¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University News - Dept. of Civil Engineering /channels/news_feeds/all/term/civil_engineering/rss en A flood of ideas from ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ’s Brace Water Centre /channels/channels/news/flood-ideas-mcgills-brace-water-centre-352244 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Located on Macdonald Campus, many would mistake the Brace Water Centre's unassuming office for a private residence. Yet looks can be deceiving – for not only does the Centre boast an extraordinary history, it’s also associated with some of the University’s most exciting scientific researchers.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/james-brace-epn-810x500.jpg?itok=raZu_J8n" width="160" height="99" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">25 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:54:05 +0000 webfull 194213 at /channels ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Civil Engineering PhD student Racchana Ramamurthy selected as a recipient of a 2023 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship /channels/channels/news/mcgill-civil-engineering-phd-student-racchana-ramamurthy-selected-recipient-2023-vanier-canada-350436 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>Congratulations Racchana! </strong></p> <p>Read full announcement here:  <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/vanier-scholarships_2023/">Nineteen ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ graduate students earn Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships</a><br />  </p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/racchana_ramamurthy_-_vanier_scholarship_recipient.png?itok=hsejE_9o" width="160" height="92" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">1 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:46:08 +0000 webfull 191764 at /channels Professor Antony Patrick Sinnappa Selvadurai, William Scott Professor, James ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Professor, Docteur h.c., PhD, DSc, FRSC, FIMA, PEng, CMath (1942-2023) /channels/channels/news/professor-antony-patrick-sinnappa-selvadurai-william-scott-professor-james-mcgill-professor-docteur-349309 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>It is with profound sadness that the Department of Civil Engineering must share the devastating news of the passing of our colleague, Professor A.P.S. Selvadurai. He was a member of faculty at ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University since 1993, after first having taught at the University of Aston in Birmingham UK, and at Carleton University, Canada. He was a prolific researcher, leaving an unparalleled legacy in the disciplines of applied mechanics, geomechanics, solid mechanics, applied mathematics, computational mechanics and experimental mechanics.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/apss2006.jpg?itok=U8I4DE9b" width="160" height="168" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:38:32 +0000 webfull 190804 at /channels Congratulations to our Faculty of Engineering Awards recipients! /channels/channels/news/congratulations-our-faculty-engineering-awards-recipients-347724 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/civil/daniele-malomo">Prof. Daniele Malomo</a> - <a href="/engineering/faculty-staff/teaching-research-and-service-awards/teaching-awards"><em>Samuel and Ida Fromson Outstanding Teaching Award in Engineering</em></a> – for <a href="/study/2022-2023/courses/cive-207">CIVE 207 Solid Mechanics</a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">13 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 13 Apr 2023 12:21:37 +0000 webfull 188949 at /channels Les bouches d’égout, puissants émetteurs de GES (Manholes, a major source of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions) /channels/channels/news/les-bouches-degout-puissants-emetteurs-de-ges-manholes-major-source-greenhouse-gas-ghg-emissions-344294 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/environnement/2022-12-14/etude-de-l-universite-mcgill/les-bouches-d-egout-puissants-emetteurs-de-ges.php">https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/environnement/2022-12-14/etude-de-l-u...</a></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">14 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 14 Dec 2022 12:35:06 +0000 webfull 185337 at /channels Methane from manholes and historic landfills: significant sources of gas go unrecognized /channels/channels/news/methane-manholes-and-historic-landfills-significant-sources-gas-go-unrecognized-344254 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Cities are responsible for almost 1/5<sup>th</sup> of the global methane emissions caused by human activities. But most cities don’t capture information about the full range of sources of this powerful greenhouse gas. In 2020, a team led by ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University, measured methane emissions from various sources across the city of Montreal.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/manhole-web.jpg?itok=Cf7wv6TZ" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">13 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 13 Dec 2022 14:11:32 +0000 webfull 185292 at /channels ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ receives $4.8 million to advance climate change science and technology /channels/channels/news/mcgill-receives-48-million-advance-climate-change-science-and-technology-343822 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Three projects will fill knowledge gaps about the environmental and economic impacts of greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen Canada's capacity to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.</p> <p><a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-receives-4-8-million-to-advance-climate-change-science-and-technology/">https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-receives-4-8-million-to-advance-climate-change-science-and-technology/</a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 24 Nov 2022 12:24:13 +0000 webfull 184822 at /channels Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Jordaan for winning the Education LCA Leadership Award for 2022 from ACLCA! /channels/channels/news/congratulations-dr-sarah-jordaan-winning-education-lca-leadership-award-2022-aclca-343466 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>(read full announcement here:  <a href="https://aclca.org/awards/">American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) 2022 LCA Awards</a>)</p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 19:40:26 +0000 webfull 184432 at /channels New Job Opportunities: Faculty Positions in Transportation Engineering and Structural / Materials Engineering /channels/channels/news/new-job-opportunities-faculty-positions-transportation-engineering-and-structural-materials-343224 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/civil/about-us/job-opportunities/academic">/civil/about-us/job-opportunities/academic</a></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">2 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 02 Nov 2022 13:22:03 +0000 webfull 184094 at /channels New Faculty Members Fall 2022 /channels/channels/news/new-faculty-members-fall-2022-343076 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="/engineering/article/news/new-faculty-members-fall-2022">New Faculty Members Fall 2022 | Faculty of Engineering - ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 28 Oct 2022 11:50:12 +0000 webfull 183989 at /channels