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ENCS tag:newsfeed.encs.concordia.ca,2009-11-20:/encs_test//1 2014-04-14T18:45:51Z Movable Type 4.32-en tag:newsfeed.encs.concordia.ca,2014:/encs_test//1.570 2014-04-14T18:29:44Z 2014-04-14T18:45:51Z

Third Annual Micro Steam Car Competition: The micro steam car design project is part of the thermodynamics course for second and third year mechanical engineering students. Students design and build a car approximately 30 cm long powered by a soda-can water boiler, a pin-sized nozzle and a turbine which drives the front wheels.

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Photo: Concordia University

Friday, April 11 was the day of the third annual Micro Steam Car Competition. The micro steam car design project is part of the thermodynamics course for second and third year mechanical engineering students. Students design and build a car approximately 30 cm long powered by a soda-can water boiler, a pin-sized nozzle and a turbine which drives the front wheels. The project culminates with a competition in which the objective is to achieve maximum distance traveled on a restricted amount of solid fuel tablets.

This year's top-ranked teams were:

1. Under Pressure
Members: Michael Cohen, Gian Quinto Fatigati, Andrew Jorge, Nicolas Konow

2. Not-Car
Members: Dimitri Markou, Andrew Halarides, Shams Khan, Jegajeevan Visvalingam

3. Turtle Speed
Members: Hai Zhang, Philippe Simard, Hubert Berezowski, Christophe Aoki

For more photos of the competition, visit the flickr page.
To see the video of last year's competition, see the YouTube video.

]]> SAE clinches first place at Detroit auto show tag:newsfeed.encs.concordia.ca,2014:/encs_test//1.569 2014-04-11T19:37:48Z 2014-04-14T19:32:09Z

SAE clinches first place at Detroit auto show: The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress and Exhibition in Detroit, Michigan is one of the biggest car industry events of the year. It was on this international stage that, on April 8, Concordia's student chapter of the SAE and its Supermileage car clinched first place in the prestigious Student Exhibit Competition.

ENCS http://www.encs.concordia.ca/ The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress and Exhibition in Detroit, Michigan is one of the biggest car industry events of the year. It was on this international stage that, on April 8, Concordia's student chapter of the SAE and its Supermileage car clinched first place in the prestigious Student Exhibit Competition.

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"We've been evolving and improving consistently," says Patrick Leclerc, a third-year engineering student. "This success helps our SAE chapter enormously."

Concordia's team finished ahead of 10 others, including groups from Puerto Rico, the United States and, closer to home, the École Polytechnique de Montréal. The competition's judges included industry experts from companies like General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and NASCAR. The team had 10 minutes -- including a question-and-answer session -- to make a winning impression. As Norvan Gharabegi, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, explains, this was no easy feat. "SAE has created many technical standards used in the industry today, and we had to show how we've incorporated these into our project."

The project under scrutiny was the students' Supermileage car, a vehicle designed to travel long distances using as little fuel as possible. Concordia students have built and raced several Supermileage cars since 1986, when the team was founded, and this year's model may be the best yet. Its shell and chassis weigh in at only 28 pounds, and it's made from the same grade of carbon fiber materials that you would find in a Learjet.

Of course, a victory this big doesn't come without a lot of help. While only five SAE team members travelled to Detroit, numerous others worked very long hours on the project. Even a graduate -- Raymond Lafrance, general manager at Montreal's Contact Rubber -- played a major part in the win.

"He's been going out of his way to help us this year," Leclerc says. "He's like an honourary team member." "

The victory for SAE represents not just what Leclerc calls a "vote of confidence" in the team's car; it's also an academic achievement, since the team members that focused on the manufacturing process used this experience for their Capstone -- the final-year project that all undergraduates studying in Concordia's Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science must complete in order to graduate. The vehicle was also recognized with a Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Design Award.

What's next for the students? In June, the Supermileage team will compete in Marshall, Mich. Meanwhile, a very different team -- Formula Racing -- will take part in a competition in Brooklyn, Mich. "The 2014 racing season is already off to a great start," Leclerc says.

