Women in Engineering Archives | Faculty of Engineering and Design

June 18, 2020

Mechanical Engineering Graduate Wins Board of Governors Award for Outstanding Community Achievement

Originally from Sudbury, Ont., Francesca Tsimiklis first visited Carleton University on a March Break tour with her mother. Drawn to Carleton for the uniqueness of the Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering... More

June 15, 2020

Carleton’s Wei Shi Develops Mobile App that Delivers COVID-19 Exposure Alerts But No Personal Information

Wei Shi, an associate professor in Carleton’s School of Information Technology, has developed an app that informs users if they could have been exposed to known COVID-19 cases – without... More

June 4, 2020

Carleton Researchers Checking Wastewater for Signs of COVID-19

One of the few reassuring science stories circulating since the coronavirus pandemic abruptly threw Canada into lockdown mode in mid-March is that there is no evidence of people getting sick... More

June 1, 2020

Carleton’s Virtual Ventures Awarded $80,000 through NSERC PromoScience Program

By Leah Coppella Carleton youth outreach organization Virtual Ventures (VV) – a not-for-profit run by the Faculty of Engineering and Design – has been awarded $80,000 in funding through NSERC’s... More

May 26, 2020

Carleton’s Winnie Ye Receives Partners in Research Technology and Engineering Ambassador Award

Winnie Ye, professor in the Department of Electronics and Canada Research Chair in Nano-scale IC Design for Reliable Opto-Electronics and Sensors, has been awarded the 2020 Partners in Research (PIR) Technology... More

May 5, 2020

Two Engineering Undergrads Win Provost Scholar Awards

Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Jerry Tomberlin and Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) David Hornsby presented eight undergraduate Carleton students with Provost Scholar Awards on Friday, May 1. Although it was... More

May 1, 2020

Carleton PhD Student Irem Bor-Yaliniz First Canadian to be Named to Prestigious N2Women Rising Star...

Carleton PhD Student Irem Bor-Yaliniz First Canadian to be Named to Prestigious N2Women Rising Star List

Carleton PhD Student Irem Bor-Yaliniz was among 10 researchers appearing in the N2Women 2019 Rising Stars in Computer Networking and Communications. This prestigious list highlights the top 10 inspiring women... More

April 23, 2020

Fourth Year Engineering Student Johanna Whitehead Named 2019 Undergraduate Co-op Student of the Year

The Faculty of Engineering and Design is pleased to share that fourth year Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering student Johanna Whitehead has been named the 2019 winner of Carleton's Co-op... More

March 6, 2020

Carleton Kickstarts International Womxn’s Week in Ottawa with Second Annual Breakthrough Breakfast

Carleton University’s Faculty of Engineering and Design hosted its second annual Breakthrough Breakfast on March 3, 2020 celebrating International Women’s Day and International Womxn’s Week in Ottawa – spearheaded by... More

January 21, 2020

Faculty of Engineering and Design Hosts Male Allyship in STEM Panel

Carleton University’s Faculty of Engineering and Design hosted a conversation about male allyship in STEM on Jan. 15, welcoming Carleton faculty, staff, students and members of the wider community to listen and... More

January 6, 2020

Carleton’s Winnie Ye and Richard Yu Awarded Engineering Institute of Canada Fellowships

Two members of the Carleton University faculty have been named Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) Fellows. Winnie Ye, professor and Canada Research Chair (CRC) in the Department of Electronics and... More

December 20, 2019

Piecing Together the Future of Accessible Fashion

Fashion and function can co-exist, especially when you start from square one. A Digital Media PhD student at Carleton University is working to expand the range of accessible clothing, facilitating... More