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Featured Story in the October 2019 issue of WEAL Magazine on REBECCA SAARI, who came to Waterloo as a civil and environmental engineering professor in 2015, uses sophisticated computer modelling to study the benefits of government air-pollution and climate policies in terms of human health. Her work on fi ne particulate matter, an airborne villain that is one of the leading environmental risk factors for premature death in the world, quantifies the economic impact of lower healthcare costs, higher productivity and other factors to help make the case for change.

Civil and Environmental Wellness Week is taking place the week of November 4th to 8th 2019. Please have a look at all the fun and exciting events taking place around the department for you to participate in. Please click into the article to see the full calendar of events.

Today, more than half the world’s population lives in cities, and that number is only increasing. Tomorrow’s urban centres will face rapid population growth and increasingly complex challenges. The Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering was created to prepare students for the difficult issues that our future cities will face. The newly-appointed Chair, Nadine Ibrahim, took the position in January 2019. Through unique coursework and extracurriculars, she’s introducing new educational attitudes that will help students learn from a network of faculty, industry professionals and global experts.

The Center for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) Presents the High Performance Asphalt Materials Symposium on Wednesday October 2nd, 2019 8:00am to 3:30pm in the aculty Hall, Pearl Sullivan Engineering building room PSE-7363. Please click here to see the poster for more information.