraduate | Mechanical Engineering | Glider pilot | |
| {{sortname|Samuel|Mazin|nolink=1}} | Graduate | Computer Engineering | Co-founder, RefleXion Medical | |
| {{sortname|Apoorva|Mehta}} | Graduate | Electrical Engineering | Founder, Instacart | |
| {{sortname|Curtis|McBride|nolink=1}} | Graduate | Systems Design Engineering | Co-founder and C.E.O., Miovision | |
| {{sortname|Ashkay|Nanduri|nolink=1}} | Graduate | Electrical Engineering | C.E.O and Founder, Onc. AI and co-founder, RefleXion Medical | |
| {{sortname|Sefunmi |Osinaike|nolink=1}} | Undergraduate | Electrical and Engineering | Co-founder, Co.lab and member of Forbes 30 under 30 2022 list for Education
|align="center"|{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/colab/?sh=79e8f28865c7 |title=Cofounders, Co.Lab |work=Forbes|access-date=2022-12-10}} | |
| {{sortname|Parker|Mitchell}} | Undergraduate | Mechanical Engineering | Co-founder, Engineers Without Borders (Canada) | |
| {{sortname|Chamath|Palihapitiya}} | Undergraduate | Electrical Engineering | Venture capitalist, engineer, SPAC sponsor and the founder and CEO of Social Capital, benefactor of University of Waterloo Engineering Palihapitiya Venture Creation Fund {{cite web |url = https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/entrepreneurship/funding/palihapitiya-venture-creation-fund|title = Palihapitiya Venture Creation Fund|access-date=10 December 2022}}
|align="center"|{{cite web |title=#2378 Chamath Palihapitiya |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/chamath-palihapitiya/?sh=38e87e501316 |website=Forbes |access-date=23 May 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Brownell |first1=Claire |title=Chamath Palihapitiya, the billionaire venture capitalist investing in a better world |url=https://www.macleans.ca/economy/chamath-palihapitiya-the-billionaire-venture-capitalist-investing-in-a-better-world/ |website=Maclean's |publisher=St. Joseph Communications. |access-date=23 May 2021}} | |
| {{sortname|Cole|Pearn}} | Graduate | Mechanical Engineering | NASCAR crew chief
|align="center"|{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/motorsports/ci_27060917/furniture-row-racing-names-cole-pearn-new-crew|title=Furniture Row Racing names Cole Pearn as new crew chief|newspaper=The Denver Post|date=December 3, 2014|access-date=August 22, 2015}} | |
| {{sortname|Baskar|Puvanathasan|nolink=1}} | Undergraduate | Computer Engineering | Co-founder, PagerDuty | |
| {{sortname|Yuri|Quintana|nolink=1}} | Graduate | Electrical and Computer Engineering and Systems Design Engineering | Chief Division of Clinical Informatics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School | |
| {{sortname|Matthew|Rose|nolink=1}} | Undergraduate | Mechatronics Engineering | Co-founder, Ceragem and member of Forbes 30 under 30 2022 list for Agriculture | |
| {{sortname|Robert|Rosehart}} | Graduate | Chemical Engineering | Former President of Wilfrid Laurier University | |
| {{sortname|George|Roter}} | Undergraduate | Mechanical Engineering | Co-CEO of Engineers Without Borders (Canada) | |
| {{sortname|Deb|Roy}} | Undergraduate | Computer Engineering | Scientist and Director of the MIT Center for Constructive Communication
|align="center"|{{cite web|access-date=2022-12-09 |url=https://www.media.mit.edu/people/dkroy/overview/ |title=Deb Roy |publisher=MIT}} | |
| {{sortname|Beri|Sanjay|nolink=1}} | Undergraduate | Computer Engineering | Co-founder, Netskope | |
| {{sortname|Prem Saran|Satsangi}} | Graduate | Electrical Engineering | Spiritual leader of Radhasoami faith, Dayalbagh, Chairman (ACE), Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dean (Academics) at IIT Delhi, system scientist
|align="center"|{{Cite web|url=https://home.iitd.ac.in/|title=Home Page : IIT Delhi|website=home.iitd.ac.in}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dayalbagh.org.in/radhasoami-faith/sant-satguru.htm|title=Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith|website=www.dayalbagh.org.in}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dei.ac.in/dei/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=837:consciousness-book&catid=16:news-and-updates |title=Consciousness: Integrating Eastern and Western Perspectives |access-date=2017-07-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705113134/http://www.dei.ac.in/dei/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=837:consciousness-book&catid=16:news-and-updates |archive-date=July 5, 2017 |df=mdy-all }} | |
| {{sortname|Mohsen|Shanini|nolink=1}} | Graduate | Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation Engineering | Co-founder, Top Hat | |
| {{sortname|Mike|Siligadze|nolink=1}} | Undergraduate | Electrical Engineering | Co-founder, Top Hat | |
| {{sortname|Moustafa Aly|Soliman|nolink=1}} | Graduate | Systems Design Engineering | Professor of chemical engineering at the British University in Egypt, pioneered the use of sulfur compounds in thermochemical cycles for hydrogen production and the use of nano-palladium to catalyze partial oxidation of ethane to acetic acid | |
| {{sortname|Alex|Solomon|nolink=1}} | Undergraduate | Software Engineering | Co-founder, PagerDuty | |
| {{sortname|Vahid|Tarokh}} | Graduate | Electrical Engineering | Professor at Harvard University | |
| {{sortname|Susan|Tighe}} | Graduate | Civil Engineering | Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Pavement and Infrastructure Management | |
| {{sortname|Claire J.|Tomlin}} | Undergraduate | Electrical Engineering | Professor at UC Berkeley and Researcher | |
| {{sortname|Donald J.|Walker}} | Graduate | Mechanical Engineering | Former C.E.O. of Magna International | |
