Guest speaker Can Li from the Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy will present a talk on "Homogeneous Catalysis in Heterogeneous Nanoreactors".
On Tuesday, May 15th 2012, Professor Guillaume Wantz from Bordeaux Institute of Technology, France, will deliver a lecture titled "Organic Photovoltaic Research at Bordeaux University: A Focus on Advanced Materials for Efficient and Stable Solar Cells". This lecture is free and open to the public!
Please save the morning of Friday, September 21 and plan to celebrate with us as we open the doors to the University of Waterloo's newest building, the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre.
Modeling and Optimization of a Micro-Grid: Huatacondo, Isolated Village in Northern Chile Dr. Doris Sáez Department of Electrical Engineering University of Chile With a low population density and many natural resources, Chile's electricity supply shortage is a paradox. The Atacama Desert, Andes Mountains, long coastline and strong agriculture provide the country with abundant distributed renewable energy resources that could, according to recent estimations, largely surpass the fast-growing electricity demand.
Guest speaker Ahmad Ismail from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia will speak on the topic of "Refinery Produced Wastewater Treatment Using Submerged Ultrafiltration Membranes."
Lola Sheppard, a School of Architecture professor, has been selected as the recipient of Architecture Canada's 2012 Young Architect Award.
Sheppard, who has been honoured with several awards in the past year including the 2011 Holcim Gold Award, is one of the founding directors of InfraNet Lab, a design research company dedicated to the role infrastructures and networks play in our environment.
Apple 101 for uWaterloo Faculty & Staff Lunch & Learn Seating is limited, online registration is required before Friday, April 13 Love your iPad or your Mac, but you're not sure everything you can do with it? Wondering how these devices can help you with your work or studies? Learn how you can create and deliver educational content for teaching and learning during this interactive Apple 101 session with Rob Roy, Apple Systems Engineer
On Tuesday, April 17th, 2012, Professor Mark W. Matsen from UK's University of Reading, will deliver a lecture titled "Ultra-low friction between surfaces coated with polyelectrolyte brushes". This lecture is free and open to the public!
On Tuesday, April 3, the University of Waterloo's Baja SAE design team unveiled their 2012 all-terrain vehicle in Engineering's Student Design Centre. Designed over the Spring and Fall 2011 school terms and constructed between January and March, the car will take part in a competition in Portland, Oregon, from May 2-5, 2012.
Dr. Hamid Firooz (winner of the Park Reilly Medal) will present his research on "Surface Tension and Adsorption Kinetics of Volatile Organic Amphiphiles in Aqueous Solution".