CuriositE: Engineering Student Life

This project is meant to share stories from current students in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta. Do you know a high school student who has a question about studying engineering, please drop us a line! Comments, feedback and suggestions can be sent to [email protected]

The Quarantine Olympics 03/30/2020

The Quarantine Olympics This is a series of friendly online competitions that will be between March 30 - April 10. /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/13758695

Remembering Dr. Mojgan Daneshmand 01/14/2020

Remembering Dr. Mojgan Daneshmand Dr. Mojgan Daneshmand was one of the 176 people who lost their lives on Ukrainian Airlines flight 176 from Tehran to Kiev on January 8th, 2020. /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/12730691

In conversation with Engineering Industrial Professors 10/29/2019

In conversation with Engineering Industrial Professors Part 1. /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/11824655

Open House 2019 - Engineering Student Success Centre 10/25/2019

Open House 2019 - Engineering Student Success Centre Show notes: This interview was with Director Peggy Jankovic and Lead Teaching Assistant Samir Ead. The conversation was recorded live during Open House 2019 in front of the Elko Engineering Garage. Also mentioned in the introduction was the TED talk delivered by Associate Dean (Outreach), Dr. Ania Ulrich, entitled "" ESSC: Ted talk link: /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/11777993

NREF Trees! 03/18/2019

NREF Trees! The trees that recently arrived in the NREF 2nd floor atrium were the result of an initiative by a group of Engineering students who applied for a grant. In this episode we hear how it all happened, and talked to a few of the people who played a part in seeing the project to successful completion. /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/9042782

Ice Beam Challenge! 03/07/2019

Ice Beam Challenge! Professor Doug Tomlinson pitched the idea of holding an ice beam competition that saw teams experiment with adding different kinds of materials to a 10cm x 10cm x 60com piece of ice and then testing the final product in a load frame. In this episode we also hear from fifth-year environmental engineering student, Joey Ting. /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/8910683

ESS President's Welcome 03/02/2019

ESS President's Welcome For this episode, I sat down with the current Engineering Students’ Society President, Dayton Chen and asked him to share a few comments with the class of students who will enter the faculty in September. /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/8951147

Brittany and Jonathan Live @ Open House 2018 10/20/2018

Brittany and Jonathan Live @ Open House 2018 Brittany, a recent Computer Engineering graduate now working in Edmonton, and Jonathan, a current Chemical Engineering student, sat down and talked their way through a few questions from students who might be entering the faculty in the next year or so. /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/8643740

CuriositE: Free public talk on Thursday-- lya Espino de Marotta event 09/08/2018

CuriositE: Free public talk on Thursday-- lya Espino de Marotta event We are very fortunate to have the Executive VP of Engineering and Projects for the Panama Canal Authority on campus. During this public session, Ilya Espino de Marotta will talk about her work on the Panama Canal, including overseeing the expansion project, as well as her ongoing mission to inspire more young people to pursue careers in engineering. The event will take place at 5pm on Thursday September 13th in ETLC RSVP link: We will have some pizza from 5:00-5:30 and the presentation will start after 5:30. /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/7024351

Jason and Marcus near the end of their programs 08/12/2018

Jason and Marcus near the end of their programs Jason and Marcus are near the end of their Mechanical engineering programs; they reflect on the experiences they've gained, lessons they've learned, and talk about their next steps. Please submit feedback and/or potential questions for future episodes to [email protected] /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/6917999

(Listener Question): How do Engineering Athletes Manage? 08/05/2018

(Listener Question): How do Engineering Athletes Manage? A student about to start first year engineering asks about balancing extra-curricular activities like sports into her schedule. In response, we hear comments from three engineering students who play on varsity teams at the University of Alberta. Please submit feedback and/or potential questions for future episodes to [email protected] /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/6896523

Paola and Sarah - expectations, belonging and competition 08/03/2018

Paola and Sarah - expectations, belonging and competition Paola and Sarah are just about to enter first year engineering at the University of Alberta; they're volunteering this summer as Junior DiscoverE instructors for children's STEM outreach. We talked a little about their experiences of school up to this point, and what they're imagining university will be like. /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/6916302

Callie and Erik flying their made in Alberta Satellite 07/26/2018

Callie and Erik flying their made in Alberta Satellite Callie is the Project Manager for the space-themed student group AlbertaSat. They have successfully designed and built a cube satellite that is now in orbit. Erik is the Power Team lead and just finished first year engineering. They discuss balancing their coursework and project work. /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/6853157

Jo and Ally looking ahead to first year engineering 07/26/2018

Jo and Ally looking ahead to first year engineering Jo and Ally are going into first year Engineering at the University of Alberta in the fall. They asked about Geer Week and one of the Engineering Students' Society planners told her a little bit about it. /episode/index/show/curiosite/id/6853150

CuriositE: Engineering Student Life

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