Dr. Robert Weeks

Professor

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Dr. Weeks has spent 25 plus years in industry developing many scientific and industrial lasers and associated applications. His team received a Canada Award for Excellence in product development. He also developed patentable ideas in excimer and CO2 lasers and organized an international conference on laser applications, co-authoring a SPIE proceedings. His 10 plus years in management roles in various manufacturing areas include obtaining an ISO 9000 certification and, in the local community, initiating a Lean Thinking group in the OMN and also working on a teaching factory initiative. He has been lecturing part time in Photonics at Algonquin since 2003 and before that, while continuing to work full time at GSI Lumonics, he studied part time in the MBA Program at the University of Ottawa. He is currently involved with several local companies, on a variety of projects, with some of them funded by agencies like IRAP, OCE & CIPI.


Contact Information

Email:
weeksr@algonquincollege.com
Office Phone:
613-727-4723 ext. 3480