Engineering Spotlights

Our Engineering Spotlights feature the amazing students, faculty, and staff of ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ®'s Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering. 

a ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® student in the sustainable design engineering building
| ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Viewbook 2025

Meet Berry, ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Sustainable Design Engineering student and 3M National Student Fellow.

close-up of Arduino circuitry
| Students

Sustainable Design Engineering students Ben Keizer, Tung Nguyen, SoumyaDeep Chowdhury, and Luke McCarvill and their TrashTech project centres around developing a reduction-focused domestic waste management product. It aims to conduct waste classification using machine vision, weight sensing, and meaningful data communication to users through a web application, much like Fitbit’s functionality and related smartphone application.

five engineering students working on a project
| Students

Sustainable Design Engineering student team members Lauren Daigle, Christian D'Entremont, Ben MacEachern, Josh McIsaac, and Owen Stewart worked with Parks Canada to design of a user-friendly display for the electric pedestals at campsites to inform campers of their energy consumption.

four engineering students and their second-year project
| Students

Student team members Remi Antoun, James Campbell, Chukwuma "Prince" Ezeilo, and Huy "Alvin" Nguyen worked with the Abegweit First Nation to solve the ongoing challenge of transforming wind-damaged forests into productive blueberry crops while safeguarding the suitability of the land for wild blueberry cultivation. 

Dr. Libby Osgood working with Engineering student Luke McCarvill
| Students, Success Story

Meet the student associates of the ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Engineering Success Centre, and find out how they're building leadership skills helping their peers and friends!

a welder standing behind a work table
| Campus Spotlight

"Sometimes I do get weird and special requests from all sorts of people as we build all sorts of machines and prototypes—that's what makes my job so unique."

¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® professor Stephanie Shaw
| Faculty, Profile

An assistant professor in ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ®'s Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, Dr. Shaw's research focuses on resource consumption, energy, and emissions.

¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® engineering student Rosaline in the faculty of sustainable design engineering building
| ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Viewbook 2024

Meet Rosaline, ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Bachelor of Sustainable Design Engineering student. Originally from Damascus, Rosaline hopes to work in the sustainable energy sector and obtain a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® engineering student Yvan in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building lobby
| ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Viewbook 2024

Meet Yvan, Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Design Engineering graduate (Class of 2023). Originally from Mauritius, Yvan had always wanted to come to Canada for university, and discovered ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ®'s Engineering program was a perfect match.

upei engineering student bridget patterson in the faculty of sustainable design engineering building
| Students, ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Viewbook

"Overall, my drive to graduate and continue to elevate my education comes from my passion for helping people in the most impactful way possible."