The Games Institute acknowledges that we are living and working on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (also known as Neutral), Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River.
Systems Design Engineering
Kirsten Robinson was a systems design engineer and designer. She worked on Governor General Award winning architect Phillip Beesley’s Hylozoic Soil team to create responsive architectures that were shown across Canada and at the Venice Biennial. She loves making things. As an engineer, she has worked in robotics and electrical engineering creating ethanol from waste cellulose, reducing pain from pressure on neruofibromas, and on building underwater robots, adjustable high-heeled shoes, operating systems for Blackberries, and energy models.
She was a researcher at The Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience at the University of Waterloo and doing a PhD in Systems Design Engineering. She is interested in the common patterns that drive systems ranging from cells to societies and in what makes long-term prosperity possible.
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo