Sunday Spotlight #4
This week's spotlight features two master's students, Jillian Henderson and Sydney Van Engelen, who are doing research in order to better...
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- Sep 12, 2021
- 3 min
Sunday Spotlight #3
This week's feature is Heidi Ploeg, an associate professor in MME here at Queen's! She is leading the charge in tackling the gender...
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eventsqwase
- Aug 29, 2021
- 3 min
Sunday Spotlight #2
This week features Professor Sarah Jane Payne, from our very own Civil Engineering Department here at Queens! This blog post is based on...
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eventsqwase
- Aug 22, 2021
- 1 min
Sunday Spotlight #1
To kickstart our new series, Sunday Spotlight, we have our very own Grace Gabel (Speakers Coordinator Exec) and her co-worker, Doris...
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eventsqwase
- Jan 22, 2021
- 5 min
A chat with Muna
Meet Muna Salim! She is a Senior Risk Engineer at Enbridge Gas Distribution, Vice-Chair of PEO's Mississauga chapter, and Vice-Chair of...
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eventsqwase
- Jan 5, 2021
- 4 min
A chat with Caroline
Meet Caroline! She’s a Queen’s civil engineering grad and after working for several years in the industry as a geotechnical engineer,...
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Sara Archdeacon
- Dec 7, 2020
- 2 min
The first ever two females to achieve a Nobel Prize in Chemistry: A win for women in STEM
Researchers Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the...
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Kathy Sheng
- Nov 19, 2020
- 2 min
The history of airbags is the perfect example of why diversity is so important in engineering.
In 1953, John Hetrick, an American engineer, designed the first "safety cushion" after being in a car accident with his wife and 7-year...
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eventsqwase
- Oct 23, 2020
- 3 min
Closing the engineering gender gap: why we need to give more support to young girls pursuing science
Blog post written by: Kathy Sheng “Universities, government funders and engineering industry groups agree the path to engineering needs...
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eventsqwase
- Sep 29, 2020
- 5 min
Meet our Co-chairs!
Our marketing/events coordinator, Kathy Sheng, got to chat with our conference co-chairs Delaney Benoit and Gabrielle Samek about their...
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