Abstract

When I went through Engineering Science, I fully expected to have a career in engineering.  After all, my father is an engineer and my mother a microbiologist, so my going into the sciences was sort of a given.  But a funny thing happened on the way to becoming a licensed engineer.  When studying for the legal component of the PEO’s licensing exam, I discovered an interest in law.  It was still a form of problem solving, but one where creativity was a variable in the equation.  So I made my way north on campus to the Faculty of Law.  A talk for anyone wondering what else you can do with an engineering education. 

Speaker Biography

Vanessa Komarnicki is a lawyer, patent agent and partner at Deeth Williams Wall LLP.  Vanessa’s work is focused on helping inventors protect their ideas by drafting and obtaining patents and industrial designs.  She also provides advice on patentability, validity and infringement of intellectual property rights.  Prior to her legal career, Vanessa graduated with honours from Engineering Science, biomedical option, and then obtained a masters in protein engineering at U of T's IBBME.