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Waterloo partners for potable pipe preservation
The University of Waterloo has entered into a partnership with the University of Alberta and Insituform Technologies to improve the maintenance of water distribution pipelines.
The partnership is part of the Alberta-Ontario Innovation Program (AOP)-NSERC program.
Potable water pipes in North America are aged and steadily deteriorating, often resulting in poor quality tap water and high utility bills to compensate for the additional costs of trying to maintain failing pipes. Water pipe issues must be properly investigated to find a suitable resolution to help reduce the infrastructure backlog affecting water utilities across Canada and other parts of North America.
The new research is focused on the use of the cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) method, which involves fitting a new pipe within the existing deteriorating pipe. Studies will be conducted at the two universities to advance the properties and characteristics of different materials that may be used to repair the pipes. It will also advance CIPP pressure liner design methods. With this collaboration of industry leaders, “the market is expected to embrace watermain CIPP with confidence,” says Professor Mark Knight of Waterloo's civil and environmental engineering.
Waterloo will perform advanced laboratory tests and the University of Alberta will conduct pilot field tests designed to perform the rehabilitation on a larger scale. Insituform Technologies, the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Ontario Centre of Excellence (OCE) and Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (AIIF) will sponsor the research needed to rehabilitate the lines.
Photograph courtesy of the Centre for Advancement of Trenchless Technologies (CATT).
Conrad's founding director wins Waterloo Award
Howard Armitage receives the Waterloo Award from Mayor Dave Jaworsky.
This article was originally published on the Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre website.
Howard Armitage, founding director of the Conrad Centre, was recognized with the City of Waterloo's highest honour last month. Howard was celebrated for his contributions to the community as a trail-blazer in the education space, an active board member in the non-profit community, and an inspiring teacher. He was recognized for his leadership in the creation of the MBET program, the first business program of its kind in Canada devoted to entrepreneurs.
His nominator, Tim Jackson, stated: "Howard personifies the innovation qualities inherent in the Waterloo Award. He is a holistic, big picture thinker whose creative innovations have changed the face of business education." And, as one of Conrad's advisory council members described his achievements, “students who come to his program will change industry, they’ll change companies, they’ll change culture.”
Read the full City of Waterloo profile honouring Howard Armitage's achievements.
Learn about Unit4 at a drop-in training session
If you are interested in learning about Unit4 research reporting and have questions about the setup of research work orders and delegated signing authority/reporting access, the Office of Research Finance team will be holding another drop-in training session to help answer your questions.
The drop-in training session will be held on Wednesday, November 29 (10:00 – 11:30 a.m.) in EC5-1111, the Enterprise Theatre.
Each session will include a one-hour presentation followed by a group Q&A and an opportunity to ask Research Finance staff questions one-on-one, and will cover:
- set up for research work orders in Unit4,
- delegated signing authority and reporting access,
- review of research month-end statements emailed to PIs,
- review of research-related prompted queries in Unit4, and
- future report developments.
Questions can be directed to research.finance@uwaterloo.ca.
CTE reflects on a decade of teaching excellence
The Centre for Teaching Excellence held its 10th anniversary celebration on Tuesday, November 7. Mario Coniglio, Associate Vice-President, Academic, started things off by drawing attention to some of CTE’s recent accomplishments: in the past year, the Centre has delivered 252 workshops to more than 1,100 instructors, graduate students, and staff members; engaged in more than 3,700 one-on-one consultations; and undertook 99 different curriculum events involving nearly 400 instructors in 39 departments.
Donna Ellis, the Director of CTE, then gave a quick history: how CTE's roots extend back to 1976 when TRACE – the original Teaching Resource Office – was created, headed up by Chris Knapper, and later on by Gary Griffin and then Barbara Bulman Fleming. In 2007, CTE was officially created through a merger of three academic support units: TRACE, LT3 (the “educational technology” unit), and LRI (Learning Resources and Innovation).
Mark Morton then presented Donna with an ornate plate stamped with the phrase “Change is good,” to honour the transformations that Donna has shepherded CTE through over the years.
Tuesday's notes
The 24th annual UWSA Craft Sale is being held on Thursday, November 23 and Friday, November 24 in the Davis Centre Fishbowl. Ten percent of vendor sales and 100 percent of Silent Auction proceeds are equally split between the UW Senate Scholarship Fund and the UWSA Award.
New members are invited to join the Weight Watchers At Work Series between December 4 and December 15 as part of a special offer. Contact tgneal@uwaterloo.ca for more details.