Electrical and computer engineers shape the future through innovation. They develop and improve systems that serve everyday needs of society spanning from high-voltage engineering and sustainable energy, to breakthroughs in wireless technology. Our faculty and students do everything from creating low-cost digital x-ray imagers to combat tuberculosis in developing countries, to building real-time embedded systems to advance the design and reliability of commercial products. ECE - the future is what we do.
Research
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is a dynamic and innovative hub of cutting-edge advancements in technology and engineering. Faculty members lead pioneering research in areas such as robotics, artificial intelligence, communications, embedded systems, and renewable energy, addressing real-world challenges and driving technological breakthroughs.
Resources
Events
MASc Seminar Notice: Systematic Extraction Flow and Gate Stack Development for GaN HEMT Devices with MVSG Model
Candidate: Yuan Fang
Date: May 2, 2025
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Zoom (online)
Supervisors: Drs. Lan Wei and Ujwal Radhakrishna
All are welcome!
MASc Seminar Notice: Electrochemical Capacitance-Voltage Profiling of Carrier Distributions in Advanced III-V Semiconductor Epitaxial Structures
Candidate: Yazan Qudsi
Date: May 2, 2025
Time: 3:00pm
Location: Microsoft Teams (restricted to invite only)
Supervisor: Zbigniew Wasilewski
MASc Seminar Notice: Optimal Sensor Protection and Measurement Corruption Detection in Safety-Critical Systems
Candidate: Ben Zhang
Date: May 12, 2025
Time: 11:00am
Location: online
Supervisors: Drs. Chris Nielsen and Derek Rayside
All are welcome!
News
Incoming ECE PhD student Zahra Dehghani Tafti receives Maks Wulkan Graduate Scholarship
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is pleased to announce that Zahra Dehghani Tafti, an incoming PhD student, has been selected as the sole Faculty of Engineering recipient of the Maks Wulkan Graduate Scholarship for Fall 2025.
Dr. Xuemin (Sherman) Shen named one of the world’s top scientists in electronics and electrical engineering
Dr. Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, University Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, has been named one of the world’s leading scientists in electronics and electrical engineering. In the 2024 edition of its annual global ranking, Research.com places Dr. Shen at #18 worldwide and #1 in Canada—a reflection of his extraordinary impact in the field.
Computer engineering alumni’s VPN startup secures $230M to meet AI demands
Toronto-based virtual private network (VPN) startup Tailscale announced it has raised $230 million in Series C funding to expand its team and meet rising demand from artificial intelligence (AI) companies.
Co-founded in 2019 by Waterloo Engineering alumni Avery Pennarun and David Carney (both BASc ’01, computer engineering), the company offers a secure VPN that simplifies access to private networks.