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A new course over the runway

Waterloo and Airbus formalized a framework for research and talent development.

Reported by Katie McQuaid, Faculty of Science

Waterloo’s Suzanne Kearns with partners from Airbus.
IndustryWaterloo’s Suzanne Kearns with partners from Airbus.Photo: Source: University of Waterloo; see original article for photo credits.

The partnership joins Waterloo research and Airbus expertise around a future of aviation that will need both technical skill and new ways to learn.

It is a fitting August story: the runway is a place of departure, but the work that makes a new route possible happens long before takeoff.

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  1. Original reporting · uwaterloo.ca
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