The alumni reunion in 2013 is for the classes of 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008. We hope that you will be able to attend your reunion to reconnect with your classmates, your professors, your Faculty, and your University.
This special 50th anniversary alumni reunion in 2013 is for the class of 1963. We hope that you will be able to attend your reunion to reconnect with your classmates, your professors, your Faculty, and your University.
In March, the University of Waterloo hosted the 3 Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) - a university-wide competition providing graduate students the opportunity to share their research with a non-specialist audience in three minutes with one static slide. Cash prizes were at stake, and the potential to advance and participate in the provincial finals held at Queen’s University.
Wayne Loucks, an electrical and computer engineering faculty member, has been reappointed as associate dean, undergraduate studies from July 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015. Loucks has served as the associate dean for engineering undergraduate studies since 1998.
"He continues to work in the interests of our growing number of undergraduates," says dean of engineering Pearl Sullivan in a memo to faculty and staff about Loucks' reappointment. "I know that all the departments are grateful that he has agreed to continue leading this important portfolio for the Faculty."
Chemical engineering professor Marc Aucoin has been appointed academic director for WatPD-Engineering. Aucoin's appointment runs from May 1, 2013 until April 30, 2016. He succeeds Gordon Stubley, who is a mechanical and mechatronics engineering professor and the associate dean of teaching for the Faculty. Stubley served as the inaugural academic director for WatPD-Engineering over the past three years.
Waterloo Engineering's new 1,400-kilogram payload crash sled was featured in action on a recent episode of Daily Planet. The crash sled provides vital information about the impact resistance and energy absorption capacity of light weight automotive structures. Interviewed on the program is Michael Worswick, a professor and Canada Research Chair in the University of Waterloo’s mechanical and mechatronics engineering department. Worswick is leading a research team that is working to develop lighter, safer automobiles.
Join the 10 year celebration of MBET success by attending MBETConnect, an event consisting of drinks, a strolling dinner (catered by Oliver & Bonacini), speeches and networking.
The guest of honour is Dr. Howard M. Armitage, the founder of the MBET program.
The keynote speaker is Eugene Roman, CTO of Canadian Tire.
Flora Ng, a chemical engineering professor and University Research Chair, has won the 2013 Canadian Green Chemistry and Engineering award in the individual category. The award is sponsored by GreenCentre Canada. Ng will be presenting the award lecture at the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference to be held in Fredericton, New Brunswick in October 2013. [Ng's website]