UNB Engineering News

Combining Mechanics, Coding and Entrepreneurship to Grow an Innovative Business That’s Taking the Aerospace Industry by Storm

Engineering Alumni Office

Posted: September 6, 2018 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Alumni Spotlight


Shaun Kennedy (BScME’07) says he was always an inventor. In high school in Cape Breton, he came up with a new model for a Zamboni and even started the patent process.  In the early 2000’s, taking Computer Science at Acadia seemed like a smart move, but his heart wasn’t into it. Still, he finished his degree and then began an Engineering degree, transferring to UNB to the...

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UNB Engineering Co-Op Student Takes on Big Responsibility at TransCanada Pipelines

Engineering Alumni Office

Posted: September 5, 2018 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Student Spotlight


Civil Engineering student Riley Tanner just completed a 16-month co-op work placement at TransCanada Pipelines in Calgary and during that time he played an integral role in a team doing vital work for the energy giant: completing analyses on all pipeline crossing applications for the company’s 40,000 kilometers of Canadian oil and gas pipelines, stretching from Quebec to Western...

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