Stories: Interdisciplinary

Carleton Students Set to Compete at 2021 Canadian Engineering Competition

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

Carleton Drone Decontamination Research, UAV Training Program to Take Flight at Ottawa’s Area X.O Facility

Carleton Drone Decontamination Research, UAV Training Program to Take Flight at Ottawa’s Area X.O Facility

From safely delivering vital supplies to remote communities using large-scale drones, to training the next generation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) experts, two Carleton initiatives funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)... More

Meet the Boreal Builders

Meet the Boreal Builders

In the summer of 2019, the Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek – Gull Bay First Nation (KZA-GBFN) began harnessing and utilizing renewable energy with its Giizis Energy solar storage micro grid facility – a first of its... More

Bracing for Impact

Bracing for Impact

On July 14, 2004, Peterborough, ON endured record amounts of overnight rainfall, and by the following morning, a state of emergency was declared. It was the city’s second “100 year flood” in two years. According... More

Embracing Change

Embracing Change

Higher education, like much of the world, has entered a period of rapid change. Traditional approaches to teaching and research need to evolve to better equip students and professors with the tools they need to... More

Developing Real-world Skills with Real Estate

Developing Real-world Skills with Real Estate

You could say that real estate developers are project managers par excellence. Certainly they are entrepreneurs and risk-takers whose massive projects generate jobs and investment, and whose decisions shape the city, including the homes and... More

Revolution on the Road

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

Gaining the Inside Track

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

Tiny House Opens Doors

Tiny House Opens Doors

Hemp House

Hemp House

Throughout human history, hemp – the non-psychotropic strain of the plant cannabis sativa – has been many things. The crop can be eaten or used to make clothing, body lotion, oils, plastic, paper – even fuel.

Tiny House, Big Solutions

Tiny House, Big Solutions

Under an overhang of Carleton University’s Architecture Building, an interdisciplinary team of fourth year engineering and design students are developing sustainable solutions from the ground up. Small in size but ambitious in scope, a unique... More