Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Alan Plumtree remembered
Alan Plumtree, a co-designer of a pump that provides clean drinking water to developing countries, died on November 5.
Plumtree, a Waterloo mechanical engineering professor, and Alfred Rudin, a Waterloo chemistry professor, created the hand-operated pump in the late 1970s after being approached by the International Development Research Centre.
Each year, The Faculty of Engineering, with the assistance of the Sanford Fleming Foundation, honours faculty educators for their outstanding commitment to excellence in engineering education.
This award recognized an Engineering faculty or staff member who advocates on behalf of students to decrease factors that have a negative effect on students’ mental health, specifically by showing a long-term commitment and vested interest in the betterment of student mental health.