Top photo: Back row: Mehran Eimanlou, Loïc Lajoumard de Bellabre, Raphael Yeung, Patrick Leclerc, Justin Marton (former team member), Haqeem Sapuan, Kar On Mark (former team member).Front row: Alexandre Laroche, Daniel Woo, Norvan Gharabegi.
Photo credit: Warren Zelman

The Supermileage team's members also include Tareq El-Alami, Derek Greenblatt, Khizer Uddin and Mohamed Ammar Nsiri.

The team's sponsors are Bombardier Aerospace, Le Milsa, GlobVision Inc., Contact Rubber Inc., Cimetrix Solutions Inc., Composites Atlantic, Intelligent Light, Freeman Supply, Xpoze, Eaton Corporation, Briggs & Stratton, Henkel-Loctite, Wesco Aircraft, bigHead, Sticky Grafix, ANSYS, Fonds Férique, ELSÖ Ltée and Concordia's Engineering and Computer Science Association.

]]> tag:newsfeed.encs.concordia.ca,2014:/encs_test//1.568 2014-04-08T13:30:07Z 2014-04-08T14:06:34Z

Faculty Accolades Professors Tarek Zayed, Ted Stathopoulos, Paul Fazio, Radu Zmeureanu and students Mauricio Chavez, Ahmad Kayello and Daniel Baril are among this month's Faculty Accolades.

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A study funded by Infrastructure Canada and published in Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, found that snowplows are the biggest culprit in erasing roadway markings. Using data from the ministries of transportation in Ontario and Quebec and the municipalities of Montreal and Ottawa, Tarek Zayed of the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering measured the relationship between materials used in pavement markings, and their age and durability. Find out more.

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Ted Stathopoulos from the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering and PhD student, Mauricio Chavez were featured by Télé-Quebec, explaining the research they do into the effects of wind on buildings. The original television segment was broadcast March 18, 2014. Watch the video online (en français).

Télé-Québec also produced a television segment that was aired on March 25, 2014, about research conducted in the Environmental Chamber. Master's students Ahmad Kayello and Daniel Baril, supervised by Paul Fazio from the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, are testing structures that are designed to withstand the frigid cold of Canada's North. Watch the video online (en français)

Radu Zmeureanu, Associate Dean for Student Academic Services and professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering was featured in Le Devoir. Zmeureanu discussed research into smart buildings. He and his colleagues are testing a new system at the Concordia Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics that will evaluate the performance of building components as ventilation, heating and electricity in order to enable measures that can improve efficiency. Read more (en français) ]]> Tribute to Bernice Goldsmith tag:newsfeed.encs.concordia.ca,2014:/encs_test//1.565 2014-03-28T14:23:17Z 2014-04-08T13:48:48Z

Tribute to Bernice Goldsmith. Bernice Goldsmith, who had a long and illustrious career at Concordia, has passed away. She died Wednesday, March 26, at the age of 79.

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Goldsmith in the mid 1980s with Our Common Future, the Report of the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development. Photo Credit: Concordia Records Management and Archives.

Bernice Goldsmith, who had a long and illustrious career at Concordia, has passed away. She died Wednesday, March 26, at the age of 79. She is perhaps best known by the Concordia community for her pioneering contributions in incorporating social and environmental concepts and practices into the engineering curriculum. She helped establish the program, Social Aspects of Engineering -- the first of its kind in Canada.

Goldsmith is fondly remembered by those who worked with her. "She was very easy to talk to, very enthusiastic, dynamic and hardworking," says Hugh McQueen, professor emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. "We worked closely together until 1998, when I officially retired from full-time teaching."

Not from an engineering background, Goldsmith nevertheless shaped Concordia's emerging professional program and excelled as a senior administrator, and in her non-academic life, as an activist. As a student at what was then Sir George Williams, she completed an advanced degree in the unique program, Collaborative Studies in Science and Human Affairs. This equipped her to work with Hugh McQueen during the 1970s to shape the newly-established Social Aspects of Engineering Program. In 1984, during McQueen's sabbatical, Goldsmith became the head of the program and remained its leader for over a decade.

