KNOWLEDGE AND CIVILIZATION: TECHNICAL AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Speaker: Dr. Lewis Dartnell
Join us starting at 2pm for coffee and conversation before the lecture begins at 2:30pm.
THE KNOWLEDGE: HOW TO REBUILD OUR WORLD FROM SCRATCH
A WICI Talk with Dr. Lewis Dartnell
Presented by the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI) in co-operation with THEMUSEUM and Words Worth Books
Location: THEMUSEUM (10 King St. W., Kitchener)
Cost: $5+HST (includes admission to THEMUSEUM's current exhibits, Dinosaurs | The Edge of Extinction, and Getting Naked)
In this second Water Institute Lecture in the month of March, the Water Institute is pleased to host Dr. Charles Vörösmarty, Department of Civil Engineering, Director, CUNY Environmental CrossRoads Initiative, City University of New York; Distinguished Scientist, NOAA-CREST.
Dr. Vörösmarty's lecture is titled:Water in the 21st Century: Sources of Pessimism, Sources of Optimism
This lecture will be available via webcast.
Professor Reinhold Schuster will be hosting this presentation. Engineering students will find out about the German exchange opportunities available to them.
Refreshments will be served.
Engineering students are encouraged to nominate the most deserving teaching assistant (TA) for the Sandford Fleming Foundation Award.
Please see your class representative for details. Additional ballots are available online, in CPH 1320, or the Engineering Society (EngSoc) office.
The Water Institute is pleased to host a lecture by Dr. Sheila Olmstead, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin and Visiting Fellow, Resources for the Future
Dr. Olmstead's lecture is titled: Water resources and climate change adaptation: An economist’s perspective
Abstract
Cambridge Common: A Paradoxical Public Space
Work From the Second Year Design studio, Fall 2014 School of Architecture I University of Waterloo
Dirk J. Duncker, PhD
Professor of Experimental Cardiology at Erasmus University, Netherlands
You’re invited to attend The Black Tie event, a complimentary networking reception for systems design engineering alumni, showcasing the department. On display will be the top three fourth-year Capstone Design projects.