/engineering/taxonomy/term/589/all en /engineering/article/news/prof-xiaozhe-wang-and-prof-agus-sasmito-receive-inaugural-rubin-so-foundation-faculty-scholar-award <p>The Faculty of Engineering and the <a href="/tised/">Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED)</a> are pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural Rubin & So Foundation Facuty Scholar Award, Prof. <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/xiaozhewang/home">Xiaozhe Wang</a> (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Prof. <a href="/mining/people-0/faculty/agus-p-sasmito">Agus Sasmito</a> (Mining and Materials Engineering).</p> Mon, 06 Nov 2023 19:46:02 +0000 Faculty of Engineering 9066 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/gracie-diabo-hoping-inspire-indigenous-youth <p><em>Gracie Diabo is a Kahnawa’kehró:non student born and raised in Kahnawá:ke Mohawk territory, and a Loran Scholar, starting her bachelor’s in software engineering at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº this fall. We caught up with her to chat about her passion for community aid, who inspires her, and what advice she has for fellow Indigenous students and youth.</em></p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:21:08 +0000 Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Staff Writer 9041 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/pushing-speed-limit-what-will-future-internet-look <p>More people rely on the Internet to work, play, shop, and connect with others, growing the demand for global data traffic by 40% every year. To keep pace with the drive for more bandwidth, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Professor and Canada Research Chair David V. Plant and his team are working on pushing the speed limits of the Internet by making data transmission quicker, more efficient, and greener. Recently, they set a world record by achieving a 1.6 Terabits per second data transmission over a distance of 10 kilometers – about a thousand times faster than common household Internet speeds.</p> Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:19:39 +0000 Shirley Cardenas 9001 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/ieee-honours-faculty-engineering-profs <p>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº professors <a href="https://www.photonics.ece.mcgill.ca/Plant/dvp_about/dvplant_biography.html#:~:text=Biography-,David%20V.,1986%2C%20and%201989%2C%20respectively.">David Plant</a> and <a href="/ece/lawrence-r-chen">Lawrence Chen</a>, both from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, were celebrated at the recent Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Canada conference held in Halifax.</p> Fri, 28 Oct 2022 17:39:13 +0000 Neale McDevitt 8846 at /engineering