Lecture

Explore the interconnectedness of our world at UW's official TEDx event

TEDxUW is a key player in the global TED movement, which aims to share ‘ideas worth spreading’, for free, across the world.

TEDxUW has brought many brilliant minds together in order to network, share ideas, and change and challenge perspectives on our ever-changing world.

The Waterloo Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE) is pleased to host Professor Madjid Soltani, who completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, to discuss his work with a new wind-catcher design and the study in which it has been implemented. 

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The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and the Department of Chemical Engineering present a Distinguished Lecture by Professor Jacob Israelachvili, in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), United States.

Adhesion, friction & lubrication of surfaces & liquid films and their relation to diverse phenomena such as how geckos climb on walls and ceilings, surface damage, and sensing

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Dr. Shankar Sastry, Dean of the College of Engineering and Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley

Invited by Dr. Claudio Canizares, Associate Chair, Research

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Topic: Societal Scale Cyber Physical Systems

On May 3rd join us for an in-depth discussion of Submeter and Circuitmeter technology and major role they play in analyzing energy usage and helping management of industrial and commercial facilities to use energy more efficiently.

The 2016 Water Institute RBC Distinguished Lecturer is Dr. Jay Famiglietti, University of California, Irvine and California Institute of Technology. His lecture will be on the topic of Water and sustainability: 21^st Century realities and the global groundwater crisis.

This is a free public lecture.

For those unable to attend in person, the lecture will also be available via livestream after the lecture.

“Nanostructured based Lab-on-chips for optical and electrical detection”

Sara Mahshid
Postdoc, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Toronto

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The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) presents a Distinguished Lecture by Professor Lynden A. Archer, William C. Hooey Director and James A. Friend Family Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University, United States.

Lecture: 3:00-4:00pm

Reception: 4:00-5:00pm

​Electrolyte Design Principles for Lithium Metal Batteries

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Teresa Jiang graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor’s in Applied Science. She has over 8 years of experience with testing and certification of building and construction products. She is the Business Development manager for Uponor Central Canada, and is responsible for educating the marketplace regarding the basic and complex properties of PEX-a in various commercial and residential construction applications.

Dr. Guan Lee is a Lecturer of Architecture at the Bartlett where he runs two studios, undergraduate Unit UG10 and post professional program in Architectural Design RC5. He is also a tutor in Architecture at the Royal College of Art, where he teaches a postgraduate studio, ADS6. His practice, Grymsdyke Farm, is set in the Chilterns in Buckinghamshire, about 35 miles northwest of London. The farm is composed of a house, a series of outbuildings, a walled vegetable garden and a small orchard.