Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: July 31, 2017 5:00:00 AM ADT
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Traditionally, teaching engineering design was largely left to companies after hiring new graduates; it was not the primary focus on engineering education in Canada. That has changed over the last 5-10 years as companies increasingly seek graduates who are job ready. UNB has risen to the challenge with the help of Dr. Michel Couturier, who holds the NSERC Chair for Collaborative...
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Posted: July 25, 2017 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni Spotlight
Given that Kate Whitfield (BScGGE’03) is a professional engineer and registered professional planner, you might think that she planned out her career meticulously. Not so. She maintains that remaining malleable and open to opportunities and suggestions has led her down the right path. Kate came to UNB in 1997 because her father saw a MacLeans magazine article reporting the merits of the...
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Posted: July 23, 2017 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research Spotlight
For Jon Sensinger, associate director of UNB's Institute of Biomedical Engineering, a childhood dream has turned into an innovative career – one that is changing lives. “I'm always telling people that I love every aspect of my job,” says Sensinger. “Whether it's helping other staff in a managerial sense or teaching students and learning myself through the process, or...
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Posted: July 18, 2017 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni Spotlight
Jeremy Adamson (BScCE’10, MEng’13) has always chased challenges. After growing up in Harvey, New Brunswick, he moved to Fort McMurray and started his own web development business, even though his father and grandfather were engineers and it would have been a natural path for him to take. When he did eventually decide to return home and attend UNB, he not only earned a civil...
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