Friday, June 16, 2017

Bucking wins Teaching Award

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and the Office of the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) announced the outstanding educators who have been named 2017 Carleton University Teaching Award winners. Professor Scott Bucking was a winner of the New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Awards. This award was developed to... More

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Carleton students win Sheflin student paper competition

A Carleton University Civil Engineering design project group supervised by Scott Bucking won the first prize in Ontario Public Works Association Ottawa Valley Branch Mike Sheflin Student Paper Competition held on Wednesday April 12, 2017. At this yearly activity, Carleton University and University of Ottawa Civil Engineering students show case... More

Saturday, May 20, 2017

Bennet places in Top Ten at 3MT

Isis Bennet, a Civil Engineering master's student placed in the Top Ten of the 2017 Three Minute Thesis competition. Her topic was "Promoting Office Energy Conservation." Watch Bennet's video... More

Monday, May 15, 2017

Award winners honoured at JA Lecture

The annual John Adjeleian Lecture was held April 11, 2017 during which the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering recognizes graduate students that have excelled in their academic work. This years winners (2016-2017) are listed below.                            ... More

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

PhD student Sujit Das one of top 10 finalists in 3MT

PhD student Sujit Das was one of the top 10 finalist in the 3 Minute Thesis Competition held on March 15. Das is supervised by Professor Ata Khan. The 3MT is a celebration of graduate student research that challenges grad students to communicate the key concepts of their research in a compelling presentation of three... More

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

World Water Day marked with seminar by Brocklehurst

Carleton University’s Global Water Institute celebrated World Water Day (March 22) with the seminar Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in the Era of the SDGs – New Directions and Emerging Trends presented by Clarissa Brocklehurst.         Brocklehurst began her career working on projects related to the water and sanitation needs... More

Friday, March 3, 2017

McKay awarded 2017 Contract Instructor Teaching Award

Jamie McKay (Peng) is Principal with Morrison Hershfield Limited Consulting Engineers in the Ottawa, Ontario office and has been in the Engineering/Sustainability field for over 15 years. Since 2012, he has taught the course ENVE 1001 – Architecture and the Environment with the Civil Engineering Department, and has been involved with the program... More

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Buckets to Rain Barrels returns to Tanzania

A group of students and professors from Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design returned to Tanzania over the December break, returning early January 2017. They spent their time furthering their existing projects, and ran more workshops for high school student teaching them to build and install more "tippy taps".        ... More

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Sherwood takes students on “hands on” trip

Professor Ted Sherwood and students of CIVE 4403/5200 spend a day at the Ontario Masonry Training Centre in Orleans, learning how to build masonry... More

Monday, November 21, 2016

CREATE students compete in APTI bridge competition in Texas

As part of this year’s annual conference, the Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI) launched a student competition that challenged intercollegiate teams to design and erect a timber bridge using historic materials and methods of assembly. The competition allowed students the opportunity to experience preservation from... More

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Gunay awarded Governor General’s Medal and University Medal For Outstanding Graduate Work

Congratulations to PhD student Burak Gunay! Gunay will be awarded the Governor General’s Medal – Graduate level and the University Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work – Doctoral Level at the upcoming November convocation. Burak will be presenting his research at the inaugural Carleton University Medal Lectures on November 11, 2016 in the... More

Monday, November 14, 2016

Creating Confidence: Resilience of Supply Chains Workshop

Carleton University held a high level workshop on Creating Confidence: Resilience of Supply Chains on October 24-25, 2016.  Delegates from Canada, the USA and the World Bank made presentations on key subjects of interest to stakeholders. All modal and intermodal interests participated. The workshop enabled the participants to exchange views on:... More

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

CIMS helps document earthquake damage in Myanmar.

Carleton’s Immersive Media Studio (CIMS) and CyArk have collaborated with UNESCO to deploy the latest technologies in documenting earthquake-damaged monuments in Bagan, Myanmar.  The team worked closely with the Department of Archaeology and National Museum (DoA) to capture high-accuracy digital images of priority monuments using aerial drones... More

Friday, November 4, 2016

Professor O’Brien guest speaker at Better Building Breakfast

Prof Liam O’Brien will be the guest speaker at December's Better Buildings Breakfast. The topic is Energy-intensive building occupants: illogical or should it have been predicted. For more information click... More

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Gilani wins GRIT award

Sara Gilani was one of seven winners of this years Graduate Research and Innovative Thinking (GRIT) award. Sara Gilani is monitoring and modelling occupant behaviors for the prediction of building energy performance in office spaces. Click here to read... More

Friday, October 28, 2016

PhD student Oztaner wins Ontario Trillium Scholarship

Yasar Burak Oztaner has won the Ontario Trillium Scholarship, which is one of the prestigious scholarships for international students in Ontario, Canada.  This scholarship program serves as a significant initiative to attract more of the best qualified international students to Ontario for PhD.  The scholarship is worth $40,000 for up to four... More

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Basu featured on NSERC website – “Improving water quality for communities”

Innovative College-University collaboration leads to new water treatment technology. To read more click... More

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

IMS helps conserve Kasbah Taourirt in Morocco

The oasis valleys of southern Morocco are home to thousands of earthen kasbahs and ksours, or fortified earthen settlements. Carleton's Immersive Media Studio (IMS) partnered with the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and Centre de Conservation et de Réhabilitation du Patrimoine Architectural des Zones Atlasiques et Subatlasique (CERKAS)  to... More

