Whether you're a first time curler or a rock-throwing pro, be sure to join us for this year's Waterloo Engineering Alumni Curling Bonspiel! Singles, couples, and teams may be entered - beginners are welcome!
Join us for at the annual March Break Open House, taking place on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. You'll have the opportunity to learn more about our faculty, meet faculty and students from all of our Engineering programs, tour our facilities, and find out more about the University's residences and other student services.
Waterloo's main campus will host all of our programs in the Physical Activities Complex (PAC), while the School of Architecture will hold a simultaneous Open House at the Cambridge Campus.
Please join us for cupcakes and refreshments as we say farewell to Dean Adel Sedra.
Please honour Adel's legacy by contributing to the Adel S. Sedra Entrance Scholarship.
A story in the July 6 Globe and Mail outlines a funding challenge faced by software engineering alumnus Kunal Gupta and his company Polar Mobile. They need bridge funding to meet their growth needs while they wait for government research and development grants to come in. Advice comes from three business specialists, including Rod McNaughton, director of the Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre at the University of Waterloo. READ more about Polar Mobile’s challenge and McNaughton’s recommendations.
Accolades continue to come in for the new Engineering 5 building. It was recently reviewed by Gabriel Fain in the June issue of Canadian Architect Magazine. Fain notes that the six-storey E5 successfully combines student project space on the lower levels with labs, offices and classrooms on the upper levels. He concludes that, “… there is no question that a new sense of identity will be formed that builds upon the rich academic culture and reputation of Waterloo’s Faculty of Engineering” with the construction of E5 and the other planned engineering buildings on this part of campus.
Derek Satnik, an electrical engineering alumnus, and his family have built the first LEED Platinum certified building in the Waterloo Region. Making the investment to build an energy efficient home was a natural one for Satnik who works as an energy-efficiency consultant with Mindscape Innovations, a “green home” consulting firm located in Kitchener.
Devon Rizzo, a first-year management engineering student, will be a member of Team Canada’s golf team at the 2011 Summer Universiade games in Shenzhen, China, August 17-20. Rizzo is the record holder for the lowest OUA women’s golf score. [news release]