Aliasgar Morbi receives OCE Fellowship for robotic device to help patients
Carleton University PhD student Aliasgar Morbi, co-founder of GaitTronics, has received a one-year $50,000 Martin Walmsley Fellowship from the Ontario Centre of Excellence (OCE) for his device,...
View ArticleCorvus UAV takes flight
The fourth-year capstone design project group had a successful first flight of the Corvus Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The flight was short – only 3 minutes – but the aircraft flew well and the...
View ArticleCo-op helps James Melville carve career path
By Kristy Strauss James Melville is well on his way to a career in mechanical engineering and he attributes Carleton University’s co-op program to his success. Melville, 21, has landed a 16-month...
View ArticleVisualizing consumption: students win building performance display competition
Andrew Hicks, a mechanical engineering student, and Jon Cairns, an industrial design student, won a design competition to install a building performance display system in the World Exchange Plaza, in...
View ArticleNew Research Partnerships Emerge from France Carleton Aerospace Summit
Officials from the Embassy of France in Canada and Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design recently wrapped up the two-day France Carleton Aerospace Summit (FRACAS). The event brought together...
View ArticleHouman Hanachi, GRIT Award 2014
The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs announced the winners of the 2014 Graduate Research and Innovative Thinking (GRIT) Awards in February. These awards acknowledge and support outstanding...
View ArticleQ&A with Giuliana Velarde, aerospace engineering
Share one fun fact about yourself. When I’m feeling socially awkward my go to is: “Want to see pictures of my dog!?” This is a warning, if you say yes you will be seeing ALL the cute pictures of my...
View ArticleQ&A with Jenny Chu, mechanical engineering
If your best friend had to describe you in 10 words or less, what would she say? I always try to find problems and come up with possible solutions. What do you want to accomplish in the next 10 years?...
View ArticleUnmanned aircraft search for minerals
By Matt Lakatos-Hayward | The Charlatan A recent paper published by a Carleton PhD candidate has proposed using unmanned aircraft to locate mineral deposits. Raymond Caron, who is studying biology,...
View ArticleCrash test dummy gets run over
The Carleton University Crash Dummy (CUCD) team performed its final crash test of the academic year on April 4, 2014. The capstone design project involves 17 fourth-year mechanical and aerospace...
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