Archives: I-CUREUS

Friday, August 7, 2020

I-CUREUS: Now accepting applications for 2020-21

Carleton faculty members, do you have a student in mind you’d like to support in the I-CUREUS internship program? Applications are now being accepted for a limited number of spots for the fall/winter. The program will provide students with exposure to research scholarships, mentoring and the opportunity to develop research skills in their... More

Monday, September 16, 2019

I-CUREUS deadline quickly approaching

The application deadline for the I-CUREUS internship program is just two weeks away. If you have a student in mind you’d like to support in the program, then apply before Sept. 30! The I-CUREUS internship program provides students with exposure to research scholarships, mentoring and the opportunity to develop research skills in their discipline... More

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

I-CUREUS internship program

Carleton faculty members, do you have a student in mind you’d like to support in the I-CUREUS internship program? Applications are now being accepted! The program will provide students with exposure to research scholarships, mentoring and the opportunity to develop research skills in your discipline or an area of interest. The application... More

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Profile: Engineering-Physics Student

Pete Neathway is an I-CUREUS participant in the Engineering-Physics program, assisting Professor Ye's “Novel Materials for, and Approaches to, the Design of Microphotonic Devices” project. On his project and I-CUREUS, he says: Having the opportunity to build on one’s education in a practical setting truly solidifies both the understanding... More

Friday, August 31, 2018

Profile: Aerospace Student

Jason Hlang is an I-CUREUS participant in the Aerospace Stream B program. He assisted Professor Laliberte on the project "Conversion of RC aircraft into UAVs for work as flying laboratories and geophysical survey platforms."   Through this project, Jason had the opportunity to to gain experience working with composite materials, designing... More

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Profile: Psychology Student

Meaghan Shaw is an I-CUREUS participant in the Psychology program, assisting Professor Milyavskaya's "The Differential Effects of Ego Depletion and Boredom on Task Performance" project. She says: I am very thankful I got the opportunity with I-CUREUS this semester as it really allowed me to learn so many knew things about research that I... More

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Profile: Health Science Student

Sara Siddiqi is an I-CUREUS participant in the Health Science program, assisting Professor Salmaso's "Examining the Effects of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 on Perineuronal Nets" project. This involves investigating how PNNs are altered in both the cortex and hippocampus of FGF2KO and wildtype (WT) mice treated with a FGF2 injection. Of her... More

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Apply to I-CUREUS!

The application form for the 2017-2018 I-CUREUS Program is now open and available to applicants. Please refer to the general information for I-CUREUS should you wish to see what's new this year and for information about the program. Note: applications take a minimum of 3-weeks to process. No applicants should plan to start their... More

Monday, March 13, 2017

Profile: Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering Student

Arlin Otto is an I-CUREUS participant in the Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering program. She says: My research was in structural fire safety engineering under the supervision of Dr. John Gales. My role in this research was to create the test plan, make the test samples, and perform and analyze the results from the... More

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Celebrating Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate research is alive and well at Carleton and growing steadily each year! The Discovery Centre was pleased to host an undergraduate conference on March 30th to celebrate the work completed by participants of the Centre's I-CUREUS and Badar Travel Award programs. The students concise presentations were well received, by an audience of... More

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Profile: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Major I-CUREUS Participant

As an I-CUREUS participant , I provided technical support for existing projects within the Solar Energy Systems Laboratory (SESL) and conducted my own research for an upcoming project on compact thermal energy storage. My project support included assisting my colleagues in the SESL with setting up apparatus used for the experimentation components... More

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Profile: Biomedical & Electrical Engineering Major I-CUREUS Participant

As an I-CUREUS participant my role was in the capacity of research assistant, I worked under the supervision of Dr. Andy Adler from the department of Systems and Computer Engineering. This project was part of an Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) project with the Ottawa Hospital, General Campus. I designed a protocol for collecting real... More

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