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Thursday, October 29, 2020 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Converting Crisis to Opportunity

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ALUMNI SPEAKER SERIES
Converting Crisis to Opportunity

"Never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." -Rahm Emanuel

Friday, August 28, 2020 12:00 am - Wednesday, September 30, 2020 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Engineering IEW Home and Abroad Photo Contest

We are looking for yourphotos for International Education Week! The Associate Dean-International Office is looking for student-submitted photos that showcase global experience - pictures of food, cities, landscapes, a photo that evokes a memory and shows the perspective you'e gained through travel, study, and/or work abroad or across Canada.

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Office Hour with Jeffrey Francoz, (BASc ’82), President, Sterling Maple Corporation

Students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumnus Jeffrey Francoz (BASc ’82), President of Sterling Maple Corporation.

During this Office Hour, Jeff will talk about his experience as a successful entrepreneur and lessons learned, while sharing career advice and his tips on entrepreneurship. Join fellow alumni and students for this virtual office hour to get advice on your career, ask questions, and get to know the President of Sterling Maple Corporation. Please bring your questions!

"Leading Through Challenging Times"

Students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumnus Jim Vounassis (BASc '94), Chief Operating Officer at Bombardier Transportation!

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture Series talk by Professor Joseph Heremans, an Ohio Eminent Scholar and distinguished professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the Ohio State University.

For more information about this event and abstract for this talk, please see the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) event page.

Friday, August 21, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Office Hour with Oscar Nespoli to learn about the Applied Creativity at Work Certificate

Engineering alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with Oscar Nespoli, design faculty member in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering.

Thursday, August 13, 2020 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Engineering Our Way Through a Pandemic: How Waterloo Engineers are Finding Solutions

In a worldwide race to find solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, Waterloo Engineering professors and alumni are working on engineering a variety of unique solutions. Join us for this virtual webinar to learn about vaccine development and the complexities involved, portable and rapid diagnostic testing, and innovative ways of using imaging for screening and diagnosis.

Saturday, September 26, 2020 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Economic Outlook: In the Shadows of the Pandemic

Our world faces a truly unprecedented combination of circumstances: global pandemic, a concurrently sharp economic contraction, war-scale government intervention, soaring debt levels, interest rates at 400-year lows, a stock market that had been priced for perfection, massive social disruption and the technology sector built on shifting sands. What does the immediate future hold?