UNB Engineering News
Becoming an Industry Student Mentor Has Been a Win-Win for Brad McPherson and UNB
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: December 6, 2018 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni Spotlight
St. Stephen native Brad McPherson (BScCHE’05) may not have traveled far up the highway to work in Fredericton, but his career has expanded in many directions on paths that he never would have guessed. With an interest in joining the wrestling team at UNB, McPherson needed to figure out what he would study. He liked chemistry in high school and was interested in problem-solving, so...
Read the full postThe 8 Milestones in UNB’s Final-Year Student Capstone Design Course
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: December 6, 2018 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Student Spotlight
Think engineering school is all about classroom teaching and exams? Think again. Students in their final year of UNB’s engineering program work year-round on a real-world design project from start to finish – projects that come from industry clients and that are supervised by industry mentors. A number of years ago, Dr. Michel Couturier, the NSERC Chair for Collaborative...
Read the full postAsif Hasan Is Making a Positive Impact at Home – in New Brunswick and Bangladesh
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: November 26, 2018 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni Spotlight
You’ve no doubt been seeing the economic impact that the tech sector is having on New Brunswick – from exits like Radian6 and Q1 Labs to new startups like Eigen Innovations and Resson – innovative companies have been putting money into our economy and providing well-paying jobs. You may not, however, have seen how many of the entrepreneurs behind these companies are personally...
Read the full postFrom Classroom to Wall of Fame: Alumna Denise LaForge Shares Five Lessons Learned
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: October 30, 2018 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni Spotlight
Denise LaForge (BScME’88) has always been determined to succeed. She came to UNB from Edmundston knowing very little English to take mechanical engineering. She excelled and stretched out of her comfort zone once again by applying during her final year to jobs outside of the province. Upon graduation, she became an Engineer-in-Training at Petro-Canada’s head office in...
Read the full postCombining 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...
Read the full postUNB 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...
Read the full postFour UNB alumni inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: August 29, 2018 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni Spotlight
On June 18, 2018, four UNB engineering alumni were among the 59 new Fellows inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) in a ceremony that took place in Calgary in conjunction with the Academy’s 2018 Annual General Meeting and Symposium. Dr. Gururaj (Desh) Deshpande (MScEE'85) has combined his engineering expertise and financial skills to start and take over public...
Read the full postPushing Boundaries Drove this Engineering Alumna into Entrepreneurship
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: August 29, 2018 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni Spotlight
Eva Choi (BScGE’03) has always loved boundaries because she can push them and explore what might come next. That kind of bold thinking combined with the attention to detail and technical skills she learned as an engineer allowed her to switch from geological work to co-owning and managing her own company. But not in a field that you might expect from a geologist: it's in creating and...
Read the full postProblem Solving Helped Ian Naish Build an Exciting High-Profile Career
UNB Engineering
Posted: August 22, 2018 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni Spotlight
Ian Naish (MEng’71) is a face that might seem familiar. That’s because as a transportation consultant and former director at the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, he’s a media go-to spokesperson for train derailment and other major transportation news stories. Ian’s been in the transportation field since 1969 when he came to UNB fresh off a civil engineering degree...
Read the full postGraduating student fulfills her dream of being part of something with the potential to make a real difference in the world
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: May 31, 2018 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni Spotlight
Valini Deonarine (MEng’18) knew that she wanted to pursue a Master’s degree, but would never have considered moving to New Brunswick until the head of her department at the University of the West Indies at Saint Augustine, in Trinidad and Tobago, recommended she speak to a recruiter from Atlantic Canada. Only a few weeks earlier she had been involved in a serious car accident, and...
Read the full postStudent Leader Credits Involvement in the Engineering Community for Her Success
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: May 21, 2018 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Student Spotlight
Chemical engineering student Leah Edmondson is a go-getter with a passion for nuclear energy. She's entering the workforce having built a network of engineers and a great deal of experience in her field. Embracing her university experience inside and outside the classroom, Leah first volunteered at the Engineering Undergraduate Society’s (EUS) orientation during her second year of...
Read the full postHatched at UNB and Driven by Alumni: Envenio Provides Engineers Faster Simulations without Sacrificing Accuracy
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: May 15, 2018 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni Spotlight
There are plenty of examples that prove New Brunswick is a great place for innovators and startup companies to thrive. Envenio, in Fredericton, is one of them. Envenio is a growing company that develops fast and cost-effective Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation solutions for engineers. CEO Ian McLeod (BScME ’04, MScME’06) helped create the company, along with Dr. Andrew...
Read the full postBuilding a Better Inspection and Prediction Model for NB Power's Generating Stations
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: May 11, 2018 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Student Spotlight, Research Spotlight
Cody Bradley (BScCE’14) brought a couple of unique strengths to the table when he entered the Bachelor of Engineering program at UNB as a mature student in 2010: he had experience in the business world with a startup company, and he was a photographer and filmmaker. These skills complemented those he would learn in the civil program, especially once he began working summers for Dr. Lloyd...
Read the full postReal-World Experience through Co-op was a Game Changer for this Engineering Alumna
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: May 2, 2018 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni Spotlight
Bryna McMurtrie (BScCHE’17) says that the engineering co-op program made her a better student and gave her a stress-free final year with a full-time job waiting for her after graduation. It’s not something every engineering student can say. McMurtrie entered UNB out of high school with strong math and science grades and landed in chemical engineering because of her proclivity...
Read the full postUNB names Emera's Chris Huskilson to the Engineering Wall of Fame
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: April 18, 2018 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni Spotlight
The University of New Brunswick is saluting Chris Huskilson, the recently retired president and CEO of Emera, for being a visionary and a champion of innovation. At a special ceremony in Halifax on April 11, Dr. Huskilson was awarded the UNB Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award and inducted into the UNB Engineering Wall of Fame. “Chris has been a strong champion of building a...
Read the full postInnovative Real-Time Mobility Analytics Will Be Crucial for Smart Cities
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: April 12, 2018 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research Spotlight
Dr. Monica Wachowicz, professor and Cisco Systems Chair for Big Data at UNB, says that we can and should do a better job of extracting the value of Big Data in order to act on it and provide better user experiences, create more efficient systems, optimize effectiveness in cities and sectors, and even create more jobs. As the Director of the People in Motion Lab within the Engineering Faculty...
Read the full postWhy This Future of Work Thought Leader Says AI Will Enhance Human Work Not Eradicate It
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: March 10, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni Spotlight
Krista Jones (BScEE’88) sees an “enhanced future” for the human workforce, dispelling the many recent media reports of a “jobless future” due to the rise of AI. Jones, who is the managing director of Work and Learning at Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District (the world’s largest urban innovation hub), says that the headlines are preying upon people’s...
Read the full postDr. Ian Church Is Exploring and Mapping the Last Frontier on Earth
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: February 21, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research Spotlight
We know very little about our ocean floors; in fact, only 10-20% of the terrain is mapped to modern standards. Dr. Ian Church (BSCEng‘06, MScEng’08, PhD’14), head of UNB’s Ocean Mapping Group, says “we know more about the surface of Mars than our oceans.” Mapping the shape of the ocean floor – which includes dramatic mountains and gorges greater than...
Read the full postThe Ability to Problem-Solve Led Matt McCarlie from a Robotics Lab to Canada Post
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: February 15, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni Spotlight
Matt McCarlie (BScME’08) affirms that applying a problem-solving technique is the same no matter what challenge you face. From UNB’s Robotics and Mechanics Lab as a co-op student to his current position as Manager, National Parcel Process Engineering at Canada Post, the ability to identify and solve problems has been a transferable skill that has served him well. After graduating...
Read the full postUNB Names Dr. Robert (Bob) Neill and Dr. Roderick (Rod) Nolan as the first Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award Recipients
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: February 12, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni Spotlight
Bob Neill is a name that is synonymous with Engineering in Fredericton. After graduating from UNB in 1954 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, he went to work for New Brunswick Electric Power Commission, intending to stay for the required two years needed to become a registered professional engineer before going into business for himself. It turned out to be a 10-year...
Read the full postUNB Post-Doctoral Fellow Tanzina Huq is Breaking Ground With a New Use for Mushrooms
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: February 8, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research Spotlight
Who knew that one of UNB’s engineering labs was filled with mushrooms? Yes, there is indeed a fungi-filled space in the Dr. Jack McKenzie Limerick Pulp and Paper Centre on the Fredericton campus, and Dr. Tanzina Huq, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemical Engineering at UNB, is surrounded by them daily. Huq is jointly sponsored by UNB (under the supervision of Dr. Yonghao Ni) and Mitacs, and...
Read the full postEric Cook Proves You Don't Need to Leave New Brunswick to Drive Innovation
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: February 6, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni Spotlight
You might not immediately think that a young boy loading potato trucks in the red-soil fields of Prince Edward Island would one day be a leader in the innovation business. Yet accelerating innovation is exactly what Eric Cook (BScME’88), P.Eng, is doing in his role as CEO/Executive Director the Research and Productivity Council (RPC). RPC is New Brunswick’s provincial research...
Read the full postUNB Engineering Students Take Home 1st Place at the 2018 Atlantic Engineering Competition
Engineering Alumni Office
Posted: January 30, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Student Spotlight
From January 26 to 28, thirty-three UNB Engineering students competed in the Atlantic Engineering Competition, hosted by Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's. UNB represented well over the weekend, showcasing our school's remarkable student talent and technical knowledge. Students were exceptionally proud to take home first place in three of the eight categories offered at...
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