Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Chatwin-Davies wins Senate Medal

Master's student Robyn Chatwin-Davies received a Carleton University Master's level Senate Medal at the convocation held on Thursday, June 14. Her research was focused in air quality modelling and environmental justice (sometimes also termed “environmental inequality”). Chatwin-Davies was supervised by Professor Amir Hakami.... More

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Capstone project group takes second place in HODI awards

  Jamie Marrs and Erin Hemm, 4th year Architectural Conservation and Sustainability students won second place in the Historical Ottawa Development Inc. (HODI) awards. Their project was titled "East Block Rehabilitation"  and was suppervised by Professor Jeff... More

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

O’Brien delivers keynote at eSim2018

Professor Liam O'Brien was the keynote speaker at eSim 2018 Conference in Montreal in May. His topic was Simulating Occupants in Buildings. To represent the effect of occupants on building performance, occupant models can be implemented in BPS tools.O'Brien's workshop covered the fundamentals of occupant behavior modeling and implementation in BPS... More

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Robinson wins NSERC Science Action award

Brandon Robinson,  a Master Applied Science student supervised by Dr. Abhijit Sarkar has won one of NSERC’s prestigious Science Action video awards. He placed second in the English category. Robinson has always been awestruck by large man-made structures like high-rise buildings and long-span bridges. The remarkable skylines of cities like... More

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Professor Pavement discusses pothole free roads

Dr. Abd El Halim, professor of transportation engineering, has gotten a lot of attention recently for his Asphalt Multi-Integrated Roller – AMIR for short, named after Halim's son. After decades of roadblocks,he is finally making inroads with his innovative road-paving method, a process he says will drastically reduce potholes and extend the... More

Monday, May 14, 2018

Santana awarded Doctorate Honoris Causa

Professor Marion Santana was granted a Doctorate Honoris Causa degree by the University of Liege, Belgium on March 24, 2018. He states that it was a "memorable occasion". For more information click... More

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Abd El Halim says pothole problem can be solved

Abd El Halim says he invented a machine three decades ago which would prevent the potholes that plague Toronto roads. To read the full story in thestar, click here. Professor Halim was also featured on Yahoo news. To read that article, click here... More

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Carleton takes Tom Folkes Award

    At the PEO Student Presentation Night held April 11, Carleton brought home the Tom Folkes Award. The two groups won respectively the Best Technical Award (supervised by Professor Jeff Erochko) and Best Environmental/Social Award (supervised by Professor Onita... More

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Cormier wins Mold Busters Scholarship

Renay Cormier won The Mold Busters scholarship with her topic of "Radon as an indoor air pollutant: Should you be concerned?" She is MASc student supervised by Professor Banu Ormeci. Read... More

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Congratulations to Dr. Mario Santana

  Congratulations to Dr. Mario Santana, elected Vice President of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) at the General Assembly in Delhi (India) for a 3-year term. ICOMOS works for the conservation and protection of cultural heritage places. It is the only global non-government organization of this kind, which is dedicated... More

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Carleton at BEIC National Workshop

Professor Burak Gunay (Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Nina Dmytrenko (graduate student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) hosted a booth at the the Building Energy Innovators Council (BEIC) Real Property National Workshop.... More

Friday, November 17, 2017

Students tour Tomlinson Waste Recovery Centre

Environmental, Civil and Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering students, as part of Student Experience and Engagement (SEE), toured the Tomlinson Waste Recovery Centre in Carp early November. The students visited the impressive facility to see the latest technologies and practices at work in a “real world" situation. The... More

Friday, November 17, 2017

Prof. Liam O’Brien’s book on building occupant behaviour research methods now in print

Prof. O'Brien and two international colleagues have co-edited a textbook titled Exploring Occupant Behavior in Buildings, with topics ranging from sensing devices to research ethics. Several of the book chapters were co-authored by Prof. O'Brien's former PhD students, Burak Gunay (now assistant professor at Carleton) and Sara Gilani (now a... More

Monday, November 13, 2017

Masonry Design students learn hands-on

Graduate and 4th year masonry students went to La Cite Collegialel in Orleans again this year to learn hands-on from the apprentice masons there and the head instructor how to build a wall.                                          ... More

