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Programs

Engineering Departments and Programs

The Faculty of Engineering contains six Departments, as well as the affiliated School of Biomedical Engineering.

Engineering ProgramsÌý

Undergraduate Programs

Undergraduate students will have the option to choose from seven disciplines - Civil, Environmental, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical, or Chemical.Ìý

Civil & Resource Engineering
From the physical to the naturally built environment, Civil Engineers are dynamicÌýprofessionalsÌýwho build infrastructure such as highways, bridges, marine structures, residential and commercial buildings, water treatment solutions, and more.
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Environmental Engineering Environmental engineers offer sustainable and green solutions that protect our planet from some of the biggest challenges. From ensuring our drinking water is clean to remediation of environmental hazards involving soil and air pollution.
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Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineers dream and invent the technologies of our future. Today’s society relies heavily on electrical, electronic and computer technology, creating a strong need for these types of engineers to shape the future.

Computer option available to Electrical engineering students.
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Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineers optimize processes and systems by finding ways to save time, money, energy, and materials, while enhancing efficiency, sustainability and safety.Ìý

From hospitals to airlines, Industrial Engineers design solutions to improve the performance of complex systems.
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Mechanical EngineeringMechanical Engineers make the world a better place – from building more environmentally friendly cars to designing medical devices and robots.
Mechanical Engineers go on to become innovators and industry leaders in fields including aerospace, energy supply, manufacturing, and healthcare.

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Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineers transform raw materials into greener, safer and innovative products that we use in our everyday lives.ÌýRegarded as one of the most versatile areas of engineering, Chemical Engineering combines the world of chemistry, biology,Ìýphysics,Ìý mathematics, design and process engineering.
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Graduate Programs

The HÂþ»­ Faculty of Engineering offers a wide range of opportunities for advanced graduate education and research. For information on graduate programs, admissions, funding opportunities, and other resources, refer to the Graduate Students section.

Biological Engineering
Research areas include biological waste management, biorobotics, agricultural engineering, aquacultural engineering, food processing engineering, renewable energy (solar and biomass), energy conservation in greenhouses, and pollution control (non-point source, wetlands).
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Biomedical Engineering
Researchers within the school are working on advancing new technologies that increase the diagnostic information available to clinicians and improving our understanding of the structural and functional properties of tissues and cells.

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Civil Engineering
Research areas include Foundation Engineering, Structural Plastics, Wind Power Engineering, Wood Engineering, Concrete Research, Geometric Design of Highways, Traffic Systems, Structural Analysis, Water Pollution Control, Highway Materials, Environmental Engineering, Hydraulics, Water Resources Engineering.
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Industrial Engineering
Key areas of research interest in the Department are operations research modeling, mathematical optimization, production planning and control, modeling of economic systems, queueing theory, vehicle and crew scheduling, industrial ergonomics and workplace design.

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Electrical Engineering
Research areas include Control Systems, Robotics, Instrumentation; Electric Power Systems; Active and Switched-Capacitor Networks; Digital Communication Systems; Cardiovascular Dynamics, Medical Instrumentation, Medical Applications of Computers, Bioelectromagnetics; Ultrasonic Telemetry.
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Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering is an innovative cross-disciplinary program.
Topics of study or research in this area include energy, soil and water quality, waste management, pollution control, treatment, remediation, reclamation and environmental assessment.

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Internetworking Engineering
Internetworking is a truly multidisciplinary area, which requires knowledge of, and skills in, the related areas of engineering, communications, mathematics and modeling, computer and network architectures, and computer software. Our laboratories are unique and among the most advanced internetworking laboratories available anywhere for a Master level degree.

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Mechanical Engineering
Research interests include fluid power systems, energy conversion systems, fluidized bed combustion, computational fluid dynamics, vibration, CAD/CAM, CAE, biomedical engineering, finite-element techniques, machine and rotor dynamics, machine design, robotics, solar energy systems, ship and marine hydrodynamics, composites, energy management, turbulence modeling.