| {{sortname|James|Won-Ki Hong}} | Graduate | Computer Science | Dean of Graduate of Information Technology and Professor of Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering at POSTECH | |
| {{sortname|Fangjin|Yang|nolink=1}} | Undergraduate | Electrical Engineering | Co-founder and CEO of Imply; co-creator of Druid |
Notable faculty
File:Vijay Bhargava.gif|Vijay Bhargava, Professior, University of British Columbia
File:Mohamed_Elmasry_Cropped.png|Mohamed Elmasry, Writer, The Globe and Mail
File:VWI LectureRJPelt.jpg|Robert Jan van Pelt, Architectural Historian
File:Sedra_April2015.jpg|Adel Sedra, Former Dean, University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering
File: Prof. Robert A. Varin.jpg|Robert A. Varin, Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering
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| Name | Relationship | Discipline | class="unsortable"| Known for | class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{sortname|Sanjeev|Bedin|nolink=1}} | Professor | Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | Founding Director of Waterloo Engineering Ideas Clinic and 2022 winner of Engineers Canada Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education | |
| {{sortname|Vijay|Bhargava}} | Professor | Electrical Engineering | Professor at the University of British Columbia | |
| {{sortname|Thomas|Brzustowski}} | Professor | Mechanical Engineering | Engineer, academic, and civil servant | |
| {{sortname|Savvas|Chamberlain}} | Professor | Engineering | Member of the Order of Canada and CEO of EXEL Research
|align="center"|{{cite web|title=Governor General of Canada|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=12211&t=12&ln=Chamberlain}} | |
| {{sortname|David|Clausi|nolink=1}} | Professor and Associate Dean | Systems Design Engineering | Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering | |
| {{sortname|Krzysztof |Czarnecki|nolink=1}} | Professor | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Co-Lead, Autonomoose, Canada's first self-driving research vehicle to be tested on public roads
|align="center"|{{cite web|access-date=2022-12-10|url=https://www.cca-reports.ca/experts/krzysztof-czarnecki/|title=Krzysztof Czarnecki|publisher=CCA}} | |
| {{sortname|Mohamed|Elmasry}} | Professor | Engineering | Writer for The Globe and Mail | |
| {{sortname|Carolyn|Hansson}} | Professor | Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | Member of the Order of Canada | |
| {{sortname|Robert|Jan van Pelt}} | Professor | Architecture | Architectural Historian | |
| {{sortname|Victor Hugo|Quintana}} | Professor (Retired) | Engineering | Distinguished Professor Emeritus | {{Cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/about/people/quintana|title=Our People - Distinguished Professors Emeriti|website=UW Electrical and Computer Engineering}} |
| {{sortname|Alan|Plumtree|nolink=1}} | Professor | Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | Co-Inventor of the Waterloo Pump | |
| {{sortname|Adel|Sedra}} | Dean | Engineering | Former Dean of the University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering | |
| {{sortname|Xuemin|Shen|nolink=1}} | Professor | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
|align="center"|{{cite web|access-date=2022-12-10|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37278603300|title=Xuemin Shen|publisher=ieeexplore}} | |
| {{sortname|Pearl|Sullivan}} | Dean | Engineering | Former Dean of the University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering | |
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Varin}} | Professor | Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering | |
| {{sortname|Douglas T.|Wright}} | Professor | Civil Engineering | Civil Engineer, President Emeritus of University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering |
Notes
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Further reading
- {{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/04/08/when-94-is-not-94-what-waterloo-universitys-engineering-admission-tool-reveals-about-high-school-grades.html|title=When 94% is not 94: What University of Waterloo’s engineering admission tool reveals about high school grades|last=Hurley|first=Janet|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=8 April 2023|access-date=9 April 2023}}
External links
- [http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/ Faculty of Engineering website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070214141236/http://engsoc.uwaterloo.ca/www/ University of Waterloo Engineering Society]
- [http://iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca/ The Iron Warrior, Newspaper of the Engineering Society]
- [http://architecture.uwaterloo.ca/ School of Architecture website]
- [https://uwaterloo.ca/conrad-school-entrepreneurship-business/ Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business website]
- [http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/research/ University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering Research Centres and Labs]
- [https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/heritage-project/ Waterloo Engineering's Heritage Project page]
- [https://hackthenorth.com/ Hack the North website]
- [https://uwaterloo.ca/women-in-engineering/hive-mind/ Hive Mind Program website]
- [https://uwaterloo.ca/capstone-design/ Capstone Design website]
- [https://uwaterloo.ca/co-operative-education/your-work-term/watpd-courses/ WatPD Engineering Courses]
- [http://www.design.uwaterloo.ca/ Waterloo Cases in Design Engineering]
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