Research on help-seeking and help-giving conducted by Management Sciences alum Mahdi Roghanizad during his PhD studies was recently featured in the Harvard Business Review.
In a recent study, a team of researchers led by Management Sciences professor Lukasz Golab found that the implementation of smart metres in Ontario has resulted in only a small decrease in energy usage during on-peak and mid-peak hours. The findings were recently published in the Energy Policy journal.
A report released in March 2016 by Statistics Canada suggests "...Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods graduates were the top earners among male and female bachelor's degree holders in 2010."
The Economic Insights report goes on to put Management graduate degrees in the top five earners by field of study.
Read the full Stats Canada report at Earnings of Postsecondary Graduates by Detailed Field of Study
Following up on a statement made in the 2016 presidential campaign trail regarding the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA), the NY Times contacted our own Jim Bookbinder for his input on the consequences proposed.
Check out the NY Times article: Donald Trump Trashes Nafta. But Unwinding It Would Come At A Huge Cost.
The Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo has launched a Graduate Diploma in Data Analytics (GDDA). The GDDA equips students with deep quantitative skills and technical expertise that can be leveraged by organizations to create competitive advantage in the era of big data.
Congratulations to the 4A capstone design team of Alex Hayes, Chrstian Gould, Kevin Chu and Srikaja Santhirakumaran, winners of the Spring 2016 Baylis Medical Capstone Design Award for their project "Cancer Care Ontario - MRI wait time". This project was supervised by Hossein Abouee-Mehrizi.
Well done team!
Mike Kirkup, Director of Waterloo's Velocity program, spoke to the Globe and Mail last Friday.
Management Engineering alumni Ari Paunonen (MGMT '12) and fellow Waterloo graduate, Mike Darlington sit down with Josh O'Kane of The Globe and Mail to talk about the music label they founded, it's success and how it's a big part of changes happening in the music industry.
Congratulations to our 4th year Management Engineers; Hans Arijanto, Mike Kiss, Wessam Nasser and Kenny Leung from the protoSight team for their Autodesk Canada Capstone Design Award 2015.
MAJiK Systems, a technology start-up formed by 4B Management Engineering students Kamal Aman, Jared Evans, Michael Tatham, and Adam Singer, is featured in a recent Technology Spotlight article in FF Journal.
MAJiK Systems' product - MAJiK Connect - is a machine monitoring system that helps manufacturing plants make better operational decisions in today’s fast paced work environment.