2020 News

Dec 16, 2020 — Adding value through internship, a Queen’s Engineering student innovates with Kingston’s SnapCab
Charles Hunter, a fourth-year Mechanical Engineering student, discusses his experience working full-time as a QUIP intern with SnapCab, a local firm that successfully pivoted this year when COVID-19 struck

Dec 03, 2020 — Queen’s Engineering student recipient of the Order of the White Rose Scholarship
Brielle Thorsen, an Indigenous Mechanical Engineering graduate student at Queen’s, has been awarded the $30k scholarship in honour of the victims of the 1989 Montreal Massacre

Nov 09, 2020 — 'Picture a Scientist' documentary screening to highlight challenges and triumphs of women in sciences
In celebration of the new Chair for Women in Engineering, Queen’s Faculty of Engineering will screen a new documentary film, Picture a Scientist.

Oct 15, 2020 — MME's Dr. Heidi Ploeg appointed as inaugural Chair for Women in Engineering
Queen’s Engineering introduces Canada’s only endowed Chair for Women in Engineering, held by acclaimed researcher Heidi Ploeg

Sep 03, 2020 — Curiosity Creates...less interference
You might have heard that Queen’s has a few researchers working on dark matter, including Nobel Laureate Arthur B. McDonald.

Aug 25, 2020 — Jacquie Brown receives 2020 Distinguished Service Award
These are just a few of the phrases that people use to describe Jacquie Brown, the undergraduate programs assistant in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME).

Aug 12, 2020 — MME's Erin Lee wins Prestigious Vanier Scholarship
We are so excited that Erin Lee is continuing in MME for her PhD! Congrats

Jul 21, 2020 — Amy Wu takes a Maker Style Approach to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Dr. Amy Wu has a passion for creating accessible assistive technologies that are impactful, yet easy to reproduce with common tools and technology.

Jun 03, 2020 — All in a Day..
Dr. Brad Diak talks magnesium on CBC's All in a Day

Feb 03, 2020 — NSERC USRA Program for 2020
Applications now being accepted for the Summer USRA 2020 program

Jan 20, 2020 — We're Hiring
MME is now accepting applications for Tenure-Track faculty in the area of Mechatronics!