Interdisciplinary Archives | Faculty of Engineering and Design

November 22, 2024

Safeguarding Newborn Health: Engineering Solutions to Protect Canada’s Most Vulnerable Patients

Every year in Canada, approximately 15,000 newborns are admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Whether premature births or full-term babies with pressing medical conditions, they are among the most... More

November 22, 2024

Accessibility for All: Carleton University Advancing Inclusion and Social Participation

Accessibility has always been important to Carleton University, so it’s no surprise that it has opened the Abilities Living Laboratory (ALL) to bring together some of Canada’s top minds from... More

October 3, 2024

Silicon Photonics: The Next Generation of Computing Power

Electronic computer chips power the phone in your pocket and the laptop on your desk. They manipulate electricity to transmit information, and are at the heart of a revolution in... More

September 11, 2024

Carleton’s Communications Engineering Profile Cracks Top 10% in Latest ShanghaiRanking

Carleton University has once again been recognized as an international leader in telecommunications engineering by ShanghaiRanking in their 2024 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects report.

July 30, 2024

The Tap-Tap: Wearable Device Transforms Learning for Blind and Low-Vision Musicians

Imagine being surrounded by a symphony of sound, each instrument harmonizing to create a rich tapestry of music. The conductor stands at the podium, baton in hand, guiding the ensemble.... More

June 13, 2024

Carleton Postdocs Win Prestigious Banting Fellowships

Carleton postdoctoral researchers Keroles Riad and Joshua Steckley are the recipients of the federal government’s 2024 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships. Valued at $70,000 per year for two years, the coveted Banting... More

May 27, 2024

Actua, Virtual Ventures’ Network Organization, Receives $38.4 million from Government of Canada’s Strategic Science Fund

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April 18, 2024

Carleton Celebrates 30 Years of Virtual Ventures STEM camps for Canadian youth

A dream and a team of four engineering students. That’s what it took to start Virtual Ventures, the award-winning not-for-profit organization run under Carleton University’s Faculty of Engineering and Design. This year,... More

March 14, 2024

Building a Sustainable Career in Architectural Engineering

Abi Kang had always liked math and science—but she was interested in architecture too. Through Carleton’s Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering program, she found a way to combine these passions into... More

February 23, 2024

Giving Back: to BEng & Beyond

Normally, there is a single recipient for the annual Adrian D.C. Chan Award for Volunteer and Community Service. But when two Faculty of Engineering and Design students like Nikita Yovchev and Ankita Dey applied, the award committee faced... More

January 30, 2024

Maintaining the Rideau Canal Skateway… with Robots?

In 2023, for the first time in its history, the Rideau Canal Skateway never opened, as warmer temperatures and higher-than-normal snowfall prevented a thick-enough layer of ice from forming. This... More