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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

The Science Technology Centre Teams Up With The Print Shop to Redesign the Service Excellence Awards

  When the Office of Quality Initiatives (OQI) recently redesigned their Service Excellence Awards logo, Melanie Dow, Quality Advisor in OQI, saw an opportunity. The redesign meant the awards given out to recipients would need an update as well – why not also tweak them to be more legible in photos? Enter the Science... More

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

STC Builds New Lens Fixtures for Athletics

The Science Technology Centre was able to solve an ongoing lighting issue for the Athletics department. The clients had previously gone through multiple other companies, but lacked a solution to covering specific lighting fixtures. Covers were designed and built in-house at the Science Technology Centre, based on the needs of the client. The STC... More

Monday, November 7, 2016

We have a booth at the 2016 Carleton Quality Showcase!

If you're interested in learning more about what we do, then the Quality Showcase being organized by the Office of Quality Initiatives is the perfect opportunity to get to know us better! This year’s theme is Grow, Inspire, Lead. Included in this year’s Quality Showcase is the popular Expo where departments will be invited... More

Monday, March 21, 2016

The Making of the Service Excellence Award Trophies

We recently worked with the Office of Quality Initiatives to design & produce the Service Excellence Award trophies. We made a video showing how the entire process went!... More

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Announcing Open House Event January 21st, 2016!

The Science Technology Centre (STC) is please to announce that it will be participating in the Carleton Front Door Initiative, a new program designed to introduce external clients and potential partners to the expertise and infrastructure available at Carleton. STC is looking to expand its operations by providing prototyping design and... More

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory wins Nobel Prize!

This year’s Noble Prize in Physics has been awarded to both Arthur Macdonald, a professor emeritus at Queens University and director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) in Northern Ontario, and Japanese scientist Takaaki Kajita, for their discovery of neutrino oscillations and contributions to experiments showing that neutrinos change... More

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Campus Card Now Accepted

Following a well received launch of credit card payment, the Science Technology Centre is now also accepting Campus Card payment. Our hope is that this will make it easier for students to make their smaller purchases, such as raw materials and for machining... More

Thursday, July 30, 2015

STC Builds Custom Gimbal Camera Mount

We recently worked with Carleton University’s Stephan Gruber, Associate Professor within the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, to build a custom gimbal camera mount designed for use in climate change research. This one-off device was designed, prototyped, and ultimately built in-house at the Science Technology Centre (STC),... More

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Credit Card Payment

The Science Technology Centre is pleased to announce that we can now accept VISA and MasterCard payments. By popular request, clients interested in paying by credit card will be provided with a web address where they can pay for their purchases at the Science Technology Centre. We thank you in... More

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Dining Services Maintenance

Did you know, that the Science Technology Centre provides in excess of 2000 person hours per year of maintenance, repair and installation for University Services - Dining Services restaurants, cafeterias and coffee shops? Dining Services locations include: Fresh Food Company, Food Court, Loeb Cafe, Bakers, The Oasis After Dark,  Page Break,... More

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

WaterJet Cutting

The possibilities for manufacturing projects have certainly opened up with the addition of waterjet cutting at the Science Technology Centre (STC). Waterjet technology uses ultrahigh-pressure water that flows from a pump and out a 1 mm nozzle where it mixes with garnet to form a thin high-speed waterjet. Materials -  such as such as metal,... More

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