Nadine Ibrahim, the first Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering, is preparing students at Waterloo Engineering to be the municipal leaders of tomorrow by learning from a network of faculty, industry professionals and global experts through unique coursework and extracurriculars.
“My vision is to make Waterloo a hub where urban experts come together,” said Ibrahim, a lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. “Our future cities need urban engineers who collaborate with others in the face of ground-breaking, complex challenges.”
Nadine Ibrahim is the new Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering.
The new chair was created by Carl Turkstra (PhD ’63), a businessperson, academic and Waterloo Engineering alumnus, with a vision to launch the next generation of engineering leaders into the public sector.
Ibrahim, who took on the role in January 2019, is creating new student opportunities including discussion groups, lectures by industry professionals and collaborative design challenges.
"Cities have many different components that come together to make a whole," she said. "They are inherently interdisciplinary, and they are getting more complex."