Women in Engineering & IT Archives | Faculty of Engineering and Design

September 6, 2023

Information Technology PhD Student Hannah Johnston Wins Prestigious 2023 Vanier Scholarship

Carleton University PhD students Hannah Johnston (Information Technology) and Evan Wicklund (Sociology) are the recipients of a prestigious 2023 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Valued at $50,000 per year for three... More

August 31, 2023

Professors Ravi Prakash and Fateme Rajabiyazdi Awarded Canada Foundation for Innovation JELF Funding

Professors Ravi Prakash of the Department of Electronics and Fateme Rajabiyazdi of the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering are among 13 Carleton researchers who have been awarded a combined... More

August 30, 2023

Empowering Women in STEM: Carleton’s Women in Engineering & IT Program Returns to Bridge the...

Empowering Women in STEM: Carleton’s Women in Engineering & IT Program Returns to Bridge the Gender Gap

Carleton University’s Faculty of Engineering and Design launched its inaugural Women in Engineering and IT (WiE&IT) Program back in 2021, one of the first of its kind in Canada. The... More

August 29, 2023

Professors Leila Mostaço-Guidolin and Jennifer Drake Announced as Canada Research Chairs

Three Carleton University researchers Cati Coe, Leila Mostaço-Guidolin and Jennifer Drake have been announced as Canada Research Chairs (CRC). Their ground-breaking research will advance flood infrastructure, fibrosis treatment and services... More

June 22, 2023

Reflecting on Two Years of the Women in Engineering & IT Program

Elsie MacGill’s story is etched into the fabric of Canada’s engineering history. In 1927, MacGill became the first Canadian woman to receive an engineering degree and in 1929, she became... More

May 25, 2023

UpSkill Video Series: Soft-Skill Development for Women Students

These videos are part of the UpSkill video series, a program element part of Carleton University's Faculty of Engineering and Design's Women in Engineering and Information Technology (WiE&IT) Program.

March 25, 2023

Male Allyship in STEM Panel

Carleton University’s Faculty of Engineering and Design hosted a specialized panel discussion on the roles and responsibilities men can have in creating a positive and sustainable impact in support of... More

October 5, 2022

Carleton and its Partners Celebrate Success of Gendered Design in STEAM Program

Following three years of international collaboration, Carleton University and its partners marked the successful conclusion of the Gendered Design in STEAM (GDS) Program on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 with a... More

September 23, 2022

Homecoming 2022: Celebrating Our Alumni – Suman Chagarlamudi (BEng/07 – Computer Systems Engineering, BA/22 –...

Homecoming 2022: Celebrating Our Alumni – Suman Chagarlamudi (BEng/07 – Computer Systems Engineering, BA/22 – Law)

Throughout her high-tech career, Suman Chagarlamudi’s philosophy is to only work in roles where she is learning new skills. She always aims to expose herself to new ways of working... More

September 20, 2022

Homecoming 2022: Celebrating Our Alumni – Jackie Ellis (BIT/18 – Interactive Multimedia and Design)

Jackie Ellis went to school not to have all her questions answered, but to find a career of constant learning. In her line of work, software development, she is regularly... More

September 19, 2022

Homecoming 2022: Celebrating Our Alumni – Spojmai Nawabi (BEng/15 – Environmental Engineering)

When she was young, Spojmai Nawabi wanted to be a doctor. She also had parents who, like many Afghan parents, dreamed of their children becoming doctors, engineers or astronauts —... More

August 8, 2022

Paying it Forward: How Mentorship Led Engineering Undergrad to Help Women in STEM

Carleton Mechanical Engineering student Mieke Wilkinson has a lot to be thankful for. The recent winner of a 2022 Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF) Undergraduate Women in Engineering Scholarship comes from... More