John Jung (BES '73, Urban & Regional Planning), chief executive officer of Canada's Technology Triangle Inc., talks about the value of close ties between business and academia.
After five years at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ginny Dybenko (MMath '72, Pure Mathematics) will be leaving to become acting executive director of University of Waterloo's Stratford campus, effective Oct. 1.
Calgary-based E-T Energy Ltd. announces that Trevor Roberts (BASc '76, Chemical Engineering) will become president and chief executive.
After a long sabbatical this year, Doug Cooper (BASc '81, Electrical Engineering) has decided to leave Intel to work part time for a venture capital company in the Tech Triangle.
Khaled Al Sabawi (BASc '06, Computer Engineering,) who launched the first geothermal energy company in the Middle East, is among the Canadians who have decided to try their hand at setting up business in the West Bank and Gaza.
Stephen Carpenter (BASc '78, Mechanical Engineering; MASc '80, Mechanical Engineering), president of Enermodal Engineering, was named to the inaugural class of LEED Fellows by the Green Building Certification Institute. He is one of only two Canadians to be awarded this designation.
Brandon McMillen (BSc '11, Kinesiology) has recently opened Velocity Sports Performance & Fitness in Owen Sound, Ontario.
Paul Van Oorschot (BMath '84, Computer Science/Combinatorics & Optimization; MMath '86, Computer Science; PhD '88, Computer Science) has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada for his exceptional contributions to Canadian intellectual life and advancing knowledge and scholarship in Canada.
The Board of Directors at Mosaic Counselling and Family Services announces the appointment of Susanne Gillespie (MA '92, Gerontology) as Executive Director, effective October 3, 2011.
Damber Thapa (MSc '10, Vision Science) is a finalist in the Optical Society of America's Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition.