A management sciences undergraduate research project that explored optimization methods for radiotherapy treatment of cancer received the top prize in a national competition.
Management Engineering and Management Sciences graduating students participated in the Spring 2023 convocation, held on the evening of Saturday, June 17. The event celebrated the achievements of a new generation of graduates.
Two management engineering graduates received special recognition. Charles Yu received the University of Waterloo Alumni Gold Medal, as well as a Sandford Fleming Foundation Medal for Co-operative Work Term Proficiency. Julian Curalli won a Sandford Fleming Foundation Medal in Academic Excellence.
The convocation ceremony was livestreamed and a recording is available.
Stefan Zivkovic, a third-year Management Engineering student shares his co-op experiences and how he went from a web developer to stock trading in two years.
Fifteen management engineering capstone design projects were recently showcased at the 2023 Management Engineering Capstone Design Symposium. Students identified and tackled emerging problems in a range of domains and industries including healthcare, social services, human resources, lifestyle, and education. Their innovative and impactful solutions offer critical process improvements and decision support tools to serve individual and institutional stakeholders.
Shelley Vossen, undergraduate advisor/co-ordinator in the Department of Management Sciences, was the recepient of a 2022 Faculty of Engineering Outstanding Staff Performance Award. The award recognizes staff who make outstanding contributions to the learning and working environment in the Faculty of Engineering.
Management Sciences professor Saeed Ghadimi has been recognized by an international organization for work involving the interface between computer science and operations research. He shared an annual prize from the INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Computing Society (ICS) for the best paper or group of papers in the field.
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The Sustainable Aeronautics Summit at Waterloo Region International Airport heralded the call by leaders in industry, government, and academia to create innovative sustainable aeronautics futures on Wednesday, 5 October 2022.
Second year Management Engineering student Ayush Bhargava is co-founder of Sway - a social commerce platform that allows creators to sell brand-partnered products and customer merchandise directly to their audience on their social media page. After winning a Concept $5K Grant in 2020, Sway recently got accepted in the Velocity Incubator, where the co-founders will receive support as they refine their initial start up idea, business model and proof of concept over the next several months.
Management Engineering and Management Sciences graduating students participated in the Spring 2022 convocation, held on the evening of Saturday, June 18. The event celebrated the achievements of a new generation of graduates. Two management engineering graduates received special recognition. Chi-En Amy Tai received the University of Waterloo Alumni Gold Medal, as well as a Sandford Fleming Foundation Medal for Co-operative Work Term Proficiency. Ryan Yen Kwee How Tein Fat won a Sandford Fleming Foundation Medal in Academic Excellence.
Amy Tai, a Management Engineering graduating student (BASc '22) will be honoured at the upcoming Spring 2022 convocation with the Alumni Gold Medal in Engineering. The award recognizes her outstanding academic achievement.
You can read more about Amy and her accomplishments and experience in Management Engineering in a recent profile article published in Waterloo News.