We would like to Congratulate the following graduate students on their exceptional teaching evaluations from the Spring 2021 semester.
Spring 2021 CEE TA Award recipients:
Congratulations
The chair of civil and environmental engineering has been honoured for his significant contributions to the construction industry. Carl Haas received the Construction Industry Institue's (CII) 2021 James B. Porter, Jr.
Alumni feel new role will make a difference to Waterloo Engineering 2SLGBTQ+ community
By Carol Truemner
Faculty of Engineering
Michelle Liu and Allie Kennington were thrilled when Waterloo Engineering introduced a senior position intended to ensure all students feel respected and empowered to pursue their aspirations.
They both feel the new role of associate dean of outreach, equity and diversity will make a difference to the Faculty’s 2SLGBTQ+ and other marginalized communities.
Spring 2021 saw another online edition of the MTE CivE Design Pitch Competition and the CIVE400 capstone teams put on a good show. A very impressive performance by all. Congratulations! The winning teams are:
1st Place: Team 10: EMBODY Consulting
The most harmful air pollutant worldwide is fine particular matter. In Canada, the biggest natural source of this pollutant is wildfires. Winds can spread wildfire smoke over a wide area, affecting areas hundreds of kilometres downwind.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has announced that Professor Emeritus Roger Green died on August 11.
An alumnus of Waterloo Engineering who went on to a professional football career will be honoured with a mural in his Ontario hometown after a successful campaign by a determined group of kids. Students in a grades 7 and 8 French immersion class at J. Douglas Hodgson Elementary School urged politicians in Haliburton to recognize the achievements of Taly Williams (BASc ’94, civil engineering) and his sister Lesley Tashlin alongside five local athletes already featured on an arena wall.
The Water Institute is pleased to announce that two research teams have been awarded funding in the recent 2021 seed grant competition. The Water Institute’s seed grant program was initiated in 2014 to stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration, international partnerships, and to encourage the development of research proposals that tackle increasingly complex global water issues. Please click here to continue reading this story.
Amanda (Mandy) Coleman, BASc '21, Environmental Engineering
Congratulations Yuanyang Qi The University of Waterloo 2021 Engineering Alumni Gold Medal winner.
The Office of Alumni Affairs recognizes top graduating students for academic achievement, by awarding the the Alumni Gold Medal. If you would like to check out the other recipiants please click here.