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Carleton team wins APT TCPE Student Masonry Arch competition

This year’s APT (Association of Preservation Technology) conference was held 10-14 October here in Ottawa. Student teams were invited to take part in the conference via the APT Preservation Engineering Student Design-Build Competition. The competition took place over 3 phases; (1) structural analysis and building condition assessment of a local... More

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Northern Nomad tiny house

A team of about a dozen student builders led by Prof. Scott Bucking from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism build a tiny house. To read article, click... More

Monday, October 16, 2017

Prof. Liam O’Brien wins the Ontario Building Envelope Council Rising Star Award

Professor Liam O'Brien was awarded the Ontario Building Envelope Council (OBEC) Rising Star Award. The award was created to honour individuals who have committed their career to the advancement of the design, construction and performance of the building envelope. The Ontario Building Envelope Council (OBEC) is a non-profit organization bridging... More

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Global Water Institute launched

After months of preparation, Carleton University officially launched its Global Water Institute (GWI) following a water research symposium on Wednesday, Aug. 16. Professor Banu Örmeci became the Jarislowsky Chair in Water and Global Health in 2017 with a generous $2-million donation from the Jarislowsky Foundation and matching funds from... More

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Carleton University to Host International Symposium on Digital Heritage Conservation

Carleton University will host the 26th International Committee of Architectural Photogrammetry (CIPA) Symposium, marking the first time the symposium is taking place in North America. Carleton’s campus will welcome 300 delegates from around the world to collaborate on the theme of Digital Workflows for Heritage Conservation. Read story... More

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Tiny house being built by Bucking’s team

When it's finished, the Northern Nomad could be one of the first tiny houses built in Canada to achieve net-zero energy. To read the story, click... More

Monday, August 21, 2017

O’Brien receives IBPSA Outstanding Young Contributor Award

Professor Liam O'Brien was awarded the Outstanding Young Contributor Award at the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) bi-annual conference in San Francisco in August. The award, given biennially recognizes an individual at the beginning of their career who has demonstrated potential for significant contributions to... More

Friday, August 18, 2017

Retired professor Dr. Gunther Bauer donates scholarship

As a former professor and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Engineering and Design, Dr. Gunther Bauer’s philosophy on giving back is simple: “If we can, we should”. To read article, click... More

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

iWISE held at Carleton in July

Professor Banu Örmeci, the Jarislowsky Chair in Water and Global Health, and Professor Onita Basu spoke at the International Conference on Water, Informatics, Sustainability and Environment (iWISE) held in July. To read the article, click... More

Saturday, July 1, 2017

Santana elected to board of ICOMOS Canada

Professor Mario Santana-Quintero is a newly elected member of the board of ICOMOS Canada. ICOMOS is the only global non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of the world’s cultural heritage places. To read the full story please click... More

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Ben Nicoletta Wins Best Paper Award at IFireSS

Benjamin Nicoletta, a NSERC USRA in Civil Engineering won a Best Paper Award at the IFireSS International Fire Safety Symposium held in Naples, Italy from June 7-9, 2017 for his paper entitled "Performance of GFRP Stay-in-place Form Work for Bridge Decks after Real and Simulated Fire Damage".  Ben's research, in collaboration with researchers... More

Friday, June 23, 2017

Dua receives “Best Student Paper Award”

Two papers were submitted by PhD candidate Alok Dua at the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) 2017 annual conference which was held in Vancouver May 31 to June 3. One of the papers titled  "Efficacy of Concrete Constitutive Models for Bullet Impact Tests" received the "Best Student paper Award" at the conference.  Dua... More

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Prof. O’Brien and HBI Lab have published a Condominium Design Guide

  Led by Prof. Ted Kesik at University of Toronto, this MURB Design Guide provides comprehensive guidance on designing high-performance condos. This work was funded in part by Prof. Liam O'Brien's Early Researcher Award. The Design Guide and a companion document, a Buyer's Guide, can be downloaded at the following links: MURB-Design Guide... More

Friday, June 16, 2017

John Gales speaks to CTV about London high-rise fire

  Listen to Professor Gales speaks to CTV about London high-rise file here... More

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

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