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The School of Engineering is proud to announce that four 41X students recently competed and won the Water Environment Association of Ontario (WEAO) Student Design Competition for 2023. The design challenge focused on upgrades to the Mid Halton Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in anticipation of significant growth. Kelly Ward, Victoria Lucas, Jeffrey Stevens, and Daniel O'Connell will go on to represent Ontario at the Water Environment Federation Student Design Competition in Chicago in October this year.

School of Engineering associate professor, Dr. Manick Annamalai has secured a $540,000 Alliance grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The funded project entitled “Development of value-added pulse-flour for potential ingredient in domestic and industrial food preparation” aligns with Manick’s ongoing research efforts to improve the availability of safe and healthy food. In partnership with co-applicants Dr.

On April 10, 2023, the inaugural Guelph Food Engineering Conference was held in Adams Atrium at the School of Engineering. Led by Dr. Manick Annamalai, the day represented the significant growth of interest and research into Food Engineering.

The College of Engineering and Physical Sciences is proud to introduce 4 new writers for our Science Communicators program. Science Communicators is an opportunity for CEPS' gradute students to help the college tell its research story by writing 500-word pieces that summarize and translate research publications coming out of the college. These highlights are written in plain and accessible language for broad audiences and are amplified by the College through various communication platforms. 

On March 22 we celebrated World Water Day – Accelerating Change, by hosting a half day, hybrid (virtual and in-person) event, with an introduction by Dr. Ferdinando Manna, followed by talks from three guest speakers. 

As Ottawa moves to ban several kinds of single-use plastics, new eco-friendly cutlery developed through University of Guelph research will soon be available at several major fast-food chains across Canada. 

On Thursday, April 6th, engineering students gathered in the Thornbrough building for the School of Engineering’s biggest annual event: Engineering Design Day. This year family, friends, faculty, staff, alumni, and industry professionals, gathered to  see the accomplishments of the U of G’s engineering students from all 7 disciplines. The School of Engineering is proud to have made design the foundation of their studies, allowing U of G Engineers to create and design solutions to Improve Life. 

Het chose an adventure when he decided to come to Canada, leaving his friends and family in Kuwait for the first time in his life. His first few months were a challenge, having to adapt and adjust to an entirely different language and culture, but after a while, he found himself a new home where he has made life-long friends.

On Wednesday, March 22nd, the University of Guelph celebrated gender equity with the annual HeForShe event, a cross campus initiative supported by the Lang School of Business, Gryphon Athletics, and the School of Engineering. Two-time Olympic bronze medalist and former professional soccer player Diana Matheson was the keynote speaker, sharing her journey of resilience through losing, injuries, retirement and her new initiative Project 8, to help launch Canada’s first women’s professional soccer league.  

On Tuesday, March 28th, the CEPS 3MT® college heat welcomed 8 participants who had 3 minutes to present their thesis.