Archives: mechanical and aerospace

Archives: mechanical and aerospace

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Students bring engineering to Perth library summer program

From Perth Courier | Desmond Devoy Where others would see a bunch of university students, last week, five lucky youngsters got to meet a real-life rocket scientist — and a polar explorer, just... More

Posted on Wednesday, August 28th, 2013 in Community Feed for all posts filed under Community and tagged

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Jason van Gaal, BEng/07

Jason van Gaal, BEng/07, chief operating officer, co-founded Granite Networks with fellow entrepreneurs James Mackenzie and Peter McGillvray. Their upstart data centre, housing thousands of servers,... More

Posted on Friday, July 12th, 2013 in Alumni notes Feed for all posts filed under Alumni notes and tagged , ,

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Carleton Gas Turbine Facility to develop technology for efficient electricity generation

Natural Resources Canada invests in Carleton University research project through the ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative Carleton University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering... More

Posted on Monday, May 6th, 2013 in Research Feed for all posts filed under Research and tagged

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Smart spring debuts on Daily Planet

The Rotorcraft Research Group presents the smart spring technology to reduce helicopter blade vibration on Daily Planet. (For more, check out the 2009 story in the Ingenious archives.)  ... More

Posted on Thursday, April 11th, 2013 in Research Feed for all posts filed under Research and tagged

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PEO Papers Night winners

  Congratulations to Tim Inglis (biomedical and electrical engineering) and Tyler Clancy (mechanical engineering) on their winning presentations at the PEO Papers Night on April 9. Inglis was... More

Posted on Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 in Competitions and Awards Feed for all posts filed under Competitions and Awards, Education Feed for all posts filed under Education, fourth year projects Feed for all posts filed under fourth year projects and tagged , ,

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Andrew Rader, BEng/03, MASc/05

Carleton alumnus Andrew Rader, BEng/03, MASc/05, won the Discovery Channel’s television show Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All – and now, he’s hoping to conquer a new competition that would send... More

Posted on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 in Alumni notes Feed for all posts filed under Alumni notes, Community Feed for all posts filed under Community and tagged

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Bike crash test dummy on Daily Planet

The innovative fourth-year project being used to investigate bike-car crashes is featured on Daily Planet.... More

Posted on Thursday, April 4th, 2013 in Education Feed for all posts filed under Education, 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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Canada Research Chair renewal for Alex Ellery

On March 15, 2013, the Hon. Gary Goodyear  announcedthe renewal of Alex Ellery as Canada Research Chair in Space Robotics and Space Technology. Ellery works on space robotics, satellite design, the... More

Posted on Friday, March 15th, 2013 in Research Feed for all posts filed under Research and tagged

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Alan Lares, MASc/12, BEng/10

For someone with a mechanical engineering bent, there are many paths to a successful career. Alan Lares chose automotive engineering and is now a material engineer with Nissan in Farmington Hills,... More

Posted on Thursday, March 14th, 2013 in Alumni notes Feed for all posts filed under Alumni notes and tagged

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Aviation dream job: Christina Kurth, BEng/09

Aerospace engineering grad Christina Kurth is doing her “dream job” in the advanced design department of Bombardier in Toronto.  She is involved in producing conceptual designs, as well as... More

Posted on Thursday, March 14th, 2013 in Alumni notes Feed for all posts filed under Alumni notes, Education Feed for all posts filed under Education and tagged