Term
- May 1, 2022 - April 30, 2024
Biography
Rob is a Waterloo alumnus (PhD 1997) who returned to the university as a professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2000 until 2010 when he moved to the interdisciplinary Bachelor of Knowledge Integration program, which he currently Chairs (2014-2023).
Rob is passionate about making connections between people and ideas in ways that help others think differently about the world and their place within it. This passion permeates his award-winning teaching, his professional development workshops, his parenting, and his artistic practice. He is a key member of Gorbet Design, a Toronto-based design firm specializing in public interactive artwork and experiences, and a researcher in UW’s Living Architecture Systems Group. Rob’s collaborative interactive artworks with LASG and others have been exhibited around the world and have won many awards, including the international FEIDAD and VIDA 11.0 first prize, and being selected to represent Canada at the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale. They have been featured in major print and online media, and on the Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet.
When not teaching or creating thought-provoking art, Rob is often delivering workshops to teachers, graduate students, and university professors on creativity, collaboration, and Design Thinking.
