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Monday, January 25, 2021 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Gender Differences in Waterloo Graduate Engineering Student Experiences

Man and woman working on lab equipmentCalling all University of Waterloo graduate students, graduate alumni, administrators, and faculty in engineering! You are invited to a workshop discussing the Gender Differences in Waterloo Graduate Engineering Student Experience, on January 25, 2021, from 1-4:30pm (ET). All genders are encouraged to participate.

Hamed Shahsavan, Networks for small-scale bioinspired soft robots and devices.
Thursday, February 4, 2021 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

WIN Seminar Series: Liquid Crystal Networks for Small-Scale Bioinspired Soft Robots and Devices, by Hamed Shahsavan

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is happy to welcome Professor Hamed Shahsavan to the WIN family! Professor Shahsavan will deliver a seminar in order to introduce himself and his research to our community. Please join us in giving him a warm welcome.

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Friday, December 4, 2020 10:30 am - 10:30 am EST (GMT -05:00)

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

silhouette of a woman's headCanada changed forever on December 6, 1989 when 14 young women were murdered in a gender-based act of violence at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal. 
This year we will come together as a community, virtually, to recognize the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Shanghai Ranking Consultancy ranks UWaterloo ChE number one in Canada, in a tie with UofAlberta

The University of Waterloo’s Department of Chemical Engineering is tied for first in Canada with the University of Alberta's Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering in the 2020 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, released by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.

The Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, which also publishes the prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), is an independent organization dedicated to “research on higher education intelligence and consultation.” It has been using a transparent methodology and objective third-party data to rank and present the world’s top universities since 2003 and academic subjects since 2009.

The Global Ranking of Academic Subjects measures universities’ quality of education, faculty, research output and influence, as measured by citations.

Saturday, November 28, 2020 12:00 am - 12:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Waterloo Nanotechnology Conference

On Saturday, November 28, the sixth annual Waterloo Nanotechnology Conference (WNC) will bring together students, employers, researchers and entrepreneurs to discuss the exciting future of nanotechnology. This virtual event provides an exclusive opportunity to learn about careers, opportunities and resources in the world of nanotechnology.

All students (high school, university, college and graduate) and industry professionals are welcome to join us as we explore three unique aspects of nanotechnology: health, environment and information.

Thursday, December 3, 2020 1:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Webinar | A Hybrid Material that Reversibly Switches Between Two Stable Solid States, by Fut (Kuo) Yang, Aleksander Cholewinski, and Boxin Zhao

The Department of Chemical Engineering welcomes you to hear Professor Boxin Zhao and his former students, PhD graduates Fut (Kuo) Yang and Aleksander Cholewinski, discuss their innovation: a hybrid material composed of a polymer impregnated with a supercooled salt solution, termed sal-gel, that assumes two distinct but stable solid states under the same range of temperatures and pressure.