Women in Engineering Archives | Faculty of Engineering and Design

December 3, 2020

Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design Building More Support for Women

As an undergraduate in electrical engineering in the early 2000s, Prof. Winnie Ye was one of only five female students in her program. In 2007, she was also the only... More

October 30, 2020

Carleton Electronics Prof. Winnie Ye Appointed IEEE Canada’s Chair of Women in Engineering

From a young age, Carleton University Department of Electronics Prof. Winnie Ye, has been fascinated with discovering how things are built and how they work, which planted an early interest... More

October 21, 2020

Detecting COVID-19 Through Cough Sounds: Carleton’s Madison Cohen-McFarlane Hosts Ingenious Talks

On Tuesday, Oct. 20, Carleton University biomedical engineering PhD student Madison Cohen-McFarlane hosted Ingenious Talks Online: Detecting COVID-19 Through Cough Sounds. Presented by Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design, Ingenious... More

October 8, 2020

COVID-19 Monitoring Keeps Carleton Campus Safe

Keeping COVID-19 in check is a fight on many fronts. Public health authorities must conduct diagnostic testing and contact tracing to react quickly to symptoms and infection. An informed public... More

September 25, 2020

Carleton Experts to Host Special Panel on Climate Change in the Post-Pandemic World

Carleton University’s Amir Hakami, Ahmed Abdulla and Kristen Schell will host Lessons in Rapid Transition: Climate Change in the Post-Pandemic World, presented by the Faculty of Engineering and Design as... More

July 28, 2020

PhD Graduate’s Medical Imaging Research Wins Prestigious University Medal

Recent Carleton University doctoral graduate Fatemeh Zabihollahy has been awarded the University Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work at the PhD level. Over the last three years, Zabihollahy has spent countless... More

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