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 The community at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering came together for Giving Tuesday on Nov. 29 to generously support two funds that provide our students with a dynamic and diverse learning environment that prepares them for successful careers in a complex world.  

More than 80 donors supported the Engineering Student Teams Fund with over $22,000 in donations. More than 90 donors supported The Equity Fund with a total of $27,000 in donations.

Prestigious federal funding announced this week will help advance research into better ways of fueling space satellites and imaging human tissue to diagnose disease by two doctoral candidates at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering.

Ahmed Saieed, who is studying mechanical engineering, and Ben Ecclestone, who is pursuing a PhD in systems design engineering, both won Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships with $50,000 in annual support for three years.

Engineering and health experts at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ are collaborating on research that may lead to breakthroughs in preventing a serious, all-too-common injury — broken bones. 

Their findings could prove especially important to elderly people typically more prone to falls and hip fractures. In fact, understanding the mechanics of how bones weaken over time could help serve the needs of the aging population in many parts of today’s developed world. 

I was a recent engineering student graduate from McGill University when 14 women, twelve of whom were engineering students, were murdered at École Polytechnique de Montréal in an antifeminist mass shooting on December 6, 1989.

The engineering field has made progress in the last 33 years but there is still more to be done. While there is not much written on the subject yet, I do believe the entry – and sustained increase – of women into the engineering profession has changed the trajectory of the field forever and for the better.

Students from À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering impressed the audience and judges with their business pitches at this week’s Velocity $5k event for aspiring entrepreneurs held at the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Centre.

Eight teams made three-minute presentations and four were declared the winners, with each winning team taking home $5,000. Three of the four winning teams featured engineering students.

Two projects led by À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering researchers were awarded almost $4.2 million in funding today through a federal program created to tackle climate change by achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Dr. Nandita Basu, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, as well as earth and environmental sciences, will receive $3.7 million through the Climate Action and Awareness Fund for a project called Solutionscapes: Designing climate and water-smart agricultural solutions in complex working landscapes.

Past and present students, donors, faculty and staff gathered to celebrate the exceptional achievements of eight alumni and a long-time supporter of the Faculty.

Hosted by Mary Wells, dean of engineering, this year's event recognized the developer of innovative wearable technology, the founders of a fully integrated and reusable packaging program, two alumni leaders and co-class representatives, an advocate for equity and diversity, a leader of distributed control technology and systems, the CEO of a company that specializes in PVC recycling and waste reduction, and a valued friend of the Faculty.

Painting, poetry, science, curiosity, patience – it all came together in a striking photograph that has earned a À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering researcher national recognition.

Dr. Zhao Pan, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, and Dr. Floriane Weyer, a collaborator from the Université libre de Bruxelles in Belgium, won one of three jury prizes this week in , an annual contest that showcases images captured by Canadian researchers.

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering recognized 132 recipients of the Engineering Excellence Fellowship at a special reception this month.

Dr. Mary Wells, dean of engineering, and Dr. Siva Sivoththaman, associate dean of graduate studies and postdoctoral affairs, attended the event in E7 to celebrate the Faculty’s highest achieving graduate students.

Two professors at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering were announced this week as new Canada Research Chairs. A third has had their funding through the federal program renewed for a further five years.

Dr. Nandita Basu and Dr. Carolyn Ren are tier one chairs and Dr. Stephen Smith is a tier two chair. All three chairs are supported through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).