Meet the students and alumni behind the 2022 MakerLaunch cohort companies. From design courses to cross-faculty collaborations, their stories are different but their goals are similar. Each team wanted to reach the next step in their entrepreneurial journey and succeeded.
Meet the students and alumni behind the 2022 MakerLaunch cohort companies. From design courses to cross-faculty collaborations, their stories are different but their goals are similar. Each team wanted to reach the next step in their entrepreneurial journey and succeeded.
November 21, 2022
Centre for Entrepreneurship and Engineering Design
Four Faculty of Engineering students are one step closer to seeing their business idea come to life. After winning the 2022 Entrepreneurial Idea Competition, they are going home with funds to invest in their start-up dreams.
Four Faculty of Engineering students are one step closer to seeing their business idea come to life. After winning the 2022 Entrepreneurial Idea Competition, they are going home with funds to invest in their start-up dreams.
The uOttaKnow podcast is back for a fifth season! Hosted by Gwen Madiba (MA ’12; BSocSc ’08), uOttaKnow puts uOttawa alumni and researchers in the guest seat to talk about today’s most important topics. The theme of season five? Curiosity. Our first episode of the season is with Harley Finkelstein (LLB ’09, MBA ’09) and Lindsay Taub (MEd ’10). While we encourage you to listen to the full conversa...
The uOttaKnow podcast is back for a fifth season! Hosted by Gwen Madiba (MA ’12; BSocSc ’08), uOttaKnow puts uOttawa alumni and researchers in the guest seat to talk about today’s most important topics. The theme of season five? Curiosity. Our first episode of the season is with Harley Finkelstein (...
Charles Blouin (BASc 2013, MASc 2016) and Dominic Robillard (BASc 2011), who cofounded Tyto Robotics, have won the Outaouais’ regional innovation prize from Quebec’s order of professional engineers. The Ordres des ingénieurs du Québec awards this prize to Quebec companies that innovate and contribute to improving quality of life.
Charles Blouin (BASc 2013, MASc 2016) and Dominic Robillard (BASc 2011), who cofounded Tyto Robotics, have won the Outaouais’ regional innovation prize from Quebec’s order of professional engineers. The Ordres des ingénieurs du Québec awards this prize to Quebec companies that innovate and contribut...
As the world emerges from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many are asking how Canada can use its recovery as a catalyst to build a more resilient, green, and equitable economy.
As the world emerges from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many are asking how Canada can use its recovery as a catalyst to build a more resilient, green, and equitable economy.
January 11, 2022
Centre for Entrepreneurship and Engineering Design
It may have taken Humam Shwaikh an extra year to complete his double bachelor’s in mechanical engineering and computing technology, but without that added time, he says, he might not have discovered his new passion for entrepreneurship and wouldn’t now have multiple startups under his belt.
It may have taken Humam Shwaikh an extra year to complete his double bachelor’s in mechanical engineering and computing technology, but without that added time, he says, he might not have discovered his new passion for entrepreneurship and wouldn’t now have multiple startups under his belt.
Before coming to study at the University of Ottawa, Drew was looking for a university with strong teaching that would offer him memorable experiences outside the classroom. You could say that he got what he was looking for!
Before coming to study at the University of Ottawa, Drew was looking for a university with strong teaching that would offer him memorable experiences outside the classroom. You could say that he got what he was looking for!
June 16, 2020
Centre for Entrepreneurship and Engineering Design