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Engineering Logo Welcome to the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University. We pride ourselves on being a leader in engineering education, competitive in research and well-connected with industry and the engineering profession. Our undergraduate co-op programs were among the first in Canada and they are highly respected for educating extremely qualified, enterprising young engineers who graduate with both a strong academic and professional background. [Read more]

News and Events


Memorial's engineering professor is the new Wood Group Chair in Arctic and Cold Region Engineering

At a formal ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, it was announced that Dr. Shawn Kenny, a civil engineering associate professor at Memorial, is the new Wood Group Chair in Arctic and Cold Region Engineering. [Read more]


Lead On!

On Saturday, Sept. 26, more than 60 engineering students came together to experience the Student Leadership and Innovation Fund in Engineering (LIFE) Forum at the Delta Hotel in St. John’s. [Read more]


Graduate Program in Teaching

The Graduate Program in Teaching (GPT) is a one-semester, non-credit program that provides graduate students with training and practice in teaching at the undergraduate level. The program is offered by the School of Graduate Studies in cooperation with the Instructional Development Office during the Fall and Winter semesters at no cost to participants. It is a multi-disciplinary program and welcomes graduate students from all faculties and schools. [Read more]


NSERC General Information Session

There will be a general information session on NSERC’s Canada Graduate Scholarship/Postgraduate Scholarship programs and the Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship programs for graduate students on Thursday, September 24, 2009, at Bitters in Feild Hall from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. [Read more]


The Maritime Awards Society of Canada (MASC) Maritime Studies Scholarship

Applications are now being accepted for the Maritime Awards Society of Canada (MASC) Maritime Studies Scholarship. [Read more]


Faculty of Engineering researchers receive major funding

Thanks to recent new provincial funding, 14 Memorial research projects will receive IRIF funding. [Read more]


Vanier Scholarship Program

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Program (Vanier CGS) is aimed to attract and retain the top doctoral students, both nationally and internationally , who demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarship achievement in graduate studies. [Read more]


NSERC Scholarship Information

A representative from NSERC will be visiting Memorial University on Monday, September 21, 2009 to give an information session on postgraduate scholarships (CGS/PGS M & CGS/PGS D) and Industrial Postgraduate Scholarships I and II. [Read more]


Dr. Aziz Rahman inducted as Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering

On July 13, 2009, Dr. Aziz Rahman was formally inducted as a new Fellow into the Canadian Academy of Engineering. [Read more]


New president for the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

Mr. Gordon Jin, an engineering co-ordinator with Engineering Co-operative Education, was elected as the new president for the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering at the 2009 Annual General Meeting, which took place in St. John's on May 29, 2009. [Read more]


Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science particpates in Meet Memorial 2009

Memorial employees had lots to keep them busy when they visited the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science's open house on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. [Read more]


The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science houses the only maritime system in the world

A new $100,000 motion simulator – housed in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science – is giving Memorial researchers a better understanding of how to make working in harsh environments safer, marrying industrial needs with applied research. [Read more]


Angus Bruneau Student LIFE Program

Applications are now being accepted for the Angus Bruneau Student Leadership and Innovation Fund in Engineering program. For more information, please click on the links below.

Brochure
Application


Rothermere Fellow hopes to eliminate risk to human life in harsh marine environments

As a native Newfoundlander, Michael Furlong knows all about the province’s harsh marine environment. The challenges that many seafarers, as well as search and rescue personnel, face on a daily basis when they’re out on the ocean simply trying to do their jobs is a reality not only for the ones out on the ocean but for family and friends on land too. As this year’s recipient of the Rothermere Fellowship, Mr. Furlong is helping to make a difference – by making robots. [Read more]


Ocean and naval architectural engineering 101

Memorial’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science believes in educating ‘prospective’ engineering students at a young age and yes, even pre-schoolers. Last summer, Dr. David Murrin was a visiting assistant professor with the faculty’s ocean and naval architectural engineering program and he believes it’s never too early to start. [Read more]


Engineers Without Borders Coffee Club will be running again this term. Every day from 8:30-10:15am EWB will have fair trade coffee and teas in the Faculty Lounge EN-4000.

There is a suggested donation of $1.50 per cup or for $7.50 you can drink all the coffee (or tea, or hot chocolate) you want for a week.


Benchmarks - Spring 2009 issue

Snapshot of the Arctic
Further extending our experience to the Arctic environment.... [Read more]


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