As we begin a New Year, The Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy welcomes Professor Claudio Cañizares of Electrical and Computer Engineering as Acting Executive Director for the period January 1 - August 31, 2015.

WISE gratefully thanks Professor Ian Rowlands, Department of Environment and Resource Studies, for his contributions as Associate Director over several years: Associate Director, Environment (2009), Associate Director, Global Initiatives (2012, 2013), Associate Director, Research (2014). Additionally, we are very grateful to Ian for also providing strong leadership as Acting Executive Director, WISE (September 1 to December 31, 2014) during our Executive Director's sabbatical year. Thank you Ian!

WISE is pleased to announce the re-appointments of some of our Associate Directors.

Professor Claudio Cañizares continues a one year re-appointment as Associate Director, External Partnerships, from January 1 to December 31, 2015.

Professor Kankar Bhattacharya, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has agreed to a one year re-appointment as Associate Director, Advanced Training, from January 1 to December 31, 2015.

Professor Eric Prouzet, Department of Chemistry, will continue his current appointment as Associate Director, Global Initiatives, until October 31, 2015.

We welcome Professor Olaf Weber, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, to the role of Associate Director, Research, from January 1 to December 31, 2015.

WISE looks forward to sharing with you another exciting year of interesting projects and events as we expand our research community globally to connect with colleagues in Germany (KIT), France, (U Bordeaux) and China (DUT).