News archive - October 2011

Friday, October 28, 2011

E6 opens-new home for chemical engineering

The ribbon cutting has taken place and the doors of Engineering 6 are now officially open. The celebration of Waterloo Engineering’s newest building place took place this morning hosted by university president Feridun Hamdullahpur and dean of engineering Adel Sedra. On hand to mark the opening were faculty, staff, students and others including donors, owners and employees of Diamond and Schmitt Architects, the architects of the building, and federal and provincial government officials.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

A Canadian first honour for recent mechanical PhD graduate

Kui Jiao, who graduated last week with his PhD in mechanical engineering, has been chosen as the grand prize winner of the 2011 Dr. Bernard S. Baker Student Award for Fuel Cell Research. The award will be presented to Jiao November 1 at the 2011 Fuel Cell Seminar Exposition in Orlando, Florida. This is the first time a Canadian student has won the award. Jiao’s doctoral supervisor was Xianguo Li of mechanical engineering. At the October 22 convocation Jiao was one of five doctoral students campus-wide recognized with the rubric “outstanding achievement in graduate studies”.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Engineering networking opportunity in Orangeville

Engineering graduate students and alumni are invited to attend Engineering Connections on November 8, 2011 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the Best Western hotel in Orangeville. The free networking event for engineers of all disciplines, experience levels, and graduate students exploring employment opportunities is sponored by the Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Systems design engineering grad student wins microsystems award

Lawrence Wong, of systems design engineering and the University of Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, was awarded the MEMSCAP Microsystems Design Award for his presentation entitled Ultrasound Imaging System using Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers. The competition, sponsored by CMC Microsystems, is targeted at microsystems applications including telecommunication, health care, automobile, aerospace and the environment.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Carr comments on importance of social media tools in the classroom

Peter Carr, a Waterloo management sciences professor, was asked by a Globe and Mail reporter whether something like Facebook or Twitter can contribute to the academic side university. “Absolutely,” he responded. “The new modern philosophies of education would say it’s important to have students working in groups, interacting with each other and the professor and learning the content together.” Carr recently taught a group of students who connected with Red Cross workers at offices in Uganda, Colombia and India using Skype.