Price Faculty of Engineering News Archive
Price Faculty of Engineering
2024 Technical Excellence Award
November 12, 2024 —
Alfaro is a geotechnical engineering professor, his work spans geosynthetics, ground improvement and permafrost engineering as well as stabilizing Winnipeg's riverbanks and protecting the city's century-old aqueduct from ground vibrations.
Price Faculty of Engineering
Transforming construction education with virtual reality
October 15, 2024 —
To keep up with advances in technology, a pioneering virtual reality integrated Building Information Modeling (BIM) course has been introduced in the Department of Civil Engineering.
Price Faculty of Engineering
Little Innovator to make big impact on space awareness
October 10, 2024 —
A new CubeSat from the University of Manitoba's STARlab has recently been announced with the mission of monitoring space debris.
Price Faculty of Engineering
Decolonizing and Indigenizing engineering education
September 27, 2024 —
The Price Faculty of Engineering continues in its initiative for positive change with a course that brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous engineering students to reflect on the ways that engineering can emphasize and further incorporate Indigenous Peoples and their worldviews into the profession.
Students
Engineering Student Makenna Coldwell Awarded the 2024 Student Affairs Participation Award
September 26, 2024 —
Members of the University of Manitoba student community are active and contribute to building a better environment for their peers, and the Student Affairs Participation Award seeks to recognize students who manage to balance these voluntary commitments. This year, we congratulate Biosystems Engineering student Makenna Coldwell who is the 2024 recipient of the Student Affairs Participation Award.
Price Faculty of Engineering
Dynamic mural sparks conversation
September 25, 2024 —
A new mural has been completed in the Price Faculty of Engineering with the theme of 'Truth and Reconciliation and Engineering'. This visually striking and intellectually challenging piece of art acknowledges the past, illustrates the present and paints a future of reclaiming what was lost.
UM professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering honoured with bronze bust
September 20, 2024 —
On Friday, Sept. 20, the Winnipeg Regional Real Estate Board (WREB) unveiled a bronze bust at Assiniboine Park of Lotfollah Shafai, professor emeritus of UM's electrical and computer engineering
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Education building connections, elevating the voices of Indigenous scholars and thinkers
September 19, 2024 —
From September 25 to 28, the University of Manitoba will host Mawachihitotaak (Let’s Get Together): Métis Studies Symposium.
Price Faculty of Engineering
Building confidence, connections and knowledge with Co-op
September 9, 2024 —
The Co-operative Education and Industrial Internship Program (Co-op/IIP) in the Price Faculty of Engineering offers students hands-on experiences that bring together academic theory and real-world applications in a variety of engineering fields.
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Announcing the Merit Award Recipients of 2023
September 5, 2024 —
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023 Merit Awards. Merit Awards are awarded to faculty members for their outstanding achievements in teaching, research, scholarly work and creative activities, and service in three different categories.