From combating climate change to creating sustainable
infrastructure, engineers play a key role in addressing the world’s most critical challenges.
Through its innovative programming, Brock University is preparing the next generation of engineering leaders to tackle these complex issues by reimagining the future through curiosity, creativity and courage.
The Yousef Haj-Ahmad Department of Engineering, which welcomed its first class of undergraduate students this past fall, takes a novel approach to training, with courses tailor-made to address emerging needs and challenges across several sectors.
Brock’s Integrated Engineering program blurs the lines between traditional engineering disciplines, helping the engineers of tomorrow lead in diverse fields such as big data, artificial intelligence, bioengineering, medical devices, sustainability and green engineering, robot automation, manufacturing, transportation and more.
Engineering students gain the skills necessary to be fully job-ready upon graduation.
“With a combination of classroom learning and hands-on-practical experience, we’re ensuring our students are fully job-ready upon graduation,” says Professor Shahryar Rahnamayan, Chair of the Yousef Haj-Ahmad Department of Engineering.
This is of particular importance, he says, as demand for engineers in Canada reaches new heights.
According to Engineers Canada, about 100,000 new engineers are needed to fill projected vacancies in the industry and new roles resulting from a growing economy.
Brock is committed to doing its part to successfully close the skills gap, while also supporting the training of engineers from diverse communities and addressing the longstanding gender disparity in the field.
“It is by bringing together creative thinkers and problem solvers from all backgrounds that we will find the solutions to the world’s most pressing problems,” Rahnamayan says. “That journey begins at Brock University.”
For more information, visit brocku.ca/engineering.