During this time, course offerings included "Engineers and Society," "Historical Impact of Technology on Society," "Science Policy and Engineering Innovation," and "Management of Transition to an Information Society." Officially retiring in 2000, Goldsmith continued to serve at Concordia. She had been an assistant professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science; she then became an assistant professor emerita in what is now the Faculty's Centre for Engineering in Society.

Following the conclusion of her teaching career, she applied her knowledge of technology, engineering and the environment to the area of environmental impact assessment. She was active in the International Association for Impact Assessment, co-chairing its Trade Impact Assessment section, and collaborating on the Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Best Practices. Closer to home, she was a driving force in Les Amis du Parc Meadowbrook, a group dedicated to preserving the former golf course as an urban park.

In 2010, Goldsmith, along with McQueen, was a winner of Concordia's inaugural Sustainable Champions prize, recognizing her contributions to analyses of life-cycle endurance.

Goldsmith was married to the late Carl (Beno) Goldsmith, was mother of Philip Goldsmith and mother-in-law to Marla Rapoport. Goldsmith's family has chosen to honour her memory with the newly-established Bernice Goldsmith Bursary in the Social Aspects of Engineering. Contributions may be made through (514) 848-2424 ext. 3884 or online: concordia.ca/givenow.

"Bernice was the model of an engineering educator," says Deborah Dysart-Gale, current chair of the Centre for Engineering in Society. "She was above all a concerned citizen and keen observer of how technology shapes our society and environment. By conveying this knowledge to students, she helped shaped how engineers learn."

]]> Engineering ingenuity on display: Capstone 2014 tag:newsfeed.encs.concordia.ca,2014:/encs_test//1.566 2014-03-27T19:27:46Z 2014-04-10T21:09:07Z

To finish their degrees, all undergraduate students in engineering or computer science programs must complete a demanding team project called a Capstone. This year, many of the Capstone projects are breaking new ground - and doing so with daring innovation...

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The ice runner, nicknamed the Dragonfly, is the brainchild of two Capstone teams working together under the direction of Xavier-Henri Hervé, a Concordia alumnus, the co-founder of air flight simulation company, Mechtronix, and currently the co-director of the District 3 Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. What's unique about the ice runner is that it can travel on almost any kind of winter terrain, from fluffy fresh snow to smooth ice.

On a cold day in mid-March, the team conducted the final of seven tests of their invention on Montreal's West Island, putting it through its paces over a frozen lake. It reached speeds of 30 km/hour.

Readying the ice runner for a real-life test

"We've tested on a full spectrum of conditions," says Mike Ciccone, one of the members of the team responsible for the chassis. He and his teammates completed the test, fully satisfied that the ice runner is built to endure. "After seven tests there have been no major failures," concurred Sami Chidiac.

The other team was in charge of the steering system. The ice runner has a unique modular design, meaning that different kinds of skis, snowboards or blades can be arranged in different configurations according to the terrain that must be confronted. The skis can be turned by the driver, and will also tilt as they run over bumpy terrain.

The success of the ice runner of 2014 is a result of learning from last year's iteration of a similar project. This year's model is lighter. It's built primarily of bamboo, and the sail is supported by steel cords, allowing for better flexibility. It meets the goals Hervé set for it, weighing under the 65kgs he had stipulated, and travels comfortably in the desired speed range of 15 to 20 knots.
Hervé was impressed with several innovations, including the use of bamboo poles in the main structure, inspired by snowmobiles on ski mounting, and numerous other features.

Ice Runner: Who's Who
Chassis team
Sami Chidiac
Michael Ciccone
Sepehr Ghavan
Hameed Akkache
Ruth-Anne Shooflar
Mazen El-Khoury
Steering team
Eugene To
Yuen Tung
Marc-André Gratton
Nelson Bi
Christophe Tannous

Mars Rover
While the ice runner rises to the challenge of the harsh Canadian winter, the students of Space Concordia have set themselves a very different challenge: building a vehicle for the craggy landscape of Mars. Of course, a trip to Mars is not in this year's agenda, however, a trip to Utah is. There the students will compete against high-calibre international competition in the University Rover Challenge, May 29-31.

