Entrepreneurship Archives - Waterloo Engineering

Capstone Design award winners Sanhar Balachandran, Sadruddin Hashmani, Bainian Liu and Nabeel Shahid

Capstone Design awards help turn projects into businesses

Entrepreneurship Unique Education By Beth Cotter|April 18, 2018

Winning teams for this year are hoping to continue in the tradition of successful Waterloo startups including Thalmic Labs, Athos and Voltera

Calling all alumni to come home and ‘change the world’

Entrepreneurship Our Icons By Brian Caldwell|March 28, 2018

Kik founder and former Waterloo Engineering student Ted Livingston is looking for help to turn Waterloo Region into a technology powerhouse

From electric cars to Morning Recovery hangover prevention

Entrepreneurship By Brian Caldwell|March 14, 2018

Sisun Lee quit his job at Tesla to launch a startup company with a drink that promises to ease the day-after misery of too much booze

Avidbot founders Faizan Sheikh and Pablo Molina

Avidbots Neo – the industrial cleaning robot

Entrepreneurship By Carol Truemner|February 28, 2018

Neo is the creation of Avidbots co-founders Pablo Molina and Faizan Sheikh, both alumni of Waterloo’s mechatronics engineering program.

Researchers bring expertise to supply chains powered by AI

Entrepreneurship Our Icons By Brian Caldwell|February 21, 2018

The digitization of supply chains will require integration of AI, robotics, autonomous systems, data analytics, mobile connectivity and the IoT

Paper strips make water testing fast, cheap and easy

Entrepreneurship Impact Research By Brian Caldwell|February 7, 2018

Simple system could save lives, prevent illness in the developing world by enabling routine checks for E. coli contamination of drinking water sources

Universities claiming unicorn company founders

Entrepreneurship By Larry Kim|January 17, 2018

The University of Waterloo has claimed six unicorn company founders as alumni – Unicorn is a private company valued at more than 1 billion USD

Is Fiber Optics the Future of Industrial Sensing?

Entrepreneurship By James Jackson|December 27, 2017

AOMS Technologies has developed a unique fiber optic sensor technology specifically designed for use in harsh environments

EMAGIN founders Mohamad Vedut, left, Mariam Javed and Thouheed Abdul

AI startup offers environmental protection

Entrepreneurship By Brian Caldwell|November 1, 2017

EMAGIN is a startup that uses AI for environmental protection to help municipal utilities improve their water and wastewater operations

Y Combinator President to receive honorary doctorate

Entrepreneurship By Beth Cotter|June 6, 2017

Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator — considered the world’s most powerful startup incubator — to receive honorary doctorate at spring convocation.

Engineering 7: Campaign update

Entrepreneurship Impact Research Unique Education By Angela Pause|January 12, 2017

The $88 million Engineering 7 building received a funding boost on January 12, 2017 from the federal government with $32.6 million.

Co-op helped aspiring engineer find his footing in Canada

Entrepreneurship By Brian Caldwell|December 5, 2016

Leslie Klein worked his way through Waterloo Engineering and on to success as an entrepreneur with antennas for satellite connectivity.