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Imagine a future where monitoring diabetes and ketone levels is quick and comfortable.

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering professor Dr. Mahla Poudineh, director of the IDEATION Lab in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is developing a small, painless, wearable patch for people with type 1 diabetes which sends informative readings to their smartphones.

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering professor Dr. Solomon Tesfamariam has been named to a list of leading innovators by a national anti-racism organization.

The 2023 edition of Canada’s Aspiring Innovators of the Year, released by the Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism (CILAR), recognizes Black, Indigenous and People of Colour winners who positively impact their communities, the world and future generations through the innovation ecosystem.

A À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering research team has achieved a historic breakthrough in transforming the carbon dioxide emissions driving climate change into clean fuels.

Led by Dr. Yimin Wu, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, the team has refined a process over a two-year period that could play a significant role in helping decarbonize industrial emissions and boost both the environment and national economies.

A À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering team will compete in the Battery Workforce Challenge, a three-year student competition run by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance electric vehicle (EV) power. 

Led by Dr. Yverick Rangom, a chemical engineering professor, the team will design, build, test and integrate an advanced electric vehicle (EV) battery pack into a Stellantis vehicle.

The dean of engineering and a professor in chemical engineering have been named to a high-profile list of Canada's 100 most powerful women.

Dean Mary Wells and Dr. Aiping Yu are listed among the leaders in education, business and the community who have made the grade and have campus-wide ties to the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.

The recipients of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering's 2023 teaching, research and staff excellence awards were announced today by Dean Mary Wells.

In a memo to engineering faculty and staff, Wells said she would like to "thank all our award recipients for their inspiring work and ongoing dedication to the faculty." The winners will be recognized officially at the Engineering Faculty & Staff Awards Dinner in January 2024.

An outreach program aiming to significantly increase enrollment and improve the experience of young women in engineering programs was named first runner-up by a global group of engineering deans for a prestigious diversity award.

The Hydro One Women in Engineering University Partnership (HOWEUP), led by a university group featuring the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, received second place out of three shortlisted projects for the Global Engineering Deans Council’s (GEDC) Diversity Award.

Kitchener-based startup Coastal Carbon has received $1.6 million in funding from Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC) to undertake the AI-Driven Sensors for Seaweed Measurement Project. 

Co-founded in 2022 by À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering alumni and PhD candidate Kelly Zheng (BASc '19, chemical engineering) and Thomas Storwick (BASc ‘19, nanotechnology engineering and MASc ‘21, chemical engineering), the company’s mission is to tap the ocean for valuable data.

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering alum Jagdeep Singh Bachher (BASc ‘93, mechanical engineering, MASc '94, management sciences and PhD '00, management sciences) has been named the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s 12th chancellor. 

In his new role as chancellor, the titular head of the University, he will be a key ambassador for the institution, building and nurturing relationships across the broader À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ community and advancing its mission provincially, nationally, and internationally in keeping with the Vision for À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ at 100. 

A team of University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering researchers has created smart, advanced materials that will be the building blocks for a future generation of soft medical microrobots.

Led by Dr. Hamed Shahsavan, a chemical engineering professor, the research team has developed tiny robots that have the potential to conduct medical procedures, such as biopsy, and cell and tissue transport, in a minimally invasive fashion.