Events

Valuing Prearranged Paired Kidney Exchanges: A Stochastic Game Approach

Presented by Murat Kurt

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is the ninth-leading cause of death in the U.S. Transplantation is the most viable therapy for ESRD patients, but there is a severe disparity between the demand for kidneys for transplantation and the supply. This shortage is further complicated by incompatibilities in blood-type and antigen matching between patient-donor pairs.

Your Waterloo CORS Student Chapter brings you a series of presentations by your peers

Seminar followed by discussion.

Ahmed Saif will be discussing his work on Sterilization Network Design.

To ensure we have space and refreshments for everyone, please make sure to register.

Register for Fall 2016 Orientation

Come to "Stop and Talk", a chance to chat with President Feridun Hamdullahpur in the Great Hall of the Student Life Centre (SLC). There's no agenda or formal remarks, just a chance to connect and talk about how your term is going and anything else that's on your mind. 

Find out from program organizers how this can help you achieve your entrepreneurial aspirations. At least one of your team members must be in engineering and at least one teammate must be graduating in 2017 (or recently graduated) to be considered. Faculty members are also encouraged to apply. You can also be enrolled in another incubator problem. 

Tips for Transitioning from School to the Workplace

This full day conference for upper year engineering students will showcase a variety of  career options, transition tips and skill building sessions on what to expect when you enter the workforce, sign a contract and begin building a career. What`s Next is for undergraduate students who have at least completed their second year of university.

The department will be hosting a Co-op Information session for all new graduate students in the MMSc & MASc programs.

For more details on the graduate student co-op program please visit the Graduate Studies Co-op Program information page.

Please plan to attend.

December 6 and 7, 2016

ExpecTAtions is a two-day workshop that prepares Waterloo Engineering students to undertake a teaching assistantship. To serve as a TA, you are required to complete the ExpecTAtions workshop. After full attendance and successful completion of all required activities you will receive a certificate noting your achievement.

Now available to all Waterloo Engineering departments, the Palihapitiya/Lau Venture Creation Fund provides two $50,000 awards to University-selected Capstone Design teams whose intention is to transform their Capstone Design project into a promising startup post-graduation.

Attend the info session to learn more.