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2011 Fall Awards
NSBE Canada Awards Chapter of September: McMaster Member of September: Winnie Owondo Chapter of October: Concordia University Member of October: Ryan Odle Chapter of the Semester: Concordia University Member of Semester: Oti Agbeyegbe Fall Regional Conference Award Winners Congratulations to the Blessed Mother Teresa girls for placing first in the PCI Engineering Design Competition and winning PCI chapter of [...]
Join us at CFC 2011
Come and join us for the first ever Canada Fall Conference at Concordia University this October 29th. The focus of this year’s conference will making the transition from the academic to the corporate world less challenging for engineering students. Most of the presenters are working engineers and will give career advice and an opportunity to [...]
A Profile in Engineering – Michael Kwadwo Bosompra
Full Name Michael Kwadwo Bosompra Profession Systems Analyst Educational Degrees Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto Current city Toronto Why did you choose this profession ? There were three major factors that lead me to this profession. Firstly, when I was graduating I wanted a career that would mix my interest in business with [...]
Designing the Future: New National Engineering Month Website Launches
Students have an exciting online resource with a fresh new look for learning about the interesting and amazing things engineers do. Engineers Canada is proud to announce the launch of the newly redesigned National Engineering Month website: http://www.nem-mng.ca/ The National Engineering Month website establishes itself as the premiere hub for learning about the different types [...]
How did your phone become so small ?
ever wondered how they manage to fit so much into phones today ?. Learn who was partly responsible for the mobile phone revolution.
Engineering can be fun and games
Throughout his life, Lonnie G. Johnson has proves that you can have fun in engineering. He is a member of what seems to be a vanishing breed: the self-invented inventor the most famous being the SuperSoaker®, friend to all summer warriors. Lonnie G. Johnson was born the third of six children in Mobile, Alabama. According [...]
Learn how an engineer changed the way we do our dishes
In the past, the common problem with dish washing liquid was that the dyes used would stain dishes and dishwasher interiors. One man, Dennis Weatherby, solved that problem, bringing us that famous Proctor & Gamble product, Cascade. His development is now the basis of most dish washing detergents sold today. Weatherby was born in Brighton, [...]
The Cover Letter
[Date] [Name of Recipient, Position] [Department] [Company Name] [Address] [Dear Name of Recipient, or Human Resources Department if no name is given], First Paragraph In 2-4 sentences, indicate the following: Position you are applying for How you learned about the company and the job opening Briefly refer to the company’s products or reputation If you [...]
Invitation to 4th Annual Summer Groove Yacht Cruise
The 4th Annual Summer Groove Yacht Cruise Aboard the Enterprise 2000 Sunday August 29th, 2010 Boarding at 3:30pm…Cruising from 4:30pm until 9pm Hosted by NSBE Canada, 1st Fridays, CABL, GPHT and more…with Music supplied by The Mailman George Fynn & DJ Nigel B The Yacht boards at Cherry St. Docks at 242 Cherry St., Toronto [...]
Meet Google’s Space Commander
Google, as you may know, runs a search engine and sells ads. How odd then that Tiffany Montague works at the company. Ms. Montague is the manager of Google’s space initiatives –- overseeing things like sending robots to the moon and ogling Mars. It’s not exactly the stuff that keeps the lights on at the Googleplex, but [...]