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Wednesday, April 13, 2016 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WIN Distinguished Lecture - Professor Lynden Archer: ​"Electrolyte Design Principles for Lithium Metal Batteries"

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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Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Water Institute RBC Distinguished Lecture 2016

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: 21st 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.

Thursday, July 21, 2016 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WIN Distinguished Lecture - Professor Jacob Israelachvili

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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Thursday, August 4, 2016 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Public Lecture Series: Natural Ventilation of Buildings Using a New Design of Wind-Catcher to Decrease Energy Consumption in Windy Regions

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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Thursday, September 15, 2016 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WaterTalks series: Pieter van der Zaag

RBC visiting fellow, Pieter van der Zaag, presents “Water Storage: Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Communities."

A professor of integrated water resources management at the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft, The Netherlands and professor at Delft University of Technology, we welcome van der Zaag as part of our ongoing WaterTalks lecture series.

Monday, September 26, 2016 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WISE Public Lecture Series: How Can We Help Electricity Access Scale-Up Faster?

Presented by Affordable Energy for Humanity

During his lecture, Dr. Claudio Vergara will present the work being carried out at MIT to support the expansion of access to electricity in the developing world.

In collaboration with Comillas University in Spain, researchers from MIT’s Tata Center for Technology and Design are partnering with Organizations such as the Enel Foundation, Iberdrola, the World Bank, and the German and Belgian International Cooperation Agencies to create impactful
solutions to energy access Issues.

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Saturday, October 1, 2016 12:00 am - 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Waterloo Engineering Reunion 2016

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The Waterloo Engineering alumni reunion in 2016 is taking place on October 1, 2016 and invites the engineering Classes of 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2011 to campus.

Join your classmates for a weekend of reconnecting, attending lectures, and celebrating together at the Reunion dinner.

Revisit. Reunite. Relive.