VIDEO: New tools to help the visually impaired learn Braille
Posted on Sep 16, 2019
Elizabeth Hoskin, a Master's candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has developed BrailleBunny, a portable and affordable device to help people learn to read braille.
Queen's Undergraduate Internship Program information events upcoming
Posted on Sep 12, 2019
There is a series of QUIP information booth sessions coming up in the ILC atrium Sep 12, 16, and 18. An engineering internship is a great way to find your passion and to fortify your career.
VIDEO: Grad Studies with Neil Trivers, Structural and Multidisciplinary Systems Design Lab (SMSD)
Posted on Sep 11, 2019
Choosing graduate studies in engineering is a valuable journey. This is just one story.
Upcoming Website Changes
Posted on Aug 26, 2019
Changes are coming to the FEAS website! On Wednesday, August 28, we will be launching a newly unified web presence.
VIDEO: Welcome! International Student Guide to Orientation
Posted on Aug 24, 2019
There are all kinds of great orientation week activities happening this week and next. This is a quick guide and invitation especially for international students.
VIDEO: EngSoc Summer Series Part Three: Getting Involved
Posted on Aug 23, 2019
Here's part three of the EngSoc Summer Series. Delaney and Zaid, your EngSoc executive, introduce you to just a few of your options for getting involved.
VIDEO: Lifted, Queen’s Innovation Centre Summer Initiative 2019
Posted on Aug 22, 2019
Today is the big day! The Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre Summer Initiative Pitch Competition is underway until late this evening in Mitchell Hall. Many teams are competing, Lifted is just one. They have a great idea for a bra that's easy to use, comfortable to wear, and attractive. They're scheduled to present today at pm. Stop by and show your support.
VIDEO: Cromble, Queen’s Innovation Centre Summer Initiative 2019
Posted on Aug 22, 2019
Today is the big day! Doors open at Mitchell Hall at 2pm for the Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre Summer Initiative Pitch Competition. Many teams are competing, Cromble is just one. They have a great idea for a delicious snack made from the spent grain from beer making called BrewBites. They're scheduled to present today at 4pm. Stop by and show your support.
Input sought for permanent December 6 memorial in the ILC
Posted on Aug 19, 2019
The December 6th Memorial Service recognizes those lost during the École Polytechnique Massacre that occurred on December 6th, 1989 in Montreal. Dean Deluzio and the Engineering Society’s Memorial Design Committee is sending out the call for designs for a permanent design piece to be displayed in Beamish Munro Hall. Submissions due September 8.
A Tribute to Dr. Steven Keating (ArtSci ’10, BSc ’10)
Posted on Aug 16, 2019
Steven Keating was a Design Engineer at Apple who graduated from Queen’s in 2010 with dual degrees in Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Film and Media. He went on to earn his Master’s and PhD degrees at MIT where he was a member of the MIT Media Lab’s Mediated Matter team. He died from brain cancer on July 19 at the age of 31.
PROFILE: To the top of her field
Posted on Nov 22, 2017
Queen's alumna, Mary Ann Turcke, (BSc(Eng)’88, MBA’97) began her a new role as President, Digital Media and NFL Network for the National Football League earlier this year. It's been a stellar career so far.
VIDEO: Codemakers by Aboriginal Access to Engineering
Posted on Nov 16, 2017
The Codemakers Club by Aboriginal Access to Engineering at Queen's is just one example of outreach work carried out by faculty and staff. It's all about getting children and young adults engaged in STEM fields before they choose their post-secondary career paths.
VIDEO: Tour the high speed skeletal imaging lab
Posted on Oct 18, 2017
Queen's engineering professor Michael Rainbow and his lab group have been busy during the last year assembling the new High-Speed Skeletal Imaging Laboratory at Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston. Research carried out in there will allow engineers and medical professionals to move beyond static images of skeletal structures and peer into living bodies while they're in motion.
VIDEO: Tour the Queens Solar Education Centre with QSDT
Posted on Sep 15, 2017
The Queen's Solar Design Team (QSDT) is just one of the many extracurricular design teams open to Queen's engineering students. This one is developing the Queen's Solar Education Centre over on West Campus.
VIDEO: Advanced wheelchair pommel design
Posted on May 15, 2017
Fourth-year mechanical engineering students Curtis Lindsey and Heather Joannou designed and prototyped a device that makes wheelchairs more comfortable, versatile and durable for those who use them. They worked with industry partner, Kingston-based Advanced Mobility Systems, on an improved iteration of a wheelchair pommel.
Queens grad student honoured for best paper
Posted on May 03, 2017
Chaimongkol Saengow, a post-doctoral researcher in The Department of Chemical Engineering, has earned the 2017 Award for Best Graduate Student Paper Published in The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering.
VIDEO: Emmanuel Ogbe PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering
Posted on Feb 01, 2017
The stories of those who earn advanced degrees are many and varied. Here's just one: Emmanuel Ogbe is a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Queen's. He specializes in design analysis of process systems with a background in petroleum.