Women in Engineering at Alberta

Our community is our strength. We cultivate meaningful connections that enable everyone to contribute, collaborate, and achieve. This collection of stories showcases some of the achievements of our students, professors, and alumni who happen to be women.

Our community is our strength. We cultivate meaningful connections that enable everyone to contribute, collaborate, and achieve. This collection of stories showcases some of the achievements of our students, professors, and alumni who happen to be women.

Recent Posts

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Never underestimate your reach: Designing and building zero-emission cars, Engineering at Alberta students are building their skills-and shaping the future

  • Richard Cairney
  • 06 March 2020
Environmental engineering graduate student Emily Quecke

Helping people and the environment is engineer's goal

  • Richard Cairney
  • 18 December 2019
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She wanted to solve the plastics pollution problem. Now Catherine Tays is using chemical engineering and biological sciences to make the world greener.

  • Brenda Reynolds
  • 19 November 2019
Environmental engineering Master's student Marjan Ghotbizadeh

Environmental detective work distinguishes from natural and human-caused contaminants

  • Padraig Richards
  • 23 October 2019
Mechanical engineering co-op student Katherine Lee

Uncommonly equipped: Engineering Co-op students build confidence, cars, and skills overseas

  • Matthew Menzies
  • 22 October 2019
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Pioneering a path to cleaner fuels and fewer emissions

  • Matthew Menzies
  • 09 October 2019
PhD student Haley Schafer

Dam safety researcher is taking a 1,000-year view of tailings pond dams

  • Matthew Menzies
  • 09 October 2019
Gillian Besko, a UAlberta engineering physics co-op student

Finding the leading edge of engineering and community service

  • Miranda Herchen
  • 24 September 2019
Engineering at Alberta student Abby Lacson led the establishment of the UAlberta Student Team for Alberta Rocketry Research (STARR)

Grounded in the realities of making something from nothing, student's setting her sights on the stars

  • Brenda Reynolds
  • 08 September 2019
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Mentorship program inspires and empowers young women to consider engineering

  • Miranda Herchen
  • 04 September 2019
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It's about helping others: the human impact of engineering compels students to help connect a community

  • Brenda Reynolds
  • 03 September 2019
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When curiosity meets support, your ideas take the stage

  • Brenda Reynolds
  • 20 August 2019
Dr. Kajsa Duke has been awarded the first ever Dr. Margaret-Ann Armour award

Mechanical engineering professor recognized with Dr. Armour award

  • 19 August 2019
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Converting organic waste to a clean source of energy: biocoal

  • Padraig Richards
  • 19 August 2019
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Just try it: supportive setting inspires young engineering researchers

  • Thien Nguyen
  • 16 August 2019
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Fatemeh Razavi's hard work and commitment earn her a scholarship and a surprise award

  • 26 June 2019
Lucy Kootenay

Feeding her passions and leading social change, Lucy Kootenay helps recognize Indigenous students and issues

  • Matthew Menzies
  • 07 June 2019
Engineering at Alberta student Quinn Boser

Engineering a better future: biomedical engineering graduate feels the need for smart prosthetics

  • Thien Nguyen
  • 05 June 2019
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She helped build a Mars rover, now Manmeet Brar is engineering her launch into the aerospace industry

  • Thien Nguyen
  • 03 June 2019
Civil engineering graduate Meghana Valupadas

Leading cultural change, building a more inclusive school environment

  • Brenda Reynolds
  • 31 May 2019
Mechanical engineering co-op student Ariel Li

Engineering social change at home and abroad

  • Miranda Herchen
  • 31 May 2019
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Bringing more voices to the table

  • 03 June 2018
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Space agency funding starts countdown for Alberta's second satellite

  • Staff Writers
  • 04 May 2018
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4D printing could pave way to engineering human organs

  • Michael Brown
  • 03 January 2018
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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Chemical engineering professor's paper becomes part of a tribute to Marie Curie

  • Richard Cairney
  • 08 November 2017
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First Go ENG Girl event a success, more in the works

  • Staff
  • 16 October 2017
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Is concussion certification for helmets almost here?

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 29 September 2017
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Interested in aerospace? Come to Aero-Day!

  • Mifi Purvis
  • 27 September 2017
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New associate dean: "We will create change."

  • 01 July 2017
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UAlberta engineering professor appointed as Dean of Engineering at University of Saskatchewan

  • 21 June 2017
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Curiosity leads student to intersection of engineering and medicine

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

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 31 May 2017
Bertie Chen

Electrical engineering grad's career starts in Silicon Valley

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 25 May 2017
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Helping amputees reconnect with the world around them (video)

  • Danika McDonald
  • 14 November 2016
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Paid co-op jobs in Canada Germany and the UK help student choose her career path

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 24 October 2016
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Born to lead: Natasha Pye awarded prestigious C.D. Howe award

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 18 August 2016
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Double degree holder says versatility is the key to success

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 17 June 2016
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Thermodynamics duo wins teaching award

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 19 May 2016
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Teaching award is inspiring professor to greater heights

  • Olga Ivanova
  • 22 April 2016
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Graduate students shine light on the frontiers of discovery

  • Amy Hewko
  • 08 October 2015
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Engineering and medicine the perfect prescription for materials engineering grad

  • Kathleen Cameron
  • 02 June 2015
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Engineering challenge: finding new purpose for ordinary objects

  • Richard Cairney
  • 22 January 2015
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Student opens door to leading edge biomedical engineering research

  • Richard Cairney
  • 02 January 2015