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80 The Faculty of Engineering

    Since 1908, the Faculty of Engineering has been responding to the evolving needs of the engineering profession through innovative programs and exceptional teaching. Today, the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta is one of the largest and most diverse in North America. The Faculty offers nine accredited undergraduate engineering programs, as well as a full range of graduate programs, to over 5,000 students from around the world.

    The mission of the Faculty of Engineering, which has remained virtually unchanged since inception, is

to produce engineering graduates of choice for employers and postgraduate schools and to produce graduates who can carry out forefront engineering design and research

to produce nationally and internationally recognized engineering research

to provide high-quality service to the engineering profession and the external community

The Engineering Profession

    Engineering is a creative profession with a powerful and respected tradition of accountability and service. The completion of a BSc degree in Engineering from the U of A is your first step on the road to becoming a professional engineer. As a graduate, you may register with a professional engineering association, and following a period of recognized work experience, practice engineering around the world.

    In your final term, you may choose to take part in “The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer,” or, the Iron Ring Ceremony. Written by Rudyard Kipling specifically for the first Canadian Iron Ring Ceremony in 1925, “The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer,” is the obligation and traditional ceremony meant to symbolize and enforce the ethics of professional engineers. This ceremony is purely Canadian, and the iron ring, worn on the little finger of the working hand, is the unique identifier of a Canadian engineer.

Faculty Awards and Accomplishments

    Talented, successful teachers and researchers are key to success at this Faculty. It is through the efforts of Engineering professors that the Faculty is able to maintain our position on the leading edge of discovery and dissemination of engineering knowledge. Some awards and accomplishments of the Faculty in the past few years include:

One Canada Excellence Research Chair

Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 3M Canada Teaching Fellowship – Canada's highest honor for undergraduate teaching

Three NSERC Steacie Fellowships held

Rutherford Awards for Teaching Excellence

Canadian Council of Professional Engineers Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education

Fifteen Industrial Research Chairs

$48.7M external research funding in 2009–2010

Sixteen Canada Research Chairs

Over 50 NSERC postgraduate scholarships awarded annually

Martha Cook Piper and J Gordon Kaplan Research Awards

Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellowship

Four Engineering Institute of Canada Fellowships; One KY Lo medal

Two Canadian Society for Civil Engineers Fellowships

Two Royal Society of Canada Fellowships

Canada Council Killam Research Fellowship

Seven Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellowships

Numerous APEGGA Awards: Excellence in Education, Centennial Leadership, Project Achievement, Early Accomplishment, and Environmental Excellence Awards

Engineers Canada Young Engineer Achievement Awards

Fourteen Killam Annual Professorship Awards

ASTech Science and Technology Community and Technology Leadership Awards

Student Awards and Accomplishments

    The Faculty of Engineering builds on the strengths of our students. High-quality programs, outstanding faculty, and world-class facilities means that we are able to attract exceptional students who realize their full potential by participating in creative and engaging activities in- and outside the classroom. Some recent student awards and accomplishments include

Six student design projects are active in the Faculty of Engineering and regularly rank among the best in design and performance competitions

Students in the Faculty of Engineering receive over $1.5 million in scholarships annually

CD Howe Foundation Awards for the top first-year male and female engineering students in Canada.

Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation Scholarship Awards

Governor General Silver and Gold Medals

Actua Award for Leadership and Innovation and the ASTech Foundation Award for Excellence in Science and Technology Public Awareness have been awarded to our Discover E Engineering and Science Camp program

42 students in the Faculty of Engineering are varsity level athletes

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