Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Sadeghian, Tanyous, and Mirshekar wins Best Paper Award at ConMat ’20

Congratulations to Carleton University Professor Vahid Sadeghian and his students, Mark Tanyous and Sepideh Mirshekar, for winning the Best Paper of ConMat ‘20 for their exceptional work on “Modelling FRP-strengthened beam-column joints in performance assessment of RC frames." Their paper was examined by the scientific committee using five... More

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Babaoglu wins at CGS student competition

Yagmur Babaoglu, a Ph.D. student of Dr. Paul Simms, won second place in the Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS)’s graduate student presentation competition in 2020. She has developed techniques to rapidly assess the effectiveness of treatments for dewatering and strengthening oil sands tailings deposit. These new techniques will increase the... More

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

Monday, December 2, 2019

ACSE students win at APT

  Congratulations to the team of ACSE student who won first place in the 2019 Association of Preservation Technologies (APT) competition. The competition involved the design and construction of an unreinforced masonry arch. The team worked on this significant undertaking for close to a year. Consisting of three phases, they successfully... More

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Grad students showcase research at CONnexion

Graduate students Ahmed Hassan, Geoffrey Davidson and  Zhimeng Yu under the supervision of Professor David Lau, showcased their research projects at the CONnexion Industry and Education event that was held in November 2019. The CONnexion event was hosted by The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) , the Ottawa Construction Association (OCA)... More

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

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Prof. Banu Örmeci receives the 2019 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 of this award is also aimed at furthering public understanding of the professional... More

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Congratulations to Profs. Onita Basu and Burak Gunay for winning the Research Achievement Awards (RAA) for this year.

The University will honour all Achievement Award recipients at a celebration on Tuesday, April 16 at 3 p.m. 2019 Research Achievement... More

Monday, February 11, 2019

AMIR roller developed by Prof. Abd El Halim can eliminate the pavement initial cracks that develop during construction.

The article identifies the root cause of the potholes problem, which is cracking of the pavement layer, and references the AMIR roller developed by Prof. Abd El Halim. Research funded by several agencies including the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario has shown that the AMIR roller can eliminate the pavement initial cracks that develop... More

Monday, February 11, 2019

Profs. Liam O’Brien and Burak Gunay hosted a symposium on building occupant behaviour

Profs. Liam O'Brien and Burak Gunay hosted a symposium on building occupant behaviour, OB-18, and the First Experts' meeting of International Energy Agency - Energy in Buildings and Communities Annex 79: Occupant Behaviour-Centric Building Design and Operation. The events took place on Oct 10-12 at Orange Art Gallery and were attended by about 50... More

Friday, October 5, 2018

Grad Research: From “H” 2 “O”

Ashley Piche, a Master of Applied Science student in Environmental Engineering at Carleton University has compared the performance difference between biological filtration and conventional filtration of our drinking water. To view complete article click... More

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Robbie Venis (PhD student supervised by Professor Onita Basu) is helping to develop a cost effective water filter system in Tanzania

Robbie Venis is a PhD student studying environmental engineering at Carleton University. This summer, he travelled all the way from Ottawa to Longido in an effort to bring clean drinking water to this remote African community. The project is conducted under Dr. Onita Basu's supervision. He has been featured in CBC’s Quirks and Quarks for the... More

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

TRAK Technology – increasing asphalt impermeability. The asphalt compaction technology has been developed by Professor Abd El Halim.

The City is testing a new asphalt-compaction technology on the Front Road Bridge called... More

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

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