Martha Nelson joins Waterloo Engineering from Brock University where she held the post of Associate Vice President, Marketing and Communications. Martha will lead the Faculty’s advancement team, recently created by combining the Faculty’s communications team with the development and alumni affairs team. We look forward to the new team’s significant contribution to our Vision 2015 goals under her leadership.
Midnight Sun gears up to outshine solar challenge competition
Waterloo’s Midnight Sun team is now in Australia preparing for the 3,000-km World Solar Challenge from Darwin to Adelaide which takes place October 16-23. Forty vehicles are participating, including ones from the University of Calgary, University of Toronto and Montreal’s Ecole de technologie superieure. The top teams in the world aim to finish the course in three or four days. The 14-member Midnight Sun X team expects to finish in either fifth or sixth place.