Monday, September 26, 2016

Engineering Student Builds Schools for a Sustainable Future in Nicaragua

      Parker Armstrong, an Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering student, traded classes for concrete this summer as he traveled to Nicaragua to complete an internship with the NGO SchoolBOX. Parker worked alongside SchoolBOX’s construction crew to build three classrooms in impoverished Nicaraguan communities,... More

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Berquist wins international SWANA award

Courtney Berquist has been awarded the Robert P. Stearns scholarship from the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) This scholarship is awarded to a full-time student who is entering or is in graduate school pursuing a degree in environmental science, engineering or other suitable major related to the field of solid waste management.... More

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

PhD researcher works on earthquake damaged sites in Myanmar

Davide Mezzino, Mario Santana’s PhD researcher, is currently in the Bagan Archaeological Site in Myanmar helping with the documentation of damaged monuments affected by the earthquake of August 24, which affected over 400 temples and stupas of this important heritage place. He is being supported by the Cyark Foundation in coordination with... More

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Women in Environmental Engineering profiled in Water Today

WaterToday, a widely read and distributed water magazine in Canada shines a very positive light on Carleton Environmental Engineering program, the  representation of female students, and the outreach activities in FED. To read more... More

Monday, June 27, 2016

Halim and MTO wrapping up research on AMIR

Professor Abd El Halim develops asphalt compactor that improves longevity and resilience of pavement. Read... More

Friday, June 24, 2016

4th year students win 1st in CSCE National Capstone Design competition

Fourth-year Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering students Joel Becker and Hailey Quiquero were chosen to present their team’s project, titled “Zibi Innovation Centre Integrated Design: a One Planet Development,” on June 3rd at the CSCE annual conference hosted in London, Ontario. Read more... More

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Congratulations to all our Grads!

Congratulations to all of the graduates at Carleton University's 148 Convocation. The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department is pleased to congratulate Master's student Ryan Joseph Gohlich, and Undergraduate students Jorge Alberto Amaya, Tarek Ghadieh, Hailey Brianna Quiquero, and Brandon Michael George Robinson for receiving a Senate... More

Monday, May 30, 2016

Carleton students aid in the documenting of Bagan, Myanmar

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Pham awarded Canada Foundation for Innovation funds

Assistant Professor Anh Pham has been awarded $56,000 to develop remediation technologies for treating soil and groundwater contaminated with chlorinated organic compounds, among the most prevalent carcinogens present in more than 22,000 federal contaminated sites across Canada. The money was made available through The John R. Evans Leaders Fund,... More

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

John Adjeleian Lecture held in April

Professor and Canada Research Chair in Infrastructure Engineering, Dr. Ian Moore from Queen's University in Kingston delivered the 2016 John Adjeleian Lecture in April. He gave an overview of recent research to establish how much pipe deterioration is too much, and how to develop rational design methods to guide repairs that restore pipe stability... More

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Robinson 2015 Co-op Student of the Year

Congratulations to the recipient of the 2015 Undergraduate Co-op Student of the Year, Brandon Robinson, a fourth-year civil engineering student. Robinson spent three consecutive work terms (one year) at Maple Reinders Constructors Limited in the role of Assistant Project Coordinator within the Buildings Division. During his time at Maple Reinders,... More

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Fillingham awarded Outstanding TA Award,

Melanie Fillingham has been awarded one of five 2015-2016 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards. In addition, Ahmed Hassan was selected as one of  five honourable mentions. The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award celebrates the contributions and support Teaching Assistants give to the undergraduate programs in their disciplines, their roles... More

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Congratulations Juan Lavin!

Juan Lavin was awarded Best Student Talk at the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineerings (CITE) student presentation competition held in Ottawa on April 4th. Juan presented his work on alternative transportation options in Metro Vancouver with a focus on consideration of car-free options. Juan was supervised by Dr. Ata Khan and presented... More

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Erochko wins 2016 Teaching Achievement Award

Every year Carleton University recognizes the excellence of its faculty, instructors and librarians with Achievement Awards. Jeff Erochko, Assistant Professor won one of five 2016 Teaching Achievement awards.  His project was: Use of Augmented Reality to Teach Undergraduate Mechanics Prof. Erochko teaches structural engineering and has research... More

Friday, March 18, 2016

Buckets to Rain Barrels in Tanzania

An interdisciplinary group of students and professors from Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design and Sprott School of Business recently completed a site visit to Longido, Tanzania as part of their final year Capstone project. Commonly known as From Buckets to Rain Barrels, the project involves a multi-year, multi-discipline team that... More

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Ormeci wins 2016 Partners in Research Engineering Ambassador Award

Carleton University’s Banu Örmeci, professor and Canada Research Chair in the research-intensive Faculty of Engineering and Design, has been named the recipient of the 2016 Partners In Research (PIR) Engineering Ambassador Award. Örmeci develops new technologies to clear pathogens and contaminants from wastewater and sludge, so they do not... More

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Alresheedi wins Best Poster Award at AWWA

Mohammad Alresheedi, a PhD student in Environmental Engineering won the Best Student Poster Award at the Annual American Water Works Association (AWWA) Membrane Technology Conference held in San Antonio, Texas, Feb 1-5, 2016.  Mohammad’s poster discusses his PhD research on issues with current methods of assessing  membrane fouling in drinking... More