Threshold / Troublesome Concepts: What MUST We Teach?
Our disciplines abound with fascinating, rich, and important concepts to teach. Yet how do we decide on which concepts to focus when designing courses and programs?
Our disciplines abound with fascinating, rich, and important concepts to teach. Yet how do we decide on which concepts to focus when designing courses and programs?
Energy Poverty remains a major handicap to achieving human development goals. For a third of humanity without access to electricity or modern fuels, it is a notable failure of the existing global energy system that it delivers so very little to so many. Professor Jatin Nathwani, Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy for Sustainable Energy, University of Waterloo, will discuss the pathways to a low carbon energy future. The goal is to unlock scientific and technological innovations to deliver clean, low cost energy services to every global citizen.

Waterloo Engineering alumni and current engineering students are invited to an informal networking event organized by EngSoc B.
Alumni are invited to speak to and network with current engineering students about their career and career path as well as share their advice on transitioning from school to the corporate world.
Nafeesa Mahboob, an electrical and computer engineering doctoral canadiate, received the Basil Papadias Student Paper Award for the best student paper at the biannual IEEE PowerTech 2015 Conference held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
The paper was co-authored by her two doctoral supervisors Claudio Canizares and Catherine Rosenberg, both electrical and computer engineering professors. The award was presented with a plaque and 1000 euros.
Two women entering Waterloo Engineering programs are among six campus-wide to receive the first University of Waterloo HeForShe IMPACT Scholarships.
The term ‘Energiewende’ refers to the current German effort to transition to renewable energy sources. To combat the long tradition of fossil fuel energy generation the German government established “The Renewable Energy Act” in 2000 and now offers incentives for renewable energy.
Dr. Pehlken will discuss the impact of these incentives with regards to best practice, the need for regulation and unexpected outcomes.
All are welcome, refreshments to follow. This is a free event.
CBB Seminar - Cynthia Goh, Director, Impact Centre; professor, scientist and serial entrepreneur
This seminar is open to all faculty, staff and students.
Event is FREE
Join a student design team!
Students from ALL faculties are invited to participate in:
Engineering Design
Business and management
Communications and marketing
Accounting, funding
Creating cool stuff
Contact individual teams through our website, or come out to the SSDC Open House to learn more.
The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) presents a seminar entitled "Digital Microfluidics for Three Dimensional Cell Culture and Single-Cell Signaling Assays" by Dr. Aaron Wheeler, Canada Research Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry and Chemistry Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada.
The Faculty of Engineering will be hosting a Meet and Greet for all new exchange students to engineering.
It will begin at 11:00 a.m. and end at 1:00 p.m., and will include important information about course enrolment and other matters specific to engineering exchange students.
Lunch will be provided.