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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/events/robots-vs-reality-talk-evan-ack
 erman-senior-editor-ieee
LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 1351 200 University
  Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:\"Robots vs Reality\" Talk by Evan Ackerman\, Senior Editor of IEEE
 \nSpectrum
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the Waterloo RoboHub\, the Global Engagement Semin
 ar team\,\nand the Interdisciplinary Capstone teaching team\, I would like
  to\ninvite you to join us for what should be a very interesting talk!\n\n
 Evan Ackerman\, Senior Editor of IEEE Spectrum and one of this year's\nGlo
 bal Engagement Seminar Jarislowski Fellows\, will be giving a talk\ntitled
  “Robots vs Reality: Responsible Science Communication in the\nAttention
  Economy” at 4 pm on October 21st in DC 1351. We are\nexpecting to compl
 etely fill the room\, so seating in DC 1351 will be\non a first-come\, fir
 st-served basis until we reach capacity. Once it\nis full\, the main IDEAs
  Clinic room (PSE 1427) will be used as the\nprimary overflow space once D
 C 1351 is full.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/events/strategic-vision-dialogue-dean-
 engineering-march2025
SUMMARY:Strategic Vision: A Dialogue with the Dean of Engineering
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Mary Wells\, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering\, is excited to
  share a\ntransformative new vision for Waterloo Engineering - one that\np
 ositions the Faculty as leaders driving meaningful change for the\nfuture.
 \n\nEngineering alumni are invited to explore the strategic plan and join\
 none of the upcoming alumni roundtables (two virtual options are\navailabl
 e on Zoom: March 12 and March 14\, 2025). The roundtables will\nprovide an
  opportunity to discuss how this vision will create\ntangible\, positive i
 mpacts worldwide.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/events/strategic-vision-dialogue-dean-
 engineering-march2025
SUMMARY:Strategic Vision: A Dialogue with the Dean of Engineering
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Mary Wells\, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering\, is excited to
  share a\ntransformative new vision for Waterloo Engineering - one that\np
 ositions the Faculty as leaders driving meaningful change for the\nfuture.
 \n\nEngineering alumni are invited to explore the strategic plan and join\
 none of the upcoming alumni roundtables (two virtual options are\navailabl
 e on Zoom: March 12 and March 14\, 2025). The roundtables will\nprovide an
  opportunity to discuss how this vision will create\ntangible\, positive i
 mpacts worldwide.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/events/watertalk-whats-public-about-pu
 blic-water
LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 1302 200 University
  Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:WaterTalk: What’s public about public water?
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series\, Dr
 . David\nMcDonald\, Professor\, Department of Global Development Studies\,
 \nQueen’s University\, will present: What’s public about public\nwater
 ?\n\nThis event is in person in DC 1302 with a lunch reception to follow i
 n\nDC 1301 (The Fishbowl).\n\nDebates about water privatization have tende
 d to construct a\nsimplistic binary of public versus private. In reality\,
  ‘public’\nwater is varied and complex in its institutional and ideolo
 gical\nmake-up\, illustrated in part by the rise of very different types o
 f\n‘remunicipalized’ water services over the past ten years as well\na
 s the growth of ‘corporatized’ public utilities. Drawing on two\ndecad
 es of empirical and theoretical work on this topic\, Dr McDonald\nwill hig
 hlight key tensions and synergies in the emerging debates\nabout the natur
 e of public water services.\n\nDavid McDonald is Professor of Global Devel
 opment Studies at Queen’s\nUniversity and Director of the Municipal Serv
 ices Project. He has\nconducted research on public services in more than 5
 0 countries and\nhas written extensively in academic and popular formats. 
 His most\nrecent book is “Meanings of Public and the Future of Public\nS
 ervices”
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/events/win-cenide-seminar-series-2d-ma
 ture-antonio-di-bartolomeo
LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre\, 1501 200 University Avenue West Waterl
 oo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:WIN & CENIDE Seminar Series on 2D-MATURE: Antonio di Bartolomeo
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and the Center 
 for\nNanointegration Duisberg-Essen (CENIDE) are pleased to present Antoni
 o\ndi Bartolomeo\, Professor in the Department of Physics at the\nUniversi
 ty of Salerno\, for a joint 2D-MATURE seminar titled\n\"Electrical Conduct
 ion and Photoconduction in 2D Materials Based\nTransistors.\"\n\nJoin us i
 n QNC 1501. Refreshments will be provided! Registration\nrequired.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/events/artificial-intelligence-expert-
 panel
LOCATION:E5 - Engineering 5\, 6006\, Online 200 University Avenue West Wate
 rloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence Expert Panel
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Join the Department of Systems Design Engineering for a panel\n
 discussion with artificial intelligence experts.\n\nDr. Bryan Tripp\, Asso
 ciate Professor\, Systems Design Engineering Dr.\nTripp uses computational
  models to study how the brain processes\ninformation. He integrates neuro
 biological models and deep learning to\nstudy visuomotor processes. He is 
 also interested in applying these\nmodels in challenging robotics tasks\, 
 to better understand how the\nbrain deals with the complex physical world.
