First of all, if you’re reading this on Wednesday (the 9th), go check out EngSoc’s career fair in E5! We’ll be there from 11 – 3, and have 9 companies participating. It’s a great chance to talk to employers about full-time, or co-op if you aren’t in fourth year.
Now that that’s out of the way, welcome to March! A lot has happened in the past few weeks, from the announcement of Architectural Engineering, to our Matlab workshop, to the WaterlooWorks Demo, so let’s get to it.
The biggest thing to happen is the announcement that Waterloo is closer than ever to getting an Architectural Engineering program. It passed FUGS (Faculty Undergraduate Studies Committee), and is one step closer to being Waterloo’s 15th Engineering program (including Architecture). I know what you’re thinking. Architectural Engineering, what’s that? How’s it different from Architecture? What can we shorten it to, without confusing it with Arch?? Don’t worry, I have some answers! Now obviously things can change between now and when it’s actually introduced. But I want to put some info out there to clear up any confusion people might have.
What is Architectural Engineering? How’s it different from Architecture? The easiest way to describe it is a similar program to Civil, with a focus on buildings. Graduates would qualify for their P.Eng. but not for an architectural designation. It is still very much an engineering program. Of note is that Arch Eng students would have studio space on campus, and spend their 3A term at the Cambridge campus. The program likely won’t begin until 2018, so it won’t affect most of us here, but exciting news nonetheless!
For those who came to our Matlab workshop the other day, I hope you enjoyed it! It was one of the best attended workshops I’ve seen. Big thanks to Lin Song and Natalie Wennyk for organizing and running the workshop. We’ll be posting the slides online, so if you didn’t get a chance to make it out (or want to go over the material again), keep an eye out on the Facebook event page.
We also co-ordinated with CECA to have a WaterlooWorks demo in CPH Foyer last Thursday. It was a great chance for students to where the software is at, and what features it will offer. One of my favorite is that you can save your search queries (say, software jobs in California), and get nightly emails when jobs that fight that criterion are added. No more having to read through all the jobs just to see the new ones! There are more features coming that were demoed, so if you have any questions send me an email! I’ll let you know what features are being added, and tell you how you can provide your feedback on the project. And yes, it’s still on track for a Winter 2017 release!
As the term begins to wind down, any feedback you have on the workshops and services offered by EngSoc would be appreciated. We’re continuously looking to improve our offerings to students, and we can’t do that without buy-in from our members. As always, I can be reached at vpeducation.a@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca.
As always, feel free to stop by the Orifice anytime. I’m usually there, and can always be reached via email. Good luck with the rest of classes!
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