The Faculty of Engineering and Design’s acclaimed outreach lecture series, Ingenious Talks, is free and open to the public, and engages audiences in discussions of timely and innovative ideas in engineering, design and technology.

Each talk consists of a 40-minute presentation, followed by a Q&A and discussion. All sessions take place at Ottawa’s Sunnyside Library at 1049 Bank Street from 6:30-7:30 pm. Light refreshments provided.

Upcoming Lectures

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Past Lectures

Nov 6 Ingenious Talks: Data Analytics to Improve Building Performance

Nov

6

6:30 pm

7:30 pm

Ingenious Talks: Data Analytics to Improve Building Performance

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank Street
Oct 2 Ingenious Talks: Resonant Matter – Recent Community-Based Art and Architectural I...

Oct

2

6:30 pm

7:30 pm

Ingenious Talks: Resonant Matter – Recent Community-Based Art and Architectural I...

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank Street
Sep 11 Ingenious Talks: Impacts & X-Rays – An Inside Look at Helmet Testing

Sep

11

6:30 pm

7:30 pm

Ingenious Talks: Impacts & X-Rays – An Inside Look at Helmet Testing

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank Street
May 1 Ingenious Talks: Smartphone Security – Solutions for People with Vision Impairment

May

1

6:30 pm

7:30 pm

Ingenious Talks: Smartphone Security – Solutions for People with Vision Impairment

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank Street
Apr 3 Ingenious Talks: Photonics – The Fascinating World of Light at the Nano-Scale

Apr

3

6:30 pm

7:30 pm

Ingenious Talks: Photonics – The Fascinating World of Light at the Nano-Scale

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank Street
Feb 6 Ingenious Talks: Everybody’s Air – Ask not what air pollution does to you, ...

Feb

6

6:30 pm

7:30 pm

Ingenious Talks: Everybody’s Air – Ask not what air pollution does to you, ...

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank Street
Dec 5 Ingenious Talks: CUBESAT – Detecting Forest Fires with Nano Satellites

Dec

5

6:30 pm

7:30 pm

Ingenious Talks: CUBESAT – Detecting Forest Fires with Nano Satellites

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank Street
Nov 7 Ingenious Talks: The Northern Nomad Tiny Home – Pushing the Limits of Sustainability

Nov

7

6:30 pm

7:30 pm

Ingenious Talks: The Northern Nomad Tiny Home – Pushing the Limits of Sustainability

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank Street, Ottawa
Oct 3 Ingenious Talks: Better Roads, Fewer Potholes – the AMIR Technology

Oct

3

6:30 pm

7:30 pm

Ingenious Talks: Better Roads, Fewer Potholes – the AMIR Technology

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank Street, Ottawa
May 2 Broadband Wireless Public Safety Networks

May

2

6:30 am

7:30 am

Broadband Wireless Public Safety Networks

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.
Apr 4 Radio Engineering in Wireless Communications: From WiFi and 5G to Low Earth Orbit Const...

Apr

4

6:30 pm

7:30 pm

Radio Engineering in Wireless Communications: From WiFi and 5G to Low Earth Orbit Const...

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank Street
Feb 7 Security and Privacy in a Connected World

Feb

7

6:30 am

7:30 am

Security and Privacy in a Connected World

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.

2016-2017 Health Care Series

May 3 Games That Make You Move

May

3

6:30 am

7:30 am

Games That Make You Move

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.
Apr 5 Machine Learning in Medical Imaging

Apr

5

6:30 am

7:30 am

Machine Learning in Medical Imaging

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.
Feb 1 Orthopaedic Biomechanics

Feb

1

6:30 am

7:30 am

Orthopaedic Biomechanics

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.
Dec 7 Health Care Planning and Design

Dec

7

6:30 am

7:30 am

Health Care Planning and Design

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.
Nov 2 Imaging with Electricity

Nov

2

6:30 am

7:30 am

Imaging with Electricity

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.
Oct 5 3D Printing in Biomedical Engineering

Oct

5

6:30 am

7:30 am

3D Printing in Biomedical Engineering

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.

2015-2016 Sensor Series:

May 4 Fibre Optics for a Greener Fuel Sector

May

4

6:30 am

7:30 am

Fibre Optics for a Greener Fuel Sector

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.
Apr 14 Sensors in Water Quality Monitoring

Apr

14

6:30 am

7:30 am

Sensors in Water Quality Monitoring

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.
Feb 3 Sensors in Geohazard Monitoring

Feb

3

6:30 am

7:30 am

Sensors in Geohazard Monitoring

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.
Dec 2 Sensors in Intelligent Systems

Dec

2

6:30 am

7:30 am

Sensors in Intelligent Systems

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.
Nov 4 Smart Bridges in Smart Cities

Nov

4

6:30 am

7:30 am

Smart Bridges in Smart Cities

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.
Oct 7 Sensors in Wearable Devices

Oct

7

6:30 am

7:30 am

Sensors in Wearable Devices

Sunnyside Library, 1049 Bank St.