PhD student recognized for contribution to education

Friday, June 30, 2023

Chris Rennick, a management engineering doctoral candidate and key Pearl Sullivan Engineering IDEAs Clinic leader, has been elected into Canada’s top engineering education association as a 2023 fellow.

Rennick is one of three new fellows to be elected by the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACEG) for his noteworthy service to furthering engineering education, leadership and design education. He was inducted at CEEA-ACEG’s 2023 annual conference, hosted at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus.

Across the board, Waterloo Engineering had strong representation at CEEA-ACEG’s annual conference this month, where they led discussions with top Canadian leaders on themes of leadership, sustainability, entrepreneurship and design, and diversity and inclusivity across Canadian engineering education. A group of close to 20 Waterloo faculty members and students hosted a total of five workshops, participated in four

Civil and environmental engineering professor Dr. Nadine Ibrahim was also elected to serve on the CEEA-ACEG’s 2023-2024 Board of Directors.