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Thursday, June 25, 2020

Faculty sends message to graduated students

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Thursday, June 4, 2020

Bucking, Ormeci, Sadeghian and Erochko obtain CU COVID-19 Rapid Research Response Grants

Professors Bucking, Ormeci, Sadeghian and Erochko were the recipients of research monies to provide seed funding for individuals or teams of researchers for original, innovative, and time-sensitive research to propose solutions to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, or to apply to external research grant competitions targeting the... More

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Whitehead named 2019 Undergraduate co-op student of the year

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce that fourth year Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering student Johanna Whitehead has been named the 2019 winner of Carleton’s Co-op Student of the Year Award. Whitehead is completing a 16-month work term, which began in May 2019, as an Intern... More

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Gardien recipient of annual Provost Scholar Award

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is thrilled to announce that Jonique Gardien, a graduating Architecture Conservation and Sustainability student is one of the recipients of the 2020 Provost Scholar Award. This award recognizes exceptional undergraduate students who exemplify excellence in research, community engagement and/or... More

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Ormeci responds to COVID-19 questions asked to Global Water Institute

Carleton Global Water Institute professor answers question about water/wastewater in the COVID pandemic. ... More

Friday, February 28, 2020

Congratulations to Prof. Mario Santana Quintero for winning the Faculty of Engineering and Design 2020 Teaching Excellence Award

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Friday, February 28, 2020

Prof. Banu Örmeci receives the 2020 Ottawa Chapter PEO Engineering Excellence Award.

Congratulations to Professor Banu Örmeci to win the 2020 Ottawa Chapter PEO Engineering Excellence... More

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Prof. Onita Basu receives the 2020 PEO Ottawa Chapter Citizenship Award

Congratulations to Prof. Onita Basu to win the 2020 PEO Ottawa Chapter Citizenship Award. The award program is for Professional Engineers from the Ottawa Chapter who have improved the quality of life through the ingenious application of their engineering skills, going above and beyond the normally high standards of the profession. The presentation... More

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Meet the Boreal Builders team

Students teamed up with Gull Bay First Nation to create housing solutions shaped by resiliency and sustainability. The group was supervised by Professor Scott Bucking, and they conducted this site visit to learn more about the existing microgrid and survey potential land plots which could be used for the development of the project. For... More

Thursday, December 19, 2019

Saving the Planet with Energy Efficiency

Between trying to save money and the environment, energy efficiency is something we’ve all thought about at one point or another. Master’s student Brodie Hobson in the Civil Engineering program has been working towards finding new ways to bring about energy efficiency in existing buildings. Read more here ... More

Monday, December 2, 2019

Al-Zouaghi wins third place at Innovation Challenge

Aisha Al-Zouaghi, an undergraduate student, who is supervised by Professor Paul Simms, won third place at an Innovation Challenge event hosted by Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO). As part of Carleton’s Tailings Research Group (https://paulsimms0.wixsite.com/tailings-carleton), Al-Zouaghi researches how to end... More