The students' creation is the result of three sub-teams working together since June 2013: one team focuses on mechanical components, another team is responsible for the electrical and computer engineering, and a third team has worked on the software development. The resulting machine is nicknamed SCAAR (Space Concordia Astronaut Assistance Rover). The prototype has already been tested and evaluated by faculty members--further work will now ready it to compete.

Already, the team has had to overcome many obstacles, right up to last week's testing.

"Before our tests, last minute, our wireless receiver didn't work," explains Stephanie Lambrinakos-Raymond, from the mechanical team. The team reacted swiftly and opted instead to connect their Xbox controller to SCAAR with wiring.

Ivan Ivanov, fourth year mechanical engineering student, Huan Liu, fourth year electrical engineering student, and Stephanie Lambrinakos-Raymond, fourth year mechanical engineering student, with the Mars Rover, nicknamed SCAAR

Ivan Ivanov, the mechanical team lead, adds, "We made SCAAR as robust and powerful as possible... When it comes to the competition, we don't have any previous history. We're there to do our best."

SCAAR weighs in at approximately 50 kgs. It's powered by over 7kgs of rechargeable batteries. In Utah it will compete in four competition categories:
--the first challenge is the one for which SCAAR was initially designed in order to fulfill Concordia's academic requirements: terrain traversal. Its six wheels will have to successfully travel over sand, boulders, trenches and rocks.
--astronaut assistance tasks: the rover must locate and deliver tools by following Global Positioning System coordinates, as well as deploy what's called a wireless repeater box, which amplifies signals sent out by a transmitter.
--soil sample retrieval: which involves not only scooping up subsurface soil but also performing a test to check for signs of life.
--equipment servicing task: the rover will have to perform highly dexterous and nimble manoeuvres using its onboard robotic arm. These tasks include manipulating plumbing-related equipment such as hoses, pipes and valves, pushing buttons, as well as following instructions in a set order.

Mars Rover: Who's Who

Mercedes Parrella-Ilaria, project lead manager, systems engineering lead
Mechanical team: Ivan Ivanov, Stephanie Lambrinakos-Raymond, Vanessa Cheng, Stefanos Dermenakis, Nicholas Di Virgilio, Bingzi Li
Systems engineering team: Gregory Gibson, Alex Ionita, Huan Liu, Wei Fang, Efthimios Zermalias
Software engineering team: Matthias Martineau, Salim El Falah, Jean-Robert Harvey, Amine Najahi, Javier Padilla, Pascal Guay, Michael Barry-Mancuso

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Check out all of the ice runner photos

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]]> Capstone 2014. To finish their degrees, all undergraduate students in engineering or computer science programs must complete a demanding team project called a Capstone. This year, many of the Capstone projects are breaking new ground - and doing so with daring innovation and engineering ingenuity. Find out more.

]]> Randomness tag:newsfeed.encs.concordia.ca,2014:/encs_test//1.564 2014-03-25T19:13:07Z 2014-03-28T16:03:08Z

Guest Lecture by Avi Wigderson, Institute for Advanced Study. Is the universe inherently deterministic or probabilistic? Perhaps more importantly: can we tell the difference between the two? Humanity has pondered the meaning and utility of randomness for millennia.

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Friday March 28, 2014
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Integrated Engineering and Visual Arts Complex
EV 1.605
1515 Ste-Catherine St. W.

Distinguished Lecture Series in Computer Science and Software Engineering

Free and Open to the Public

Is the universe inherently deterministic or probabilistic? Perhaps more importantly: can we tell the difference between the two? Humanity has pondered the meaning and utility of randomness for millennia. There is a remarkable variety of ways in which we utilize perfect coin tosses to our advantage: in statistics, cryptography, game theory, algorithms, gambling. Randomness seems indispensable! Which of these applications survive if the universe had no randomness in it at all? Which of them survive if only poor quality randomness is available, e.g. that arises from "unpredictable" phenomena like the weather or the stock market?

The talk is aimed at a general audience, and no particular background will be assumed.

Avi Wigderson is a Professor at the School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was awarded the Gödel Prize, the Conant Prize, and the Nevanlinna Prize for his contributions to theoretical computer science.

