Departments

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!

Ken O'Driscoll, a long-time chemical engineering professor and department chair, died earlier this month.

Born on Staten Island in New York, he received his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from Pratt Institute and his master’s and doctorate degrees from Princeton University.

He joined the University of Waterloo’s chemical engineering department as its chair in 1970.Ken O'Driscoll

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.

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?

Students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with engineering alumna Kirusha Srimohanarajah (BASc 2015), Electrical Engineer at Synaptive Medical.

Students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with engineering alumnus Paul-Michael Dekker (BASc '80), Professional Networker, Futurist, Systems Design Engineer and Entrepreneur!

Friday, July 10, 2020 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Engineering Day 2020 (livestream)

Come show your spirit and get your purple on! 

The tradition continues on July 10, 2020 at 12:00 pm (ET) to celebrate Engineering Day with our incredible community of students, alumni, professors and staff. This year's activities, steamed live on YouTube on the Waterloo Engineering channel, will include a DJ playing fun music, hosted by the Presidents of EngSoc, a social media contest for purpling, appearances by special guests, throw a pie in the face of your professor, and so much more.