 \n\nDr. Mihaela Vlasea\, Associate Professor\, Mechanical and Mechatronics
 \nEngineering Additive manufacturing is rapidly changing the\nmanufacturin
 g landscape. Dr.\n\nVlasea’s research focuses on innovative design\, pro
 cess optimization\nand adoption of new materials for powder bed fusion and
  binder jetting\nadditive manufacturing processes. The research goals are 
 to bridge the\ntechnological gaps necessary to improve part quality\, proc
 ess\nrepeatability and reliability.\n\nDr. Alex Wong\, Canada Research Cha
 ir in Artificial Intelligence and\nMedical Imaging\, Professor\, Systems D
 esign Engineering Dr. Wong is\ninternationally recognized for his pioneeri
 ng contributions to\noperational artificial intelligence and computational
  medical imaging.\nHis work on scalable and explainable deep learning aims
  at making AI\ntechnology accessible to everyone\, and at gaining a deeper
 \nunderstanding in how neural networks think. A prolific innovator\, his\n
 creative work in computational medical imaging has led to the\ninvention o
 f a new form of MRI designed for cancer detection\, the\nfirst blood-flow 
 imaging system for observing arterial and venous flow\nfrom a distance\, a
 nd a spectral light-field fusion microscope without\nlenses.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/events/win-seminar-drew-marquardt
LOCATION:QNC - Quantum Nano Centre\, 1501 200 University Avenue West Waterl
 oo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:WIN Seminar: Drew Marquardt
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to p
 resent\na seminar with Drew Marquardt\, Professor in the Department of\nCh
 emistry and Biochemistry and the Department of Physics at the\nUniversity 
 of Windsor.\n\nThis seminar is titled \"A CANS for Canada: A Future Neutro
 n Source for\nCanada\" and will be held on Tuesday\, October 24\, 2023 at 
 11:oo AM in\nQNC 1501. Registration is required!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231102T143000
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/events/sustainable-future-perspectives
 -circular-economies
LOCATION:PSE - Pearl Sullivan Engineering\, 7303/7363 200 University Ave We
 st Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Sustainable Future Perspectives - Circular Economies: Electronic an
 d\nElectrochemical Devices
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) and the Waterloo\n
 Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) are partnering to organize a series\nof
  discourses on technology-based solutions to global challenges\nlinked to 
 UN Sustainable Development Goals.\n\nWe are pleased to present another dis
 course in our series: Circular\nEconomies: Electronic and Electrochemical 
 Devices.\n\nThe distinguished panel for this event comprises Komal Habib (
 SEED)\,\nSteven Young(SEED)\, Ting Tsui (ChE)\, Michael Fowler (ChE)\, and
  Asmae\nMokrini from the National Research Council (NRC).\n\nPlease join u
 s in Faculty Hall\, (PSE-7303/7363) from 2:30 - 3:30pm.\n\nRegistration is
  required! Refreshments will be provided.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/events/distinguished-speaker-seminar-s
 eries-featuring-dr-gregory
LOCATION:QNC-0101 200 University Avenue West Online Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Can
 ada
SUMMARY:Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series featuring Dr. Gregory\nStephan
 opoulos\, W.H. Dow Professor MIT: Can biotechnology deliver cost\neffectiv
 e liquid fuels from renewable feedstocks?
