The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is committed to serve society through pioneering and integrated teaching and research activities in an environment that emphasizes collegiality, professionalism and integrity. The Department offers several undergraduate and graduate programs of innovative curricula that are tailored for the training of our students in the fields of mechanical, aerospace, sustainable energy, and biomedical engineering in an interdisciplinary setting. A number of our degree programs are offered in partnership with Engineering Departments at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. The world-class research activities of our faculty members, involving collaborations with other academic departments, government research laboratories and many sectors of industry provide students with advanced training opportunities through a rich selection of research topics.
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New Fellows in the Canadian Academy of Engineering
On June 2, 2011, Dr. John Goldak and Dr. Herbert Saravanamuttoo, both Professors Emeritus from the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, were inducted as Fellows into the Canadian Academy of Engineering. All Fellows are nominated and elected by their peers based on their achievements and service to the engineering profession. The Canadian Academy of Engineering ... more
Biomedical Robot Development in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Professor Mojtaba Ahmadi and his students in the Advanced Biomechatronics and Locomotion (ABL) Laboratory are making substantial progress in developing robotic systems for use in biomedical applications. One of the new robots, named ABL-B1, is a bio-inspired biped walking robot to be used in studying balance in walking, learning and optimal controllers, and development of ... more
Robotic Mapping at the CANMET Experimental Mine
Carleton University’s Robotic Vehicle Group members Jamie Lavigne, Stefan Radacina-Rusu, and Joshua Marshall, as well as three engineers from MDA Space Missions (Brampton, ON), recently returned from three days of robotic mapping and localization experiments at the CANMET Experimental Mine near Val d’Or, QC. Left to right: Jamie Lavigne, Unal Artan (MDA), Joshua Marshall, and ... more
2010 Wilbur Deutsch Memorial Award
Two of our graduate students, Aida Rezaei and Viresh Wickramasinghe, their thesis advisor, Professor Fred Nitzsche, and several researchers from the National Research Council, Azzedine Dadouche, Waldemar Dmochowski and Jeff Bird, have been awarded the 2010 Wilbur Deutsch Memorial Award for their outstanding study presented in the paper entitled “The sensitivity of air-coupled ultrasound and ... more
Terramechanics and Off-Road Vehicle Engineering: by Dr. J.Y Wong
The 2nd edition of the book Terramechanics and Off-Road Vehicle Engineering by Dr. J.Y. Wong, Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has recently been published by Elsevier, Oxford, England. This new edition includes the results of his recent research on off-road vehicle mobility. They include the research ... more