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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Dr. Viau Featured on the Oct. 18th “Inside Senate” Edition

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Dr. Viau presents at the “Celebrating Minorities and Women Leaders in Science and Engineering” Session of CSChE

Dr. Viau was invited to a special session of the 2024 Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference hosted by the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) on October 7th in Toronto. Entitled "Celebrating Minorities and Women Leaders in Science and Engineering: In Memoriam of Jane Phillips", the goal of this special symposium was to celebrate... More

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Interview with CBC Radio

I can't say I enjoy getting up before 7 am, but it was worth it this morning, particularly to speak about an ongoing event related to structural collapse. I had the chance to join Hallie Cotnam on CBC/Radio-Canada's Ottawa Morning for an in-studio interview on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. From... More

Friday, February 9, 2024

2024 EngiQueers Conference

On January 27th 2024, Dr. Viau joined Dr. Cynthia Cruickshank (Associate Dean EDI, Faculty of Engineering and Design) at the 2nd Annual EngiQueers Conference, which was hosted this year by Carleton University. Over three days, industry professionals, member groups, and student leaders transferred knowledge, discussed challenges student advocacy... More

Friday, October 20, 2023

PEO Innovation Challenge

Dr. Viau served as a judge for the PEO Innovation Challenge, alongside Drs. Banu Örmeci, Kamal Hossain, and Reza Foruzanmehr (uOttawa), which took place Sunday September 17th at the University of Ottawa. Eight projects were presented by students and engineering professionals on the topic of "Creating sustainable solutions for economic and... More

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Join Dr. Viau and Carleton FED at the 2023 Capital Pride Parade

I am glad to say that this year will be the first time whereby the Faculty of Engineering & Design will be participating in the Pride Parade as its own contingent. I invite you all, as well as your family and friends, to come out and march with your Carleton colleagues. This year the... More

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

World Conference on Timber Engineering

Greetings from Oslo, Norway! I was fortunate to attend the 2023 World Conference on Timber Engineering, where my research team and I  presented 5 conference papers: Fink, Z., Jockwer, R., Šušteršič, I., Stepinac, M., Palma, P., Bedon, C., Casagrande, D., Franke, S., D’Arenzo, G., Brandon, D., and Viau, C. (2023). “Holistic Design of... More

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Join the Ravens for Mental Health Team in support of the Run for Women and The Royal

Dr. Viau will be running a 10K alongside Carleton students, staff, and faculty members to raise funds for initiatives that advance mental health services for women, as well as The Royal. Carleton’s ongoing commitment to always “Strive for Wellness” must inform everything we do. As part of this commitment to wellness, we are reaching... More

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Invited Speaker Event

Behaviour of timber elements and connections subjected to blast loading (Dr. Ghasan Doudak and Dr. Christian Viau) Date: 20 April 2023 Type: Seminar Time: 9:00 - 10:00 EDT Location: Online Current blast design provisions for wood members and connections are limited and may unintentionally lead to designs that are too conservative or not... More

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