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Undergraduate Programs

Undergraduate Programs

Undergraduate students will have the option to choose from seven disciplines - Civil, Environmental, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical, or Chemical.Ìý

Civil & Resource Engineering
From the physical to the naturally built environment, Civil Engineers are dynamicÌýprofessionalsÌýwho build infrastructure such as highways, bridges, marine structures, residential and commercial buildings, water treatment solutions, and more.
Learn More >>

Environmental Engineering Environmental engineers offer sustainable and green solutions that protect our planet from some of the biggest challenges. From ensuring our drinking water is clean to remediation of environmental hazards involving soil and air pollution.
Learn More >>

Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineers dream and invent the technologies of our future. Today’s society relies heavily on electrical, electronic and computer technology, creating a strong need for these types of engineers to shape the future.

Computer option available to Electrical engineering students.
Learn More >>

Industrial Engineering

Industrial Engineers optimize processes and systems by finding ways to save time, money, energy, and materials, while enhancing efficiency, sustainability and safety.Ìý

From hospitals to airlines, Industrial Engineers design solutions to improve the performance of complex systems.
Learn More >>

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Mechanical EngineeringMechanical Engineers make the world a better place – from building more environmentally friendly cars to designing medical devices and robots.
Mechanical Engineers go on to become innovators and industry leaders in fields including aerospace, energy supply, manufacturing, and healthcare.

Learn More >>

Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineers transform raw materials into greener, safer and innovative products that we use in our everyday lives.ÌýRegarded as one of the most versatile areas of engineering, Chemical Engineering combines the world of chemistry, biology,Ìýphysics,Ìý mathematics, design and process engineering.
Learn More >>

Graduate Programs

Graduate Programs

The HÂþ»­ Faculty of Engineering offers a wide range of opportunities for advanced graduate education and research. For information on graduate programs, admissions, funding opportunities, and other resources, refer to the Graduate Students section.

Biological Engineering
Research areas include biological waste management, biorobotics, agricultural engineering, aquacultural engineering, food processing engineering, renewable energy (solar and biomass), energy conservation in greenhouses, and pollution control (non-point source, wetlands).
Learn more >>

Biomedical Engineering
Researchers within the school are working on advancing new technologies that increase the diagnostic information available to clinicians and improving our understanding of the structural and functional properties of tissues and cells.

Learn more >>

Civil Engineering
Research areas include Foundation Engineering, Structural Plastics, Wind Power Engineering, Wood Engineering, Concrete Research, Geometric Design of Highways, Traffic Systems, Structural Analysis, Water Pollution Control, Highway Materials, Environmental Engineering, Hydraulics, Water Resources Engineering.
Learn more >>

Industrial Engineering
Key areas of research interest in the Department are operations research modeling, mathematical optimization, production planning and control, modeling of economic systems, queueing theory, vehicle and crew scheduling, industrial ergonomics and workplace design.

Learn more >>

Electrical Engineering
Research areas include Control Systems, Robotics, Instrumentation; Electric Power Systems; Active and Switched-Capacitor Networks; Digital Communication Systems; Cardiovascular Dynamics, Medical Instrumentation, Medical Applications of Computers, Bioelectromagnetics; Ultrasonic Telemetry.
Learn more >>

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering is an innovative cross-disciplinary program.
Topics of study or research in this area include energy, soil and water quality, waste management, pollution control, treatment, remediation, reclamation and environmental assessment.

Learn more >>

Internetworking Engineering
Internetworking is a truly multidisciplinary area, which requires knowledge of, and skills in, the related areas of engineering, communications, mathematics and modeling, computer and network architectures, and computer software. Our laboratories are unique and among the most advanced internetworking laboratories available anywhere for a Master level degree.

Learn more >>

Mechanical Engineering
Research interests include fluid power systems, energy conversion systems, fluidized bed combustion, computational fluid dynamics, vibration, CAD/CAM, CAE, biomedical engineering, finite-element techniques, machine and rotor dynamics, machine design, robotics, solar energy systems, ship and marine hydrodynamics, composites, energy management, turbulence modeling.

Learn more >>

Engineering DepartmentsÌý

Start in Truro

If you prefer smaller class sizes, consider studying your first two years at our Agricultural Campus in Truro.Ìý