Women in Engineering Archives | Faculty of Engineering and Design

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

July 28, 2022

Why Robin Chose Engineering at Carleton

Robin has always been interested in solving problems. When she was in high school, she knew she wanted her university degree to be a hands-on experience. After a brief period of... More

June 28, 2022

Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering Undergrad Samantha Wong Receives Student EDI Research Award

Carleton has awarded six students funding to support summer research projects related to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). Established last year, the Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Research Award... More

June 27, 2022

Carleton Students Win Top Prize at Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Capstone Competition

A team of Carleton undergraduates recently won first place at the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Capstone Competition for their project, “Wastewater treatment and Pilot Plant Design in Ecuador”. In... More

May 17, 2022

Ericsson Fellow Xinrui Zhang Prioritizing Security in Machine Learning Applications

Ericsson Fellow Xinrui Zhang is researching a pattern-driven approach to make Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) safer and more secure while maintaining reasonable efficiency. Since the effectiveness of ML has been... More

May 6, 2022

Ericsson Fellow Maryam Havakeshian Investigates How to Reduce Cost of Testing 5G Software

Maryam Havakeshian is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to find ways to reduce costs when building software applications for the vast 5G network. “5G is a software-defined network,” says... More

April 22, 2022

Ericsson Fellow Uses Machine Learning to Reduce Delays in 5G Real-Life Scenarios

Taking a break from working in industry to join Carleton as an Ericsson Fellow and pursue a master’s degree was the right move for Vishnu Priya Guddeti to get the... More

March 8, 2022

International Women’s Day: Inspiring Student Leaders Making a Difference in Their Communities

On International Women’s Day, Carleton University honours women throughout the world and encourages everyone to work to #BreaktheBias so that we can all live in a more equitable society. From... More

February 18, 2022

Carleton to Host Fourth Annual Breakthrough Breakfast in Celebration of International Women’s Week

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

December 6, 2021

Taking Action on White Ribbon Day

The December 6, 1989 Montreal Massacre of 14 women shook Canada to its core. Every year the Carleton community commemorates the anniversary of the massacre—known as the National Day of... More

December 4, 2021

Carleton’s Aimee DeCruyenaere ‘Bakes’ it to the Finals of The Great Canadian Baking Show

That’s a phrase familiar to fourth-year Industrial Design student Aimee DeCruyenaere, who made it through to the finals of The Great Canadian Baking Show, which aired Sunday evening on CBC TV and CBC... More

November 25, 2021

Inventing the Technology to Bring Reliable Internet to Remote Regions in Canada

Canada’s rural and remote communities have unequal and limited access to Internet connectivity—a fact that the pandemic magnified when the urban centres moved online for school and work and these... More