Electrical Archives | Faculty of Engineering and Design

July 28, 2022

Why Robin Chose Engineering at Carleton

When Robin was in high school, she knew she wanted her university degree to be a hands-on experience. After a brief period of exploring the physics program, Robin became drawn to the electrical engineering program... More

March 8, 2022

Carleton Celebrates International Women’s Day with Fourth Annual Breakthrough Breakfast

In honour of International Women’s Day, the fourth annual Breakthrough Breakfast took place on Thursday, March 3 to celebrate and support women in STEM. It was one of many events during International Women’s Week, led... More

November 11, 2021

Celebrating 60 Years of Carleton Engineering

It takes a first cohort to start a longstanding tradition. It all began with the Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) students who enrolled at Carleton in the fall of 1957. There were some 60 students that... More

March 12, 2021

Carleton Inspires Virtually with Breakthrough Breakfast in Celebration of International Women’s Day

In celebration of International Women’s Day and International Womxn’s Week in Ottawa, Carleton University’s Faculty of Engineering and Design hosted its third annual Breakthrough Breakfast on March 4, 2021. At 9:00am, Carleton alumni, faculty, staff, industry and... More

February 26, 2021

Carleton Students Set to Compete at 2021 Canadian Engineering Competition

On top of their technical knowledge, hard work and creativity, Ragini Bakshi and Hodhan Osman feel like friendship will give them an edge at this year’s Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC). “It really helps if you... More

November 29, 2019

High-Stakes Tech

In December of 2017, slightly less than one year before Canada would become just the second country to legalize the recreational use of cannabis, Smiths Falls, ON based Canopy Growth Corporation hired Carleton electrical engineering... More

May 20, 2019

Revolution on the Road

Carleton is a key part of Ottawa’s connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) community, and on May 17, 2019 a large contingent of faculty and graduate students from the university helped launch the Ottawa L5 CAV... More

May 14, 2019

Gaining the Inside Track

When it comes to developing the future of connected and autonomous vehicles in Canada, there appears to be nothing but green lights on the horizon for the national capital. Having already played host to Canada’s... More

December 14, 2018

Revisiting a Role Model

Joyce Ibrahim remembers a conversation she had five years ago with a teacher in a hallway of her high school, the outcome of which helped shape her future. Uncertain about what program to pursue in... More

October 17, 2018

It’s So Much More Than Math

Asked to reflect on when her interest in engineering began, Megan McEwen tells a story about her ninth birthday, when she ripped the small circuit out of a musical birthday card. Examining the extracted device, she... More

September 7, 2018

Flex’s First Pick

Carleton students from electrical and mechanical engineering, along with students from the Sprott School of Business have been granted exclusive access inside multinational technological manufacturer Flex, thanks to the Carleton co-op program’s partnership with the... More

March 10, 2017

Evolving Industry

Looking at the world around us, it’s not hard to spot the influence that information technologies have on our daily lives. From the smartphones in our pockets to the entertainment we consume – even the... More