Academic and Research Units
The faculty presently houses six departments, one school, and one centre. They are the School of Architecture, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Department of Management Sciences, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Department of Systems Design Engineering, and Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (CBET). Architecture joined the Faculty of Engineering after leaving Environmental Studies in May 2005, while CBET joined the faculty in June 2006, not having been previously affiliated to a faculty.
The faculty also boasts a number of research groups. With over 1600 graduate students and 240 faculty members, it is the largest school for engineering research in Canada. These groups include the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research, Biotechnology & Health Engineering Centre, Nanotechnology Engineering Research, Institute for Polymer Research, Institute for Sustainable Energy, Centre for Advancement of Trenchless Technology, and the Waterloo Cases in Design Engineering Group.
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