]]> District 3 Faculties Tour tag:newsfeed.encs.concordia.ca,2014:/encs_test//1.563 2014-03-24T20:18:42Z 2014-03-28T21:05:21Z

The District 3 workspace. Photo credit: Emily GanIn a world where a steady job can disappear in the blink of an eye, building a new business might sound like a risky gamble. Not every entrepreneur strikes it big, but you...

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The District 3 workspace. Photo credit: Emily Gan

In a world where a steady job can disappear in the blink of an eye, building a new business might sound like a risky gamble. Not every entrepreneur strikes it big, but you can significantly reduce the risks involved in starting your own business with the aid of some careful planning. This is why Concordia University decided to create the District 3 Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

How can District 3 help?

Regardless of your background, entrepreneurship might be for you! Whether you work to bring your own ideas to fruition, or volunteer your time on another project, the lessons learned at District 3 through the D3 community will help you hit the ground running. Come to D3 and find out how entrepreneurship is always an option! Don't pass up this opportunity, or let the fear of risks hold you back. The District 3 teams can guide you and make your ideas a reality.

District 3 is coming to your Faculty through a series of information sessions. You can find out how the innovation or entrepreneurship process works, ask questions, and even sign up to take part in a project!

You can sign up for one of the following sessions here.

All Faculties

When: Tuesday March 25 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Where: 7.105 (D3 Centre), EV Building, 1515 Sainte-Catherine St West
Time: 5:30-6:30pm

Arts and Science

When: Wednesday March 26 from 1:30pm-2:30pm
Where: Room 115, Central Building (CC), Loyola Campus, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W.

Fine Arts and
Engineering and Computer Science

When: Thursday, March 27 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Where: Room 427, Hall Building, 1455 Boulevard de Maisonneuve West.

John Molson School of Business
When: Thursday March 27 from 10:00am-11:00am
Where: Room 2.445, John Molson School of Business Building, 1450 Guy St

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District 3: Faculties Tour: In a world where a steady job can disappear in the blink of an eye, building a new business might sound like a risky gamble. Not every entrepreneur strikes it big, but you can significantly reduce the risks involved in starting your own business with the aid of some careful planning. This is why Concordia University decided to create the District 3 Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Find out more.

]]> Faculty Accolades, March 2014 tag:newsfeed.encs.concordia.ca,2014:/encs_test//1.562 2014-03-14T14:50:50Z 2014-03-25T19:29:08Z

Faculty Accolades this month include Catherine Mulligan, Suong Hoa, Ching Suen and Space Concordia.

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Catherine Mulligan recently received the ASTM Committee D18 Technical Editors Award for her time and extensive effort spent in editing the ASTM Special Technical Publication 1554 resulting from the ASTM D18 "Symposium on Contaminated Sediments: Restoration of Aquatic Environments" held in Montreal, Canada in May 2012.

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Ching Suen from the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering and the ongoing work of the Centre for Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (CENPARMI) were featured in Le Devoir on February 22. Improving the ability of computers to recognize characters, time-varying signals, voice, satellite pictures, objects, fingerprints, etc. has led to an increasing number of applications in industry over the last few decades. Article in French.

Space Concordia received top billing in an extensive Globe and Mail article about the second Canadian Satellite Design Challenge. The final stage of the competition is in May. The article noted that Space Concordia won the first competition and is working with Suong Hoa from the Department of Mechanical and Industry Engineering on the research payload for their second satellite. Read the article in the Globe and Mail.

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Photo credit: Christinne Muschi for The Globe and Mail

If you know of any faculty member, staff or student that has won a major award or recognition, please email laurencemiall@gmail.com.

]]> Global Engineering Week, March 10 to 14 tag:newsfeed.encs.concordia.ca,2014:/encs_test//1.560 2014-03-11T14:10:06Z 2014-03-14T20:53:42Z

Global Engineering Week is here. And whether you're an engineer or not, you won't want to miss out. From March 10 to 14, the Concordia chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) will host events ranging from a Global Engineering Fair...

