News posts - Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor Hamzeh Hajiloo Receives FED Research Achievement Award 2026

Congratulations to Professor Hamzeh Hajiloo for receiving the FED Research Achievement Award 2026! This $10,000 award is being offered by the Faculty and the Office …

Dr. Paul Simms Celebrates 20 Years of Service at Carleton University

Dr. Paul Simms, Environmental Engineering Professor and Associate Graduate Chair (Environmental Engineering), has served 20 years within the Carleton University academic community. Professor Simms’ research …

Dr. Yasser Hassan Receives the Sandford Fleming Award at CSCE 2026 Conference

The 2026 Annual conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) was held on June 3-5 in Quebec City. CSCE concluded their conference with …

Professor Banu Ormeci Elected as a 2026 Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering

Our most heartfelt congratulations to Professor Banu Örmeci for being elected as a 2026 Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering! This election is a …

Abid Hussain’s Team is Building the First Pilot-Scale Bioenergy Facility in Inuvik, NWT

Environmental Engineering professor Abid Hussain and his research team are in the culmination point of a 3-year process in building the first pilot-scale bioenergy facility …

Environmental Engineering Graduate Students Go On UArctic’s WASH Winter School in Kuujjuaraapik, Quebec

Students and instructors gathered at CEN research station in Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuaraapik for a field course on issues of water, hygiene, and sanitation (WASH) in Nunavik northern …

Isabella Hearne Wins Ronald Doste Prize for OCIENE Winter 2026 Seminar

On April 9th, Isabella Hearne shared her presentation Impacts of Gas Transport on the Reliability of Near-Surface Detection of Leaking CO₂ at The Ottawa-Carleton Institute …

Civil & Environmental Engineering Professors Receive the 2026 CU-CUASA Special Fund for EDI Research and Pedagogical Innovation

Congratulations to Professors Elie Azar & Adam Weiss who were just announced as recipients of the 2026 CU-CUASA Special Fund for EDI Research and Pedagogical …

Professors Jennifer Drake & Shoeleh Shams Receive 2026 Teaching Achievement Awards

Congratulations to Professors Shoeleh Shams, PhD, PEng & Jennifer Drake for receiving 2026 Teaching Achievement Awards! Your commitment towards student experience and success is admirable. …

Civil Engineering Student Receives Kipling Award at 2026 Iron Ring Ceremony

Congratulations to Civil Engineering student, Nimi Tella, for being one of only two students in her entire engineering graduating class to win the Kipling Award at this …

The 2026 Design Capstone Project Presentation

On March 9, 2026, undergraduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department presented their 4th Year Capstone Design Projects at the Engineering …

Carleton’s ‘The New Ottawa Hospital’ Capstone Project Selected as Most Distinctive CEE Project

On the evening of February 5th, what would usually be the lecture session for the CIVE/ENVE/ACSE 4918 course was transformed into a capstone project presentation …