UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering

03/02/2026

Celebrating National Engineering Month with our STEAM Powered Engineering Camp!

Join us on Saturday, March 14th from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM at the UPEI Engineering Building ( #30) for a FREE full-day camp designed for students in Grades 6–9 across PEI.

Participants will enjoy a full day of hands-on engineering challenges, teamwork activities, engineer talks, creative problem-solving, and exciting mystery activities.

Registration is first-come, first-served with limited spaces available. A confirmation email will be sent once your spot is secured. Scan the QR code or visit https://bit.ly/ENGN-CAMP26 to register.

11/17/2025

Calling all PEI high school students! The 2025 Engineering Competition is happening Nov 29 at UPEI. Join as a team or individual (pairing available) and tackle a hands-on engineering challenge.

Register here
https://bit.ly/2025FSDE-EC

11/04/2025

🌱 Turning local sawdust into a cleaner future!

Our researchers are developing sustainable way transforming local sawdust into sustainable activated carbon to clean contaminated water - because as FSDE Assistant Professor Dr. Yulin Hu says, “we make the water dirty, so we should clean it too.” 💧🌍

"As a Ph.D. student in Sustainable Design Engineering, my goal is to help build technologies that protect both our communities and the environment."
💬Milad Ja Lilian

Read more
https://lnkd.in/eidhVgv8

Researchers at UPEI are experimenting with using sawdust to clean wastewater, and they hope in the future they can use it to remove 'forever chemicals' — like PFAS.

05/14/2025

Introducing Class of 2025 🎓 Congratulations to all the Sustainable Design Engineering students and Business students who graduated today!

See the convocation live at https://www.youtube.com/user/UofPEI

04/15/2025

Congratulations to our incredible Engineering students for their outstanding achievements at the 2025 Harry W. MacLauchlan Entrepreneurship Program:

🌟 Tomiwa Adebowale
🌟 Richard Hetherington
🌟 Noor Abdelhamid
🌟 Jimmy Hulton
🌟 Brian MacDonald
🌟 Japhet Machipisa
🌟 Avneet Kaur

Our Engineering innovators secured an impressive $15,000 out of the total $68,000 awarded!

🏆 Kudos to Oluwatobi Oriade of TAKSI for delivering an amazing pitch at the Panther Pitch event!

We’re so proud of your creativity, determination, and entrepreneurial spirit.

Swipe right to see their highlights ➡️

03/25/2025

FSDE students achieve major victories at the national 2025 Canadian Engineering Competition, building on their regