News Archive 2017

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It ain't heavy, it's my concrete toboggan

  • Richard Cairney
  • 23 January 2018
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Civil Engineering's Man of Steel

  • Michael Brown
  • 30 December 2017
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Top 10 UAlberta Engineering news stories of 2017

  • 30 December 2017
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Santa 2.0: Jolly old elf gets hacked

  • Bev Betkowski and Mifi Purvis
  • 20 December 2017
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Students engineer a fashion app for 'Pitch Perfect 3'

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 19 December 2017
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MecE Master's student ties for first in university's Images of Research competition

  • Robyn Braun
  • 18 December 2017
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Dr. Andrew Martin wins MecE Undergraduate Teaching Award

  • Robyn Braun
  • 15 December 2017
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To hit emissions targets takes more than energy efficiency

  • Bev Betkowski
  • 14 December 2017
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Researchers discover new way to power electrical devices

  • Richard Cairney
  • 11 December 2017
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Grant accelerates oilsands and marine oil-spill cleanup

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 08 December 2017
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Disney's Frozen-themed obstacle course is no fairy tale

  • Robyn Braun
  • 07 December 2017
Mechanical engineering master's student Megan Ogle

Megan Ogle is building a better model neck for helmet testing

  • Faculty of Engineering Communications Staff
  • 07 December 2017
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Frozen-themed obstacle course no fairy tale

  • Robyn Braun
  • 05 December 2017
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4-D printing could pave way to engineering human organs

  • MICHAEL BROWN
  • 05 December 2017
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Furry Friends and other Fun

  • Staff
  • 28 November 2017
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Megan Ogle is building a better model neck for use in helmet testing

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 27 November 2017
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CME Professor winner of this year's W.H. Hobart Award

  • Daniel Schieman
  • 22 November 2017
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New handheld device will test water safety on the spot

  • Lesley Young
  • 20 November 2017
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Chemical engineering professor's paper becomes part of a tribute to Marie Curie

  • Richard Cairney
  • 08 November 2017
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Walking the walk: The Lynches' philanthropy enables better engineering safety and risk management

  • Richard Cairney
  • 08 November 2017
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Fusion energy is coming, and Canada needs to get back into the game

  • Richard Cairney
  • 08 November 2017
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ASTech award recognizes research to treat and reclaim oil sands process-affected water

  • ASTech
  • 06 November 2017
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CaNoRockers back on campus

  • Staff
  • 03 November 2017
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Warren Finlay wins major award

  • Robyn Braun
  • 23 October 2017
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Burrell develops test to identify bacteria

  • Shelby Soke
  • 17 October 2017
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First Go ENG Girl event a success, more in the works

  • Staff
  • 16 October 2017
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Four engineering undergrads head to the rocket range in Norway

  • Staff
  • 12 October 2017
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Ryan Li gets a major grant for smart grids

  • Staff
  • 12 October 2017
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To kill a bacterium: it takes mad mechanical engineering skills

  • Robyn Braun
  • 05 October 2017
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Professor's project lands on Mars

  • 04 October 2017
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Students explore how drops form in low-gravity

  • 04 October 2017
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Invited to NASA, students get a front-row seat for cosmic crash

  • 04 October 2017
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Engineer flies high as NASA flight surgeon, designs safer space suits

  • 04 October 2017
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Mission possible: designing, building and launching Alberta's first satellite

  • 04 October 2017
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The UAlberta Engineer who led the Canadarm project

  • 04 October 2017
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Protecting astronauts at 40,000 km per hour

  • 04 October 2017
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Students launching rockets in Norway

  • 04 October 2017
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The arm that will blow your mind

  • 04 October 2017
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Graduate degree opens doors to designing bomb-proof suits and applying to be an astronaut

  • Richard Cairney
  • 03 October 2017
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Is concussion certification for helmets almost here?

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 29 September 2017
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Introducing CMEGSA 2017-2018

  • Daniel Schieman
  • 28 September 2017
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Interested in aerospace? Come to Aero-Day!

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 27 September 2017
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Portrait of the student as an agent for social good

  • Isabela Varela
  • 22 September 2017
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Two NSERC researchers live the lab life

  • 15 September 2017
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A new virtual reality experience allows users to save the world-or die trying

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 08 September 2017
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DiscoverE junior instructors get a head start in engineering

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 06 September 2017
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Chelsea Benally

  • 01 September 2017
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Lucy Kootenay

  • 01 September 2017
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Russell Yarn

  • 01 September 2017
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Nick Zarft

  • 01 September 2017
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Engineering for Global Health

  • Robyn Braun with Nicholas Carrigy
  • 01 September 2017
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Flu vaccine in a pill? Researchers take a major step to oral vaccines.

  • Richard Cairney
  • 01 September 2017
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Flu vaccine in a pill? Researchers take a major step to oral vaccines.

  • Richard Cairney
  • 31 August 2017
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Concrete and nuclear fusion: summer research jobs cover it all

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 28 August 2017
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Summer research jobs give students a taste of real-world R and D

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 21 August 2017
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New medical technology sorts and identifies proteins

  • Richard Cairney
  • 15 August 2017
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Space research aboard the "puke plane" has its ups and downs

  • Robyn Braun
  • 11 August 2017
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NSERC students create diagnostic tools

  • 04 August 2017
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NSERC students create diagnostic tools

  • 04 August 2017
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Undergrad researchers change the world

  • 30 July 2017
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Meet NSERC Undergraduate Researchers

  • 21 July 2017
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UAlberta engineering professors earn top national honours

  • 14 July 2017
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Vanier winner wants to safeguard dams

  • Robyn Braun and Richard Cairney
  • 13 July 2017
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Alum put careers in space within reach

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 12 July 2017
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Vanier winner powers energy efficient transistor research

  • Richard Cairney
  • 11 July 2017
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Kicking off Edmonton's best summer camps: the halls are alive with the sound of learning

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 04 July 2017
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New associate dean: "We will create change."

