Jen Parks (Earth and Environmental Sciences) has become the first woman to lead Waterloo’s Geological Engineering since the program was launched almost 40 years ago.
Parks (BSc ’00 and PhD ‘10, Geological and Earth Sciences) holds a limited engineering license as of 2016.
“My goal is to increase awareness of what geological engineering is, particularly with high school students,” she says. “I also want to increase our ability to attract top-tier students to the program.”
Jen Parks is the first woman director of Waterloo's Geological Engineering program.
She will also focus on increasing community connections within geological engineering between the Faculties of Engineering and Science, students and professors, and students and alumni.
Parks began her term as director of geological engineering, part of Waterloo's Civil and Environmental Engineering department, on March 1.