Archives: Research

Archives: Research

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PhD Candidate Jeff Gilchrist and Team Discover World’s Largest Prime Number

PhD candidate Jeff Gilchrist made international news when he was part of a team that discovered the world’s largest known prime number with more than 10 million digits. If you printed all of the... More

Posted on Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 in Research Feed for all posts filed under Research and tagged , ,

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Liam O’Brien’s occupant-concious building design

Listen to Liam O’Brien’s TEDxTalk on how real-world occupant behaviour can affect energy-efficient design in unexpected ways. O’Brien is an assistant professor in the new Architectural... More

Posted on Sunday, May 27th, 2012 in Research Feed for all posts filed under Research and tagged ,

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Carleton’s Centre for Public History and Information Technology Launch App

As boaters prepare for a busy season of voyages on the Rideau Canal, Carleton’s Centre for Public History and School of Information Technology have given the public a whole new way to delve into... More

Posted on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 in Research Feed for all posts filed under Research and tagged

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Graduate student entrepreneurs

Making the transition from engineer to entrepreneur is easier when you’re in the right ecosystem. The Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program, a master’s program offered by the Department... More

Posted on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 in Research Feed for all posts filed under Research and tagged

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First two students graduate from master’s program in sustainable energy

June Convocation is on the horizon but two master’s students expedited their studies to graduate in February. Diana Ioan and Beat Riedener are the first two people to graduate from Carleton’s... More

Posted on Monday, May 14th, 2012 in Education Feed for all posts filed under Education, Research Feed for all posts filed under Research and tagged ,

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Grad student flexes his research muscles

Coming from a family of physicians, it seemed only natural that Graham Fraser would be interested in the medical field. Fraser grew up asking questions like − ‘How do nerve cells in the human... More

Posted on Thursday, April 12th, 2012 in Research Feed for all posts filed under Research and tagged , ,

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Biking crash test dummy (Ottawa Citizen)

Carleton engineering students design crash test dummy for cycling accidents By Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen April 5, 2012 Carleton University students have designed a type of crash test dummy not seen... More

Posted on Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 in fourth year projects Feed for all posts filed under fourth year projects, Research Feed for all posts filed under Research and tagged ,

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Medical engineering in the Texas Instruments Embedded Processing Lab

From monitoring fetal heartbeats to detecting specific muscle signals and abnormalities, researchers like Richard Dansereau (pictured) are using the Texas Instruments Enbedded Processing Lab to... More

Posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2012 in Research Feed for all posts filed under Research and tagged

Natalie Linklater portrait

Award for outstanding female engineering PhD student

Carleton University graduate and PhD candidate Natalie Linklater has just won the $15,000 Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Graduate Engineering Scholarship. Sponsored by the Canadian Engineering Memorial... More

Posted on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 in Education Feed for all posts filed under Education, Research Feed for all posts filed under Research and tagged , ,

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Joining Forces

Carleton offers unique opportunities to explore engineering by partnering with the University of Ottawa, Algonquin College, and different disciplines within Carleton itself. “Through the combined... More

Posted on Thursday, March 15th, 2012 in Research Feed for all posts filed under Research