David Roulston, a retired Waterloo electrical engineering professor and an internationally recognized researcher in bipolar semiconductor devices and integrated circuits, will share his experiences at a public lecture on October 21 from 3 to 5 p.m. in Engineering 5, Room 2004.
Architecture alumna wins NSERC innovation award
Prithula Prosun, a recent graduate of Waterloo’s School of Architecture, was recently honoured by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for applying leading-edge research to real-world situations. Prosun, one of 12 recipients of the NSERC 2011 Innovation Challenge Awards, was recognized for her work on low income flood-proof technology (LIFT) housing for the Bangladeshi poor. For her architecture master’s thesis Prosun developed a house that rises with flood waters and then lowers once flooding recedes.