  • 01 July 2017
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A graduate research symposium success

  • 29 June 2017
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Creative sentencing project will enhance worker safety

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 26 June 2017
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Creative sentencing project will enhance worker safety

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 26 June 2017
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Food safety is product No. 1 for TEC Venture Prize winning team

  • Richard Cairney
  • 26 June 2017
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UAlberta engineering professor appointed as Dean of Engineering at University of Saskatchewan

  • 21 June 2017
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Zoom, zoom! Engineering students are putting the pedal to the metal in a Formula-style race competition

  • Richard Cairney
  • 21 June 2017
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Engineering graduate credits his father for the drive to reach out to communities

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 20 June 2017
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Jason Wang is learning leadership skills alongside his engineering program

  • Niall McKenna and Olga Ivanova
  • 20 June 2017
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Determination helps undergraduate researcher stay ahead of the game

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 15 June 2017
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U of A aircraft gearing up for autonomous takeoff

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 14 June 2017
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UAlberta's top student credits his community

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 13 June 2017
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Curiosity leads student to intersection of engineering and medicine

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 09 June 2017
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Engineering graduates celebrate at "Cupvocation" Convocation Party

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 08 June 2017
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Researchers unite in global call to speed organ preservation progress

  • Leslie Young
  • 08 June 2017
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New graduate Max King is keeping his eyes on space

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 05 June 2017
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Proceed with confidence: from a LEGO competition to graduate studies in London

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 31 May 2017
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"Hustle and grit" pay off for engineering graduate

  • Richard Cairney
  • 30 May 2017
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Video: Alberta's first satellite boldly goes to work

  • Richard Cairney
  • 26 May 2017
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Electrical engineering grad's career starts in Silicon Valley

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 25 May 2017
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Faculty honours top teachers

  • Richard Cairney
  • 23 May 2017
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Student Profile - Akash Gupta

  • Daniel Schieman
  • 15 May 2017
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Graduate research grows with student symposium

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 10 May 2017
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Women in Science and Engineering Advancement Workshop connects professionals

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 05 May 2017
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The nanoFAB just made the world's smallest NHL logo, supporting the Edmonton Oilers

  • Eric Flaim
  • 03 May 2017
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EcoCar's zero-emissions prototype vehicle rocks the racetrack

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 02 May 2017
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Engineering professor Janet Elliott wins an APEGA award

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 28 April 2017
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UAlberta exploring Iceland's crash course in innovation and entrepreneurship

  • Richard Cairney
  • 25 April 2017
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Undergraduate researchers dig into diversity in engineering

  • Richard Cairney
  • 19 April 2017
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Student-designed satellite successfully launched

  • Richard Cairney
  • 18 April 2017
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How medical robots are improving patient care

  • Michael Brown
  • 17 April 2017
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UAlberta petroleum engineering ranked fifth in the world

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 13 April 2017
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UAlberta petroleum engineering ranked fifth in the world

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 13 April 2017
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Hands-on design course brings out the best in engineering design students

  • Richard Cairney
  • 11 April 2017
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Eco-Car team unveils new experimental zero-emissions car

  • Richard Cairney
  • 31 March 2017
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Engineers tap into creativity at the Engineering Art Show

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 31 March 2017
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Breakthrough technology for Thundat group

  • Daniel Schieman
  • 28 March 2017
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Students learn leadership in CEO-for-a-day program

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 28 March 2017
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Student spends a day with senior leaders at major mining company

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 17 March 2017
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Pi day raises more than $1,600 for charity

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 16 March 2017
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Research partnership to transform Mexico's hydrocarbon sector

  • Bryan Alary
  • 13 March 2017
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Q&A with an astronaut candidate Marc Evans

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 09 March 2017
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Federal funding powers leading-edge engineering research

  • By Richard Cairney
  • 02 March 2017
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Scholarships help lure star forward Brody Clarke

  • Sheila Graham and Mifi Purvis
  • 01 March 2017
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Wellness month puts emphasis on student well-being

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 28 February 2017
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Faculty researchers earn NSERC grants

  • Olga Ivanova and Mifi Purvis
  • 21 February 2017
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Students at zero gravity

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 16 February 2017
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Send our robot sub to San Diego

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 15 February 2017
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The Three Minute Thesis competition is coming

  • Robyn Braun
  • 15 February 2017
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Engineering alumni one step closer to becoming astronauts with the Canadian Space Agency

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 13 February 2017
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Students hope to win NSERC video contest

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 13 February 2017
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The most Canadian competition of all: concrete toboggan races

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 07 February 2017
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Team aims to preserve organs by freezing them

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 06 February 2017
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Students get behind-the-scenes look at research, explore graduate studies opportunities

  • Richard Cainey
  • 02 February 2017
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Engineering's accidental entrepreneur provides advice and inspiration

  • Richard Cairney
  • 01 February 2017
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How to MacGyver a circuit board just one highlight of ECE Week

  • 25 January 2017
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GEER Week raises over $4,000 in donations to Stollery Children's Hospital

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 23 January 2017
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Breakthrough technology illuminates early tumour development

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 20 January 2017
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GEER game on: amid rivalry, students raise money for children, donate blood

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 13 January 2017
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Engineers are Specialists in Social Justice

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 13 January 2017
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Engineering teams headed to Western Engineering Competition in Banff

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 12 January 2017
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Engineering career fair bridges students and industry

  • Richard Cairney
  • 11 January 2017
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Researcher turns "SARS mask" into a virus killer

  • Richard Cairney
  • 04 January 2017
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Engineering workshops and Career Fair will connect students and employers

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 01 January 2017

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