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Master’s student Bahar Emami Afshar is helping make online transactions safer. Her algorithm quickly labels data and helps prevent illegal activities, from credit card fraud to identity theft.

How do you better understand the realities of communities? By working with them. Community-based research is rooted in close partnerships between researchers, organizations and the communities concerned. Teams identify priorities and develop projects together in a process that draws on collaboration, mutual commitment and knowledge gained from lived experience.

The Faculty of Engineering awards recognize professors and staff who demonstrate outstanding skills and dedication to research and teaching. Their work inspires students, peers and the wider engineering community. We’re honoured to announce this year’s recipients.

Biomedical engineering master’s student Jéssica Hernández Juárez researches materials that could improve life after heart attacks and help ease the burden on Canada’s health-care system.

uOttawa researchers demonstrate new laser power converters to transmit power to further, remote destinations.

New campus space at 350 Legget anchors research, innovation, and talent where the industry needs it most.

The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Engineering is bridging the gap between academic learning and real-world application through strategic industry collaborations. A key partnership with Fortinet equips students with cutting-edge cybersecurity training and real-world knowledge and skills to pursue careers in cybersecurity.

As the uOttawa Faculty of Engineering class of 2025 prepare to graduate, students share some of their proudest moments, biggest lessons and words of advice for those following in their footsteps.

New sustainable approaches could make our bridges safer and serviceable for longer. Civil engineering PhD candidate Issa Fowai is helping shape the future of infrastructure repair in Canada.

Academic expertise to comment on: Manitoba’s wildfires