Waterloo Engineering

Hack the North and Waterloo Tech Week showcased the unmatched energy, talent, and innovation thriving here at Waterloo Engineering. Incredible to see our engineering students and founders at the forefront of turning bold ideas into reality.

🔧Do you love to build tech, create community, and support other young people who also love building technology?🤖⁣
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If you are a student currently enrolled in 1st, 2nd or 3rd year at the University of Waterloo from ANY faculty who has attended Hack the North, you are eligible to apply!⁣
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⭐Application deadline is October 2, so apply now!⭐⁣
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🔗For more information and to apply: https://bit.ly/4qePZ2C

Are you a budding entrepreneur? Do you need funding for your capstone project? APPLY NOW!

The Engineer of the Future Fund is intended to “incubate early” – funding viable student projects in the critical startup phase.

Project funding may range from $500 - $2500.

❗Applications due Friday October 2!
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🔗 For eligibility and more: https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/entrepreneurship/funding/engineer-future-trust

Thinking about grad school? 🎓

The Canadian Engineering Graduate Studies Fair is coming to Waterloo next week! Organized by the Canadian Graduate Engineering Consortium (CGEC), this is your chance to discover how graduate studies can transform your career.

Our admissions experts, faculty members, and current grad students will be there to answer your questions.

📅 Thursday, September 24, 1:00 - 4:00 pm at the University of Waterloo

🔗 Register and secure your spot here: https://www.engineeringgradstudies.com/register/

Students from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture (BAS, MArch) and Architectural Engineering (AE) in the University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering claimed first, second and third prize in the 2025/2026 Architectural Student Design Competition organized by the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC).

🏆 Awards of Excellence - Resonance, James Miller & Luke Carone
🥈 2nd Prize - Thirteen Ascents, Yuxuan Peng & Jaycee(Jiachen) Li
🥉 3rd Prize - UBC Tropical Conservatory, Jai Singh & Carissa Perrella

A huge congratulations to all these amazing students!

Read the full story here: https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/news/students-sweep-national-steel-design-competition

Explore their award winning projects: https://www.cisc-icca.ca/architecture-student-design-competition/asdc-2025-2026-winners/

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Michael Benoit, Assistant Professor in our Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, who has been named to Canada's Top 40 Under 40® for 2026 — one of the country's most recognized honours for young leaders!

Benoit's research focuses on sustainable, high-performance metallic materials for welding, joining and additive manufacturing — including ways to use lower-purity, more sustainable aluminum without the cracking that usually comes with it. He's a core member of Waterloo's Centre for Advanced Materials Joining and the MSAM Lab, Associate Director of WatCAR, and has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles.

"It's an honour to receive this recognition," said Benoit. "To me, it's not just about individual achievement — it also celebrates the students, colleagues and collaborators who make meaningful work possible."

He'll receive the award at the Top 40 Awards Night in Toronto on October 21.

Learn more: https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/news/professor-named-one-canadas-top-40-under-40-0

Most grad students pick a supervisor they've never met. David Carciente didn't have to. He spent a summer working with his, before he ever even applied for his master's at Waterloo Engineering.

In 2024, as a Concordia undergrad, he joined the first cohort of Waterloo Engineering's Rising Stars fellowship, a paid summer research program for undergraduates. When the fellowship was over, he knew his lab, the Vision and Image Processing Group, and the people within. It was this familiar ground that motivated him to return for his grad studies.

He's one of seven Rising Stars fellows — out of 45 since 2024 — who've returned to Waterloo for grad school.

Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g9Yq2Ysp

A new student design team at Waterloo Engineering is tackling one of computing's toughest disciplines: high-performance computing.

Computer engineering students James Redekopp and Karl Keshavarzi founded UW High Performance Computing (UWHPC) this year within the Sedra Student Design Centre. Their first project: a high-performance Variational Monte Carlo simulation for quantum systems, built from scratch in C++. Next term, the team moves into machine learning systems and GPU optimization.

UWHPC is recruiting now for Fall 2026 — no HPC experience required. "Technical concepts can be taught," said co-founder Keshavarzi. "The motivation to dig deeper is what we really look for."

Read more: https://lnkd.in/gMqcCqnt

Apply, including a hands-on onboarding challenge open to everyone: https://lnkd.in/gSss3Cfj