A team of fourth-year Management Engineering students has won one of the prestigious Baylis Medical Capstone Design awards, valued at $5000. The competition is open to capstone teams from all Engineering departments undertaking a project with a biomedical focus.
A recent study by Prof. Bissan Ghaddar found that encouraging carpoolers to ride with people they like could potentially decrease car use by 60 percent.
Forty-nine Management Engineers were conferred their degrees at last Saturday’s convocation. Two students from the 2017 Management Engineering graduating class were also honoured with two of the faculty’s most prestigious awards for undergraduate students.
Anne Dawson was awarded the Alumni Gold Medal, which is given to one graduating student from each faculty. In the case of Engineering, this award is based on both outstanding academic performance and contributions to the faculty.
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.
Successful SWORD 2017 at the University of WaterlooFriday, April 21, brought the 2017 edition of Southwest Ontario Operational Research Day, hosted by the CORS Waterloo Student Chapter, in collaboration with the
Congratulations to Management Sciences Three Minute Thesis winners: Cynthia Waltho (1st Place), Burak Yildiz (2nd Place) and Taghi Khaniyev (3rd Place).
These students will go on to present at the University wide competition to present their thesis in three minutes. Well done to all the speakers, and good luck to the winners on your next challenge!
The forecast for data analytics jobs is impressive and encouraging — unless you’re an employer who will be competing for some of that big data talent.
The University of Waterloo, Michelle Pressé spoke to Management Engineering student, Sarb Majumdar last Friday for International Education Week.
Read the full article and find out Sarb's reasons for choosing Management Engineering at Waterloo.
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