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Friday, September 20, 2019

Carleton mourns loss of Professor A. O. Abd El Halim

    It is with sadness that we share the news that our esteemed colleague A. O. Abd El Halim passed away suddenly on Thursday, Sept 19 after he was admitted to the hospital the night before. Halim had over 38 years of service with many outstanding academic and professional contributions to the department... More

Friday, September 13, 2019

PhD student finalist in IEEE CASE 2019 best paper award

The Environmental Engineering PhD student, Darwish Darwazeh, supervised by Professors Burak Gunay (CEE) and Jean Duquette (MAE) was one of the six finalists among 461 for the best paper award at the IEEE CASE (International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering 2019) in... More

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Graduate students supervised by Professors O’Brien, Gunay, Santana, and Bucking wins the first prize at the (IBPSA) conference in Rome, Italy

Graduate students Abuimara Tareq, Dumitrascu Luminita, Gutland Michael, Ide Larissa, and Soble Adrian supervised by Professors O'Brien, Gunay, Santana, and Bucking wins the first prize at the Student Modeling Completion at the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) conference (http://buildingsimulation2019.org/) in Rome,... More

Monday, July 15, 2019

Building a sustainable community

Buildings of the future will need to be designed and operated to have a much smaller environmental footprint. That’s why the professors of Carleton’s Building Performance Research Centre are eking out every efficiency they can from building designs. Their goal is to develop tools, technologies, and methods to reduce energy use and greenhouse... More

Friday, July 5, 2019

Graduate student, Aba Owusu and Profs. Salem and Hadjisophocleous received the Outstanding Paper Award

Master of Applied Science student, Aba Owusu and Professors Sam Salem and George Hadjisophocleous received the Outstanding Paper Award at the 6th International Conference on Applications of Structural Fire Engineering (ASFE'19), 13 - 14 June 2019, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore for a paper entitled " Fire Performance of Concealed... More

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Carleton Fire Safety Engineering Group hosted IFireSS 2019

The Fire Safety Engineering Group of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering organised the 3rd International Fire Safety Symposium IFireSS 2019, at Carleton University on June 5-7, 2019.  The goal of the IFireSS Symposia is to contribute to the exchange of ideas and knowledge among experts in the field of fire safety and... More

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Woods receives University Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work

  Former Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering student Josh Woods has been awarded the University Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work – Doctoral Level for his thesis entitled "Advances in Retrofit and Testing of Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls: Part 1 - Seismic Retrofit of Deficient Walls with Fiber-reinforced Polymer Sheets,... More

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Carleton students win 2019 Mike Sheflin student paper competition

A Carleton University Civil Engineering design project group supervised by Ata Khan won first prize in Ontario Public Works Association (OPWA) Mike Sheflin Student Paper Competition held on Friday, April 10, 2019. At this annual event, Carleton University and University of Ottawa Civil Engineering students showcase their best efforts in the area... More

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

The conservation project on the Tomb of King Tutankhamen completed. This was led by Professor Mario Santana Quintero and its team.

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Monday, April 15, 2019

Annual competition for the Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR)

The competition this year was held on January 30 - February 3, 2019 in Edmonton, Alberta, and the students had an opportunity to design, build, test, and race a toboggan that is made out of metal and concrete.   Highlights of the event can be viewed at: Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race Highlight Reel... More

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Congratulations to Professors Onita Basu and Burak Gunay for winning a 2019 Research Achievement Award

The Carleton University Research Achievement Awards are administered by the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International). The purpose of these awards is to recognize outstanding research achievements. The awards were established in 1989 to enhance the quality of research and to recognize research excellence. Read more... More

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Congratulations to Professors Banu Örmeci and Liam O’Brien for winning the Faculty of Engineering and Design Teaching Excellence Award

The Faculty of Engineering and Design (FED) is pleased to announce the winners of its annual achievement awards for teaching and... More

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