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We are the largest engineering school in Canada, with 10,898 enrolled in 2025, and expansive range of state -of- the -art, future ready labs powered by industry and government funding. In 2024/25, external research funding from Canadian and international partners exceeded $103 million, up $24 million from prior year, this strong growth is reflective of our extensive industry partnerships and the excellence of our engineering research programs.
News
Professor wins national award for decades of battery research
A professor who is cross-appointed to the Faculty of Engineering has won the top award in science and engineering in Canada for more than three decades of groundbreaking research on batteries.
Dr. Linda Nazar, a chemistry professor who also has cross-appointments in electrical and chemical engineering, was awarded the 2026 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Professor’s models to help Ontario prepare for floods
A Waterloo Engineering researcher is expanding a long-running partnership with the province to help Ontario improve predictions of floods and droughts and further inform water management in lakes and rivers across the province.
Dr. Bryan Tolson, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received $540,000 over three years from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources for the Ontario Hydrologic Modelling Assessment project.
Biomaterials researcher named federal research chair
A researcher who turns the body’s own cells into better medical treatments is joining the University of Waterloo as one of its inaugural Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs.
Dr. Ruibing Wang, currently a professor of supramolecular pharmaceutics and biomaterials at the University of Macau, will join the Faculty of Engineering in April 2027 as Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair in Supramolecular Biomaterials. He is one of three chairs appointed to Waterloo through the Government of Canada program.
Events
WICI Talk - Energy Efficient AI
Dr. Terry Stewart is currently an NRC Canada Associate Research Officer and adjunct professor with the Dept of Psychology at the University of Waterloo. He is a former member of the Computational Neuroscience Research group at the University of Waterloo working with Chris Eliasmith on the development of Spaun and the Nengo software
Future-Proof Your Research Data: Best Practices for Managing Your Data Workshop
Join this one-hour session and learn how investing a small amount of time in organizing your data now can save you a lot of time and prevent future headaches.
Community Well-being Fruits and Veg Market
Fresh produce, right on campus. No grocery run. No hassle. Just bags of seasonal fruit and veggies at prices well below what you’d pay at a store. Grab one between classes and you’re set for the week! Open to all students and employees.