Current students

Thursday, November 17, 2022 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Grad Seminar: Noise-Aware Sensors with Dr. Alaaeldin Ahmed

Please join us on Thursday, November 17, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in PSE-7363 (Faculty Hall) for Dr. Alaaeldin Ahmed’s seminar on “Noise-Aware Sensors”. Dr. Ahmed is a post-doctoral fellow currently working with Professor Abdel-Rahman.

Abstract:

Intrinsic noise processes impose fundamental limitations upon the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of MEMS & NEMS sensors.

Wednesday, November 23, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Office Hour with Parisa Golchoubian (MASc '17), Founder of Artistech and Artterra

Waterloo Engineering students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumna Parisa Golchoubian (MASc 2017, Systems Design Engineering), founder of Artistech and Artterra, as she shares tips and advice on the passion and values needed to start a company.

Waterloo Engineering students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumni Craig McQueen (BASc 1993, Systems Design Engineering), vice president of digital acceleration at Softchoice, as he shares tips and advice on taking charge of your career in tech.

A systems design engineer’s view of rail as a complex socio-technical system: Lessons from Australia

Waterloo students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive in-person Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumni Roy Unny (BASc ’93 MASc ’96, Systems Design Engineering), a leader in transport and infrastructure based in Melbourne, Australia.  

Tuesday, August 2, 2022 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

The effect of stress exposure training on player performance in League of Legends games

Presented by: Bader Sabtan (PhD candidate) 

League of Legends (LOL) is the most popular, viewed game in Esports, peaking at 4.1 million concurrent viewers and 664,100,000 hours watched in 2021. A constant problem in Esports is that players do not perform to their expected potential when under stress (also known as choking). In the literature, training under stress is a well-known choking intervention that has worked in other domains (e.g., traditional sports and the military).