UNB Engineering News

UNB names Emera's Chris Huskilson to the Engineering Wall of Fame

Engineering Alumni Office

Posted: April 18, 2018 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Alumni Spotlight


The University of New Brunswick is saluting Chris Huskilson, the recently retired president and CEO of Emera, for being a visionary and a champion of innovation. At a special ceremony in Halifax on April 11, Dr. Huskilson was awarded the UNB Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award and inducted into the UNB Engineering Wall of Fame. “Chris has been a strong champion of building a...

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Innovative Real-Time Mobility Analytics Will Be Crucial for Smart Cities

Engineering Alumni Office

Posted: April 12, 2018 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research Spotlight


Dr. Monica Wachowicz, professor and Cisco Systems Chair for Big Data at UNB, says that we can and should do a better job of extracting the value of Big Data in order to act on it and provide better user experiences, create more efficient systems, optimize effectiveness in cities and sectors, and even create more jobs. As the Director of the People in Motion Lab within the Engineering Faculty...

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