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A unique challenge unites second-year Mechanical and Materials Engineering students

Second year students are faced with a challenge designed to implement all of their learnings to date.

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SEERA winner combines industry insight and student successes for award-winning corrosion research

Suraj Persaud is this year's Smith Engineering Excellence in Research Award winner

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international grand recipient aims to make hydrogen a viable mining alternative

Mahmoud Alzoubi is awarded the Scotiabank Climate Action Research Fund grant

Biplanar videoradiography (BVR) allows researchers to see shoulder bones move inside the body in real-time.

Kingston researchers lead Canada’s first biplanar x-ray study of shoulder motion

Researchers at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and Smith Engineering have used advanced imaging technology to debunk long-held assumptions about...

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Work in turbulence propels Piomelli to AIAA Fellowship

Professor Ugo Piomelli has been named as a Distinguished Member of the Class of 2026 Fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and...

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From the garage to global success – Bob Smyth, Sc’65, the PetroSleeve

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Ultramarathon of Hope: Smith Engineering student helps raise $47K for cancer support

Smith Engineering and Smith School of Business students raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society.

The Sadr-Harvey Family Award: Investing in Future Generations of Engineers

The Sadr-Harvey Family Award: Investing in Future Generations of Engineers

Sasha Sadr (Sc’07, MBA’08) establishes an award for first-year students based on demonstrated financial need and academic achievement

Brain Canada Future Leaders award highlights Xian Wang’s work at the frontier of brain health research

Brain Canada Future Leaders award highlights Xian Wang’s work at the frontier of brain health research

Xian Wang’s work could pave the way for cancer treatments using tiny, microscopic bubble robots that physically break apart brain tumours.

QRET earns two podium finishes at Launch Canada 2025

QRET earns two podium finishes at Launch Canada 2025

The Queen’s Rocket Engineering Team secured two podium finishes at the Launch Canada Challenge 2025

Inaugural Women in Engineering scholarship awarded to Mechanical Engineering student Ruby Sinclair

Inaugural Women in Engineering scholarship awarded to Mechanical Engineering student Ruby Sinclair

Ruby Sinclair, Sc’27, has received the inaugural Claudette Mackay-Lassonde Scholarship, a $25,000 award.

Yanwen Zhang and Ryan Grant connect with provincial lawmakers at Science Meets Parliament — Ontario program

Yanwen Zhang and Ryan Grant connect with provincial lawmakers at Science Meets Parliament — Ontario program

Ryan Grant and Yanwen Zhang represented Queen’s at the inaugural Science Meets Parliament — Ontario, a program that connects scientists...

Heidi Ploeg, Joshua Marshall to receive 2025 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

Heidi Ploeg, Joshua Marshall to receive 2025 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

Heidi Ploeg and Joshua Marshall are recipients of the 2025 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards in the category of Research and Development.

Undergraduate experience program pairs Indigenous student with faculty mentor to explore biomechanical engineering research

Undergraduate experience program pairs Indigenous student with faculty mentor to explore biomechanical engineering research

Garrett McGrattan, a student in Mechanical Engineering who recently completed his third year, participated this past academic year in the...

James Larsen fulfills a lifelong passion for sustainability as CEO of cleantech firm e-Zinc

James Larsen fulfills a lifelong passion for sustainability as CEO of cleantech firm e-Zinc

James Larsen (Sc’03) discusses his lifelong passion for sustainability and the career-building steps he took to become CEO of cleantech firm...

Suraj Persaud awarded the Queen’s Prize for Excellence in Research for Outstanding Emerging Researchers

Suraj Persaud awarded the Queen’s Prize for Excellence in Research for Outstanding Emerging Researchers

Three researchers are being honoured for their exceptional contributions to advancing knowledge and innovation within and beyond the Queen’s...

Mark Daymond elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering

Mark Daymond elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering

Congratulations to Mark Daymond, who has been elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

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Smith Engineering student is named McCall MacBain Scholars

staff winners of the awards

Celebrating staff achievements and contributions at Queen’s.

An expert in fluid mechanics, Francesco Ambrogi is the recipient of multiple student-voted teaching prizes

An expert in fluid mechanics, Francesco Ambrogi is the recipient of multiple student-voted teaching prizes

Francesco Ambrogi, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has received the Silver Wrench Award for three...

Indigenous students visit SNOLAB, gaining first-hand insight into research on dark matter and neutrinos

Indigenous students visit SNOLAB, gaining first-hand insight into research on dark matter and neutrinos

Students in the STEM Indigenous Academics program visit SNOLAB, gaining first-hand insight into the groundbreaking research on dark matter and...

Second Annual Steel Cup hockey charity game supports engineering students and local youth

Second Annual Steel Cup hockey charity game supports engineering students and local youth

The Second Annual Steel Cup was held on February 8 at the Kingston Memorial Centre. This volunteer-run event featured a student-led hockey match...

Yanwen Zhang is developing more resilient, clean and sustainable energy solutions

Yanwen Zhang is developing more resilient, clean and sustainable energy solutions

The Queen's Gazette highlights Yanwen Zhang’s contributions to materials science and the move towards clean and sustainable energy...

Canada Research Chair Lidan You, engineering a better bone health

Canada Research Chair Lidan You, engineering a better bone health

Lidan You’s interdisciplinary research focuses on musculoskeletal biomechanics, specifically how mechanical loading – physical activity...

Q&A with alumna, and gold medal winning sailor, Siobhan MacDonald

Q&A with alumna, and gold medal winning sailor, Siobhan MacDonald

Siobhan MacDonald (Sc’20) was named one of 15 Women Engineers You Should Know by the Society of Women Engineers in 2024.