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The importance of liquid fuels in transportation is well establ
 ished\,\nyet\, there are presently no viable options for their cost-effect
 ive\nproduction from renewable feedstocks.  During the past 15 years we\n
 have been developing in my lab a system for the conversion of gas\nmixture
 s of hydrogen (or CO) and CO2 to oils or alkanes. The two-stage\nsystem co
 mprises anaerobic fixation of CO2 and conversion of the CO2\nfixation prod
 uct (for example\, acetate) to lipids\, from which\nbiodiesel can be produ
 ced. In another application\, the CO2 fixation\nproduct is converted to al
 kanes. Our work includes both the\nengineering of the microbes and develop
 ment of a process to achieve\ngas to liquid conversion in prototype system
 s. These systems are\nscalable\, make no use of land (beyond what is neede
 d for generating\nrenewable electricity for hydrogen production)\, do not 
 compete with\nfood and are cost competitive based on high level cost analy
 sis. I\nwill present the essential features of this process in my talk\; f
 ull\ndetails can be found in the 5 papers cited.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/events/10th-anniversary-celebration-co
 llaborative-water-program
LOCATION:SLC - Student Life Centre Black and Gold Room 200 University Avenu
 e West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:10th Anniversary Celebration of the Collaborative Water Program
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special milestone marking the 10th Anniversary of
  the\nUniversity of Waterloo Water Institute Collaborative Water Program\n
 (CWP)! It's time to celebrate 10 remarkable cohorts of CWP graduates\nfrom
  the most interdisciplinary water graduate program in Canada.\n\nThe Water
  Institute and the Collaborative Water Program team are\ndelighted to orga
 nize this anniversary celebration welcoming our\nalumni back to Waterloo\,
 \noffering a platform to exchange your experiences and insights from the\n
 water sector and beyond. Be part of this exciting gathering and get\nready
  to reminisce and forge new connections at the upcoming event!\n\nThe anni
 versary celebration program includes:\n\nWelcome\n\nNandita Basu\nDirector
 \, Collaborative Water Program\nCanada Research Chair in Global Water Sust
 ainability and Ecohydrology\nDepartment of Civil and Environmental Enginee
 ring and Earth and\nEnvironmental Sciences\n\nCWP Alumni Panel\n\nRob De L
 oë\nFacilitator\, Director Emeritus\, Collaborative Water Program\nProfes
 sor & Associate Dean\, Research\nFaculty of Environment\, School of Enviro
 nment\, Resources and\nSustainability (SERS)\n\nCatherine Brown\nKnowledge
  Mobilization Specialist\, Ducks Unlimited\, CWP Cohort 2\n(2014/15)\n\nSa
 brina Bedjera\nPolicy Analyst\, Natural Resources Canada\, CWP Cohort 3 (2
 015/16)\n\nThadshayini Chandrakumaran\nAssociate\, Miller Thomson\, CWP Co
 hort 3 (2015/16)\n\nFrederick Cheng\nPostdoctoral Fellow\, Colorado State 
 University\, CWP Cohort 3 (2015/16)\n\nChris Muirhead\nWater Resources Eng
 ineer | Integrated Water Management Service Line\nCoordinator\, GHD\, CWP 
 Cohort 4 (2016/17)\n\nLaina Timberg\nIndigenous Community Relations Specia
 list\, Metrolinx\, CWP Cohort 8\n(2020/21)\n\nKeynote Address\n\nBruce Mac
 Vicar\nDirector Emeritus\, Collaborative Water Program\nAssociate Professo
 r\, Faculty of Engineering\, Department of Civil and\nEnvironmental Engine
 ering\n\nTony Maas\, Senior Policy Officer\, Office of the Prime Minister 
 of\nCanada\n\nSpecial Announcement\n\nMark Servos\nDirector Emeritus\, Col
 laborative Water Program\nProfessor\, Canada Research Chair in Water Quali
 ty Protection\nFaculty of Science\, Department of Biology\n\nClosing remar
 ks and adjournment\n\nDustin Garrick\nDirector Designate 2024-25\, Collabo
 rative Water Program\nAssociate Professor & University Research Chair\nFac
 ulty of Environment\, School of Environment\, Resources\, and\nSustainabil
 ity\n\nReception\n\nThe evening reception offers a chance to unwind and co
 nnect with\nfellow alumni\, CWP faculty\, and current students over refres
 hments and\nappetizers. Do not miss this special anniversary celebration f
 illed\nwith knowledge sharing\, networking\, and reminiscing.\n\nWe can't 
 wait to welcome you back to Waterloo!\n\nFriday\, November 3\, 2023\n3:00 
 – 5:00 p.m. (Program)\n5:00 – 7:00 p.m. (Reception)\nSLC Black and Gol
 d Room\nUniversity of Waterloo
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/events/robotics-4d-printing-and-biomim
 etics-architectural-design
LOCATION:E5-6006 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Robotics\, 4D printing\, and Biomimetics in Architectural Design
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Join David Correa\, Associate Professor in the School of Archit
 ecture\nfor a seminar on the implementation of state of the art digital\nf
 abrication tools (robotic manipulators\, 4D printers and CNC milling)\nto 
 develop innovative and high-performance design solutions for\nindustrial a
 nd architectural applications.
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