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WIE Faculty Members

Name: Catherine Burns
Discipline: Systems Design Engineering

Catherine Burns

Professor Burns, standing, teaching SYDE 542, a course on Computer Interface Design. Photo credit: Koorus Bookan, LT3 Centre, University of Waterloo Dr. Burns is an assistant professor in Systems Design Engineering. She teaches courses in Human Factors, Ergonomics, and Interface Design that focus on engineering approaches for improving human performance. She is Director of the Advanced Interface Design Lab, which develops innovative, visualization-based solutions for decision support. Past projects have included interfaces for broadband network management, power plant control, petrochemical refining and aviation displays. Her work has attracted funding from companies such as Syncrude, Honeywell, Nortel Networks and ABB. Dr. Burns is also a pioneer in technology mediated learning, offering her interface design course to students in Ottawa, using the video conferencing technology available at Waterloo's LT3 Centre (shown in photo).

Phone: 519.888.4567 x33903
Office: DC 2607
E-mail: c4burns@uwaterloo.ca
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