Jen Parks, a University of Waterloo alumnus, has become the first woman to lead Waterloo’s geological engineering since the program was launched almost 40 years ago.
Two researchers at Waterloo Engineering are co-leaders of projects announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week as the recipients of more than $5.6 million in infrastructure funding from the federal government.
Two UW Civil & Environmental engineering students Robert Chlumsky and Danyka Byrnes earned the Outstanding student presentation award for the hydrology section at the annual American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, which typically has 25,000+ participants. Read the Twitter thread here.
A professor at Waterloo Engineering has been named a fellow of an international organization that fosters leadership and collaboration among leading environmental researchers. Nandita Basu, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and earth and environmental sciences, is one of 21 sustainability scientists selected from across North America for the 2021 cohort of the Earth Leadership Program (ELP).
This is a very prestigious award for large and long term research projects which have made a significant contribution to the technological advancement related to steel structures.
JuHyeong Ryu and Omar Sadab Chowdhury from the Civil Environmental Engineering Department have been named GRADflix finalists and will be featured at the GRADflix 2021 Showcase on Friday, January 29!
The playground at Elizabeth Ziegler Elementary School has a popular new addition thanks in part to a group of four UW Architectural Engineering students from the class of 2023. Recently a new play structure was installed in the schoolyard based on the custom design created by UW students Jocelyn Cao, Rayen Feng, Jake Gu and Michael Hioe. The design was completed as part of their AE 125 Structural Design Studio course held during Spring term 2019.
Waterloo Engineering placed two subjects in the top 50 and two more in the top 100 in worldwide university rankings for 2021.
In an evaluation of more than 1,500 global universities by media company U.S. News and World Report, electrical engineering ranked 25th and mechanical engineering was 49th.
Civil engineering was ranked 73rd and chemical engineering held the 87th spot. Click here to continue reading this story.
Celebrating the accomplishments of Mansour Esnaashary Esfahani, Mari Foroutan and Jaya Gupta
A professor at Waterloo Engineering has been honoured by an international organization for Earth and space scientists.
Nandita Basu is the 2020 winner of the Sulzman Award for Excellence in Education and Mentoring from the American Geophysical Union (AGU).