Erick Engelke

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Erick Engelke serves as the IT Director (Information Technology) at the University of Waterloo’s Engineering Faculty, a globally renowned engineering school and the largest engineering school in Canada.

He leads a crew of technical staff in Engineering Computing, and provides leadership for other staff distributed across the faculty as the Chair of the Engineering System Administrator’s group (ESAG).

Erick participates in the campus-level CTSC committee, representing the needs of the Faculty of Engineering.

He is also the lead developer of a number of software projects used at UW Engineering.

In his spare time he has authored ten books on networking and programming, and is an avid woodworker and musician.

ESAG : Engineering System Administrator’s Group

ESAG is the group of system administrators managing the IT resources of the Faculty of Engineering.

Sampling of UW Projects

EASE

A workflow system used to hire sessionals and research assistants in the Faculties of Engineering and Arts

EngRecords

The Dean of Engineering faculty document management system.

Tuque

An automated software distribution system used in the Faculty of Engineering.

Blox

An IP Asset Management tool - used with Solid Server

OnlineProfileBuilder

The tool to manage user profiles on University of Waterloo’s Web Content Management System.

OnlineScholar

A tool for making personal web pages. Explanation of why…​ it was created

Student Enrollment Management System (SEMS)

Used to manage the course blocks enrollment within the Faculty of Engineering.

Surveyor

A surveying tool used in Faculty Assemblies.

numerous internal systems

Handling data flows, process management, system administration, etc.


Last updated: July 7, 2025