Wednesday, March 12, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)
Friday, March 14, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)
Where Excellence Thrives, the Faculty of Engineering's 2025-2030 strategic plan, launched on January 6, 2025.
Strategic Vision: A Dialogue with the Dean of Engineering
Mary Wells, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, is excited to share a transformative new vision for Waterloo Engineering - one that positions the Faculty as leaders driving meaningful change for the future.
Guided by Waterloo at 100, the University of Waterloo’s long-term vision, the Faculty of Engineering is introducing Where Excellence Thrives, a strategic plan that will shape the Faculty’s direction over the next five years. This plan outlines exactly how the Faculty of Engineering will embrace opportunities, tackle challenges, and lead with purpose on the global stage.
Your voice as an engineering alumnus has been essential in shaping this vision. Alumni contributions, especially from members of our Dean’s Advisory Council, were invaluable during the consultation process. Their thoughtful insights ensured this vision reflects the aspirations of engineering alumni and the broader community that the Faculty of Engineering serves.
We hope you’ll see how Where Excellence Thrives builds on your legacy of excellence and how it will strengthen Waterloo Engineering’s position as a global leader in furthering the greater global good.
Engineering alumni are invited to explore the strategic plan and join one of the upcoming alumni roundtables (two virtual options are available on Zoom). The roundtables will provide an opportunity to discuss how this vision will create tangible, positive impacts worldwide.
Virtual session options
- Option 1: March 12, 2025 from 4:00 to 5:30 pm ET, or
- Option 2: March 14, 2025 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm ET
Virtual: Zoom (link to be provided to those who register)
You will be sent a link to join the virtual session of your choice when you register. If these sessions does not work for your time zone but you would like to share feedback, please contact us.
Registration
Biography
Professor Mary A. Wells
Dean, Faculty of Engineering
University of Waterloo
Mary Wells is Dean of Engineering at the University of Waterloo (since July 1, 2020), the ninth dean since the Faculty was founded in 1957. From 2017-2020, she was Dean of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Guelph.
Prior to her time in Guelph, Wells was a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo for 10 years. She received awards for graduate supervision from both the Faculty and the University in 2017.
An accomplished materials engineer, Wells also served as the Associate Dean of Outreach for Waterloo Engineering between 2008 and 2017, and chaired its Women in Engineering committee for many years. She chaired the Ontario Network of Women in Engineering from 2013 to 2018.
Wells began her academic career as a professor in materials engineering at the University of British Columbia from 1996 to 2007, and has worked in the steel industry in Canada and internationally.
The co-author of two books including one on Canadian women innovators and the second on Canadian women in materials, her research focuses on the relationship between processing, structure and properties for advanced metallic alloys used in the transportation sector.
Connect with Mary Wells on LinkedIn.