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* Outstanding Performance winners named
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Outstanding Performance winners named

The winners of the 2014 Outstanding Performance Award have been announced.

A memo from Vice-President, Academic & Provost provides the context for the
announcement:

"Effective May 1, 2005, in accordance with the 2003 Faculty Salary
Settlement, the University of Waterloo established an Outstanding
Performance Fund to reward faculty members for outstanding contribution in
teaching and scholarship."

Broken down by Faculty, the 2014 winners are:

Applied Health Sciences - Clark Dickerson; Bryan Grimwood; John Hirdes;
William McIlroy; and Paul Stolee.

Arts - Katherine Acheson; Andrew Cooper; Robert Danisch; Catherine Dubeau;
Fraser Easton; Richard Eibach; Christopher Eliasmith; Ori Friedman; Sarah
Gunz; Daniel Henstra; Suzan Ilcan; Doris Jakobsh; Grit Liebscher; Colin
MacLeod; Christine McWebb; Ian Milligan; Elizabeth Nilsen; Francois Pare;
Heather Smyth; Paul Thagard; James Thompson; and Alan Webb.

Engineering - Hany Aziz; Phillip Beesley; William Bishop; Catherine Burns;
David Clausi; Xianshe Feng; Michael Fowler; Vincent Gaudet; Frank Gu; Eric
Haldenby; Qi-Ming He; Hamidreza Jahedmotlagh; Danica Kulic; Kshirasagar
Naik; Wayne Parker; Sean Peterson; Peter Teertstra; Neil Thomson; Mary
Wells; and Michael Worswick.

Environment - Amelia Clarke; Peter Deadman; Dawn Parker; Derek Robinson; Ian
Rowlands; and Olaf Weber.

Mathematics - Raouf Boutaba; Sue Ann Campbell; Charles Clarke; Richard Cook;
Kenneth Davidson; Steven Furino; Penelope Haxell; Brian Ingalls; David
Landriault; Edward Lank; Alfred Menezes; Kirsten Morris; Pascal Poupart;
Jeffrey Shallit; and Levent Tuncel.

Science - David Cory; Laura Deakin; Brian Dixon; Christine Dupont; Richard
Epp; Mario Gauthier; Patricia Hrynchak; Michael Hudson; Brian Kendall;
Shoufa Lin; Robert Mann; Graham Murphy; Eric Schneider; Heidi Swanson; and
Andre Unger.

"I am very pleased to announce the award recipients for 2014," writes the
provost, "and would like to take this opportunity to congratulate them for
their outstanding contributions to the University of Waterloo."


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Co-op offers opportunities in 3 dimensions

by Kaitlyn Holbein.

The 3D Print Centre in Engineering 5 allows students to take advantage of
and become familiar with 3D printing technology.

Peter Teertstra, director of the Sedra Student Design Centre, explains that
the centre is especially accessible to undergraduate students for two
reasons: because of the low prices and the constant presence of a co-op
student.

A first-year co-op is hired every semester to be a point of contact for
students coming in to work on projects. "They'll train you, they'll help you
so it's not a nameless, faceless email where you send your part off and hope
they'll print it correctly. It's actually a person who loves 3D printing and
wants to teach you," explains Teertstra, a mechanical and mechatronics
engineering professor.

Genie Kim prepares to open a 3D printer. Genie Kim (a first-year
mechatronics engineering student, pictured right) worked in the lab for her
first co-op term in winter 2014. She found the experience both satisfying
and exciting. Janet Metz, Genie's student advisor at Co-operative Education
& Career Action, says "For a first work term student she kept her eyes open
and used her initiative to soak up everything she possibly could in this
position rather than just doing what she thought was expected from her. If
more junior students would do this, their overall work term experience could
be so much more."

From the get-go, Genie made the most of her co-op term. Sent to a week of
training at Cimetrix, a large printing equipment vendor in Oshawa, Genie
returned to the centre to fill the role of resident 3D print expert.

Using the knowledge gained at her week-long training, Genie helped the
Waterloo community. "I was able to consult professors, graduate students,
and upper-year students on what to do with the 3D printer, it was really
exciting to both learn about their projects and actually have input," she
explains.

Genie aided many engineering students with the printing of parts for their
third- or fourth-year design projects. At the end-of-year engineering
symposium, where final projects are showcased, Teertstra estimates that
about 40 to 50 of the projects contained parts that Genie helped to design
or print. One of the projects that stood out to Genie was a mini submarine
that tracks wildlife and divers. Genie made recommendations for the project
in order to make the design waterproof.

Genie isn't the only student who had the opportunity to spend a co-op term
working in this new field. Every semester the Multi-Scale Additive
Manufacturing Laboratory on campus also takes on a co-op student. Evan
Wheat, a third-year mechanical engineering student, is spending his second
work term at the research lab, where he is involved in developing a new type
of graphene based ink for some of the 3D printers there. Evan's experiences
led him to learn about the type of work that he wants to pursue in future.

While Evan's early co-op experiences were in mechanical design, he now
states, "I want to go into additive manufacturing, whether or not I'm doing
mechanical design work, or whether I go into materials and developing
materials for printers, it helped guide me toward that."

Between the amazing services offered at the 3D Print Centre and the
outstanding co-op opportunities available in 3D printing on campus, Waterloo
students are uniquely positioned to learn about and work with this exciting
new technology.


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Wednesday's notes

Denizens and visitors to Needles Hall should be reminded that Plant
Operations will be making repairs to the east entrance stairs at Needles
Hall facing the library from today until June 3. All other entrances will
be open as the work is carried out.

As reported yesterday, the Federation of Students has organized a local
candidate's debate today from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Student Life
Centre's Great Hall. The University community will be able to hear from the
candidates for the Kitchener-Waterloo riding.

Candidates Jamie Burton, Stacey Danckert, Catherine Fife and Tracey Weiler
will be attending.
"It is extremely important that students cast a ballot in the election,"
said Stephane Hamade, the federation's vice-president education. "We want
them to make an informed decision, so these candidates will be giving their
perspectives on a number of issues including post-secondary education.
Hopefully, everyone who leaves the debate will feel more knowledgeable about
the issues when they vote."

Human Resources is reporting that retiree Raymond (Brian) Bradley [14]died
May 25. Bradley began working at the University in October 1977 in Police
Services, holding the position of Patrol Officer, Sergeant and Chief
Investigator before his retirement in February 2010. He is survived by his
spouse, Elaine Bradley, also a Waterloo retiree.

The Waterloo Store will be having a Spring Clearance Sale on Tuesday, June 3
from 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. in the South Campus Hall concourse. Sale items
include sweaters and Sherpa hoodies, sweatpants, golf shirts, crew necks
and, I'm told, more.

Friends and colleagues of Neil Stewart in Plant Operations are invited to
come out to a get-together to celebrate his upcoming retirement on Tuesday,
June 10 at 4:30 p.m. at Wild Wing on 321 Weber Street North. Stewart's last
day will be Thursday, June 12.


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Link of the day

[16]The Dionne Quintuplets

When and where


Institute for Quantum Computing presents the Undergraduate School on
Experimental Quantum Information Processing (USEQIP), Monday, May 26 to
Friday, June 6. [17]Details.

Interview Skills: Proving Your Skills, Wednesday, May 28, 10:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m., Tatham Centre room 1208. [18]Details.

Kenaidan Contracting Ltd. Employer Information Session, Wednesday, May 28,
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., South Campus Hall Laurel Room. [19]Details.

Motorola Mobility Employer Information Session, Wednesday, May 28, 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Davis Centre room 1301. [20]Details.

How to Start Your Own Business, Wednesday, May 28, 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
Tatham Centre room 2218. [21]Details.

Mind perception versus conception, from the series "Observations and Free
Inquiries," Wednesday, May 28, 5:00 p.m., E5 6004. [22]Details.

Genesys Telecommunication Labs Employer Information Session, Wednesday, May
28, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Davis Centre room 1301. [23]Details.

Yelp Employer Information Session, Wednesday, May 28, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00
p.m., Davis Centre room 1302. [24]Details.

Velocity Alpha presents Larry Smith, "What's Your Problem?" Wednesday, May
28, 7:30 p.m., EV3 1408. Free pizza!

It's All About Your Skills - Careers Workshop, Thursday, May 29, 1:30 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m., Tatham Centre room 1112. [25]Details.

TD Securities Employer Information Session, Thursday, May 29, 5:00 p.m. to
7:00 p.m., Tatham Centre room 2218. [26]Details.

Apple Networking Event, Thursday, May 29, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Student
Life Centre Multipurpose Room. [27]Details.

PayPal Employer Information Session, Friday, May 30, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m., Davis Centre room 1302. [28]Details.

Procurement and Contract Services Trade Show, Monday June 2, Tuesday June 3,
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Davis Centre room 1301 (fishbowl).

WIN Nano Graduate Student Seminar Series, Tuesday, June 3, 12:30 p.m., QNC
1501. [29]Details.

The Cheriton School of Computer Science Distinguished Lecture
Series presents Michael Zyda, University of Southern California, "Building
Game Developers," Tuesday, June 3, 3:40 p.m., DC 1302.

Intelligence - Quality vs. Quantity, from the series "Observations and Free
Inquiries," Wednesday, June 4, 5:00 p.m., E5 6004. [30]Details.

Velocity Alpha presents Business Model Generation, Wednesday, June 4, 7:30
p.m., EV3 4412. Free pizza!

Public Observatory Tour, Wednesday, June 4, 9:00 p.m., PHY 308.

Barbara J. Checketts retirement event, Thursday, June 5, 4:00 p.m. to 6:30
p.m., University Club. [31]RSVP and [32]details.

School of Planning graduation reception, Tuesday, June 10, 11:00 a.m.,
Festival Room, South Campus Hall. RSVP to [33]Shelley Knischewsky.

WIN Nano Graduate Student Seminar Series, Tuesday, June 10, 12:30 p.m., QNC
1501. [34]Details.

Wisdom - Learning vs. Knowledge, from the series "Observations and Free
Inquiries," Wednesday, June 11, 5:00 p.m., E5 6004. [35]Details.

Positions available

On this week's list from the human resources department, viewable
[36]through myHRinfo:

o Job ID# 2455 - Editor, Undergraduate Calendar & Manager, Communications
- Registrar's Office, USG 9
o Job ID# 2448 - Account Manager- Greater Toronto Region - Cooperative
Education & Career Action, USG 10 - 11
o Job ID# 2452 - Senior Manager, Institutional Research- Office of
Research, USG 12
o Job ID# 2458 - Assistant University Secretary (Risk and Compliance) -
Secretariat & Office of General Counsel, USG 9-12
o Job ID# 2459 - Assistant to the Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and
International Agreements - Dean of Engineering Office, USG 8

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