Women in Engineering Archives | Faculty of Engineering and Design

June 24, 2021

Great Grads 2021: Carleton Engineering Student Earns Iron Ring 60 Years After Grandfather

For Carleton University Mechanical Engineering student Margot Vandesande, this year’s graduation will be a special kind of family affair. Sixty years after her grandfather, John McCalla, graduated from Carleton’s first... More

April 27, 2021

Carleton Researchers Collaborate to Improve How Diseases are Diagnosed and Treated

Carleton University researchers in physics and engineering are joining forces with biologists and medical practitioners to change how diseases are diagnosed and treated. Physics Prof. Sangeeta Murugkar leads Carleton University’s... More

April 9, 2021

PhD Student Sarah Brown to Host Ingenious Talks Online: Heating Your Home with Solar Energy...

PhD Student Sarah Brown to Host Ingenious Talks Online: Heating Your Home with Solar Energy on April 14

Mechanical Engineering PhD student Sarah Brown has been working with Carleton's Sustainable Building Energy Systems (SBES) research team since she first joined the Urbandale Centre for Home Energy Research (CHEeR)... More

March 22, 2021

World Water Day 2021: Carleton Celebrates Water Research on COVID-19 and Plastics

Water may be clear, but there is much that it can conceal. In early 2020, wastewater leapt into the public consciousness when researchers realized it was possible to detect COVID-19... More

March 19, 2021

Professors Onita Basu and Rob Teather Win Graduate Mentoring Awards

Sponsored by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs and the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International), these awards recognize faculty who render exceptional service to graduate students as... More

March 12, 2021

Faculty of Engineering and Design Host Empowering Gender Minorities Panel

Empowering women and gender minorities – individuals whose gender expression differs from the presumed majority of the population – within the fields of engineering and information technology (IT) is an... More

March 12, 2021

Creative Pursuits: Engineering Professor Still Dreams of the Olympics

When Leila Mostaço-Guidolin arrived as a PhD student at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg in 2010, she knew nothing about winter sports. But as a natural athlete and competitive swimmer... More

March 8, 2021

Celebrating Carleton Leaders on International Women’s Day

This year, the theme for International Women’s Day is #ChooseToChallenge. Carleton University is celebrating by sharing the stories of 17 leaders – students, staff and faculty members – who continue... More

March 2, 2021

Carleton Launches Industry and Government Supported Women in Engineering and IT Program

Carleton University has announced the launch of a new Women in Engineering and Information Technology (WiE&IT) Program – one of the first industry and government sponsored programs of its kind... More

February 18, 2021

Carleton to Host Third Annual Breakthrough Breakfast on March 4

Begin your day with a spark of inspiration! Join us as we learn about the innovative worlds of three graduate-level women researchers from Carleton University’s Faculty of Engineering and Design.... More

February 11, 2021

Virtual Ventures Coding Workshop for Girls Offers Glimpse into Future Career Options

Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design is getting ready to host this year’s Go Code Girl workshop. Go Code Girl is a two-day event that gives girls in grades 7 to 12 the opportunity... More

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