{"id":29723,"date":"2023-02-10T14:18:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T19:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/?page_id=29723"},"modified":"2025-03-25T10:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:27:28","slug":"breakthrough-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/breakthrough-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakthrough Breakfast 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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About<\/a> | Speakers<\/a> | International Women\u2019s Day<\/a> | Registration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrate International Women’s Week with Carleton University!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, March 6, 2025
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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\u2019s Faculty of Engineering and Design, in support of International Women\u2019s Week and International Women\u2019s Day. We will also be sharing the impact of your partnership through the Women in Engineering & IT (WiE&IT) Program. By celebrating women researchers and students in STEM, together we can strengthen the profession and create stronger ties between Carleton researchers and leading industry and government organizations. #AccelerateAction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maryam Havakeshian is a recent PhD graduate, under supervision of Dr. Yvan Labiche, within the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering<\/a> at Carleton University. Her research focuses on reducing the cost of software verification and validation in real-world industry problems using machine learning techniques.<\/p>\n

For the past four years, she has been with Ericsson as an Ericsson Fellow and AI & Data Scientist, where she has streamlined radio software test processes through applied AI and integrated test data analysis to reduce costs in 5G and beyond. She also co-led several applied AI projects at Ericsson Ottawa\u2019s Innovation Garage. These projects include developing image processing techniques\u2014such as using ResNet for classifying visual test results in radio system integration pipelines\u2014and exploring agentic AI applications using large language models, enhanced with ontology and knowledge graphs to reduce hallucination.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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Zhina Rezvani is a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/a> at Carleton University, where she began her doctoral studies in Fall 2022. She holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Civil Engineering and a Master\u2019s in Geotechnical Engineering. Her research focuses on the impacts of climate change on the serviceability of the Hudson Bay Railway under current and future climate scenarios. She investigates how accelerating permafrost thaw leads to differential soil settlement and sinkhole formation in the rail embankment. Through numerical modeling, fieldwork, and desktop studies, she aims to simulate and predict the railway\u2019s future stability.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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Women graduate-level students (some, but not all pictured) were hired to help raise the visibility of the program through their networks and establish a positive community experience for all. At the Breakthrough Breakfast event, a number of them will share how the WiE&IT Program has helped the STEM professionals of tomorrow see engineering and IT as viable career paths.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Cynthia Cruickshank\n <\/h2>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n \n\n

Dr. Cynthia Cruickshank is a Professor with Carleton University\u2019s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the inaugural Associate Dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for the Faculty. She is also the Director of Carleton\u2019s Centre for Advanced Building Envelope Research. Dr. Cruickshank\u2019s research focuses on the design and optimization of advanced building energy systems, including research related to high performance building envelopes, energy efficient insulation materials, solar-assisted heat pumps, solar absorption cooling, and thermal storage. As Carleton\u2019s Ambassador for Engineers Canada\u2019s 30 by 30 initiative since 2018, Dr. Cruickshank has become a visible, active leader and advocate for initiatives in support of equity-denied groups in STEM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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Celebrating International Women’s Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This event is taking place in partnership with International Women\u2019s Month <\/a>in the Nation\u2019s Capital, spearheaded by Invest Ottawa. From March 1-31<\/strong>, the Ottawa community will come together to inspire, empower and equip women in leadership<\/strong> across tech, entrepreneurship, industry, government, academia, innovation, and non-profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is an invite-only event. Interested in learning more? Email us at wie@carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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