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A growing startup company that was co-founded by two À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering graduates is in unicorn territory after securing US $100 million in new funding.

Tailscale Inc., which was launched just three years ago and currently has 35 employees, was founded by alumni Avery Pennarun (BASc ’01, computer engineering) and David Carney (BASc ’01, computer engineering) along with David Crawshaw.

A graduate of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering and his partner are helping co-op students work at non-profit organizations via a donation from a family foundation.

Michael Steele (BASc ’81, civil engineering) was one of the founders in 2007 of The Steele Family Foundation to offer disadvantaged people education, basic humanitarian services and community support on a grassroots level.

Now, Steele and his spouse Stacey have donated $200,000 through the foundation to launch the Feridun Hamdullahpur Change Makers in Co-op program to fund co-op positions at charitable organizations.

A chemical engineering doctoral student will further her climate change research at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering as a recipient of the .

Public participation in environmental decisions in Ontario declined significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns the system failed to protect a core value at a time of crisis.

A statistical analysis by engineering researchers at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ showed direct intervention in land use decisions by the provincial government using a tool called Minister’s Zoning Orders (MZOs) soared in the first 10 months after a state of emergency was declared in March 2020.

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering graduates were recipients of awards presented by the Greater Kitchener À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Chamber of Commerce at its annual .

The gala recognizes chamber members who have made exceptional contributions through their involvement and leadership in the community.

A student design team at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ has been awarded US $50,000 to advance to the next stage of a high-profile competition to design and build energy efficient homes.

, which is made up of more than 50 students, many of them from engineering programs, was selected for funding in the , an event sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Launched to assist the City of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ with a disintegrating household pipe problem in the 1990s, the University’s (CAAT) is closing its doors at the end of this month.

Housed in À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering, the centre headed by Mark Knight, a civil and environmental engineering professor,  has addressed critical issues facing underground infrastructure installation, assessment, repair and renewal since 1994.

A team from the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ has been named to compete in a four-year event to engineer a next-generation, battery-powered electric vehicle.

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ will tackle the alongside teams from 14 other North America schools including the Georgia Institute of Technology and Virginia Tech. It is one of only two Canadian universities selected.

Sanaz Saadatmand Hashemi, a systems design engineering doctoral candidate, is one of four recipients across campus of this year’s Amit and Meena Chakma Awards for Exceptional Teaching by a Student.

A teaching assistant for a number of engineering courses, Hashemi is described as approachable, conscientious, well-organized, understanding, and accommodating to all students both inside and outside of the classroom. 

Two recent graduates of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering finished first and second in an international contest sponsored for a non-profit organization dedicated to effective water management.

Kelsey Lee Kundert took the top prize of $3,000, while Nik Knezic won $1,500 in second place, for the best master’s theses as judged by the , the world’s largest organization of water supply professionals.