Honours for School of Architecture Director
Rick Haldenby, director of the School of Architecture, has been invested as a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He is the first third-generation Fellow named by the Institute. Haldenby has also been named Chair of the Council of Canadian University Schools of Architecture and a member of the Board of Directors of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. [more]

Mechanical Engineering Students Win Honda Design Competition
A team of mechanical engineering students from Waterloo led by grad student Steve Samborsky has placed first in the Honda Canada HQP Poster Competition and won a prize of $4,500. The national competition took place at the AUTO21
Network of Centres of Excellence Scientific Conference held in Vancouver last week. The winning UW team is investigating new design methods to advance regenerative braking systems. [more]

Nanotechnology Student Among Canada's Top 20 Under 20
Keith Peiris, a current Waterloo Engineering student in nanotechnology engineering, received one of Canada's Top 20 Under 20 Awards on June 6, 2006. This award recognizes outstanding innovation, leadership and achievement. The recipients of this prestigious youth award are chosen from thousands of nominees from all across Canada. [more]