Waterloo Engineering expressed its gratitude to Magna International for the company's ongoing support of the Faculty by naming Engineering 5’s computer commons the Magna International Computer Commons.
Magna
representatives
Dave
Pascoe,
vice
president
of
engineering
and
research
and
development,
and
Soeren
Striepe,
business
unit
manager,
attended
the
plaque
unveiling
ceremony
held
November
5.
"Magna
played
an
instrumental
role
in
Waterloo
Engineering
reaching
our
Vision
2010
goals
and
is
helping
us
move
forward
with
the
research
objectives
and
other
important
initiatives
in
Vision
2015,
our
current
strategic
plan,"
said
Pearl
Sullivan,
dean
of
Waterloo
Engineering.
Throughout the years, Waterloo Engineering researchers have partnered with Magna on automotive projects that are helping increase the safety, reliability and fuel efficiency of vehicles. Just one of those projects that recently received government funding involves developing the heat transfer models currently used by Magna, in order to optimize designs and refine online control.
Capstone
Design
Sponsor
Sullivan
noted
that
Magna
sponsors
the
Magna
International
Capstone
Design
Award
created
to
inspire
and
encourage
Waterloo
Engineering
students
to
excel
in
upper-year
design
projects.
Up
to
10
awards
every
year,
valued
at
$5,000
each,
are
open
to
student
teams
from
all
Waterloo
Engineering
departments.
"As
one
of
the
most
appreciated
and
certainly
well-used
engineering
student
spaces
where
many
innovative
engineering
design
concepts
have
germinated,
it’s
only
fitting
that Engineering
5's Computer
Commons
be
dedicated
to
an
outstanding
and
generous
supporter
of
the
Faculty,"
said
Sullivan.
At
the
unveiling
event
Sullivan acknowledged
Don
Walker, chief
executive
officer
of
Magna
who
graduated
from Waterloo’s
mechanical
engineering
program
in
1980.