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The idea behind the week is to give Concordians a sense of the role engineers play in our increasingly complex and interdependent world. To that end, the events are entirely free of charge.

"Whether as an engineer, a designer or simply an active citizen, we must never forget that we're in the service of others," says Keena Trowell, co-president of EWB. "We believe this week will allow people to see how they can make a real difference in both small and big ways."

Here's what's in store.

Global Engineering Fair
When: Monday, March 10 to Friday, March 14
Where: The atrium of the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex (EV Building, 1515 Ste. Catherine St. W.)
No experience is required for this interactive showcase of engineering case studies. In it, viewers will be led through an exhibition in which they will decide what to see and do next. Based on those choices, the outcome and impact of the project will change.

Lunch and Learn: Technology, International Development and Entrepreneurship
When: Tuesday, March 11 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Room H-762 of the Henry F. Hall (H) Building (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Matthew Harsh, an assistant professor at the Centre for Engineering in Society, will discuss how for over half a century, smart, well-intentioned and well-resourced scientists and engineers have tried to help poor communities around the world by providing them with access to improved technologies, but have only achieved mixed results. This session will also examine the role technology plays in international development, along with some of the latest approaches to social entrepreneurship and philanthropic capitalism. Audience members will have a chance to play the part of millionaire investors and try their hand at designing an X Prize for international development.

Display of election-monitoring software at iHub, an innovation incubator in Nairobi, Kenya. Matthew Harsh conducts extensive research into the innovation culture of Africa. Photo credit: Cody Valdes, Creative Commons, BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Lunch and Learn: Role Playing for Product, Function and Needs-Focused Design
When: Wednesday, March 12 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Room H-760 of the Henry F. Hall (H) Building (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Carmela Cucuzzella, an assistant professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts, will discuss how role-playing games can allow designers and innovators to move beyond the team context and envision the needs and interactions of a product's user and, at the same time, take into account concerns like its ease of use, environment, setting and potentialities.

The role of scientists and engineers in government, with Marc Garneau, MP
When: Wednesday, March 12 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Where: Room H-760 of the Henry F. Hall (H) Building (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Marc Garneau, a former astronaut and current Member of Parliament for the Westmount-Ville-Marie riding, will discuss the role scientists and engineers play in the higher levels of government. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session.

Marc Garneau, MP

The Question of Congestion: An Interdisciplinary Socio-Technical Assessment Workshop
When: Friday, March 14 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Room EV-2.184 in the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex (EV Building, 1515 Ste. Catherine St. W.)
Drawing on the Future City Game, this intensive, fast-paced workshop offers a hands-on, interactive opportunity to identify and build the skills necessary to work in interdisciplinary teams to address wicked problems - problems that are at their base, social or cultural problems with complex interdependencies, many stakeholders, many unforeseen consequences, and contradictory and changing requirements.

The workshop presents a systems approach methodology for understanding and formulating problems, gathering relevant information from stakeholders, generating potential solutions and validating them with users.

Wine and cheese reception and Global Engineering Award presentation
When: Friday, March 14 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Where: Room H-762 of the Henry F. Hall (H) Building (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
The Concordia chapter of Engineers Without Borders will present the Global Engineering Award to the faculty member who best incorporates global engineering into his or her teaching.

]]> Global Engineering Week is here. And whether you're an engineer or not, you won't want to miss out. From March 10 to 14, the Concordia chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) will host events ranging from a Global Engineering Fair to a talk from Member of Parliament Marc Garneau, who will explore the role scientists and engineers play in government. Find out more.

]]> 30th Troitsky Bridge Building Competition tag:newsfeed.encs.concordia.ca,2014:/encs_test//1.561 2014-03-05T20:24:57Z 2014-03-14T19:30:40Z

The Troitsky Bridge Building Competition celebrated its 30-year anniversary during the 2014 edition of Engineering Week, February 24 - March 1. Concordia hosted student teams from across North America who used wood, popsicle sticks and other sundry items to build structures capable of withstanding many pound of force--applied, of course, by the legendary "Crusher" machine. Watch the video to see some of the excitement.

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Troitsky competition in 1991. The first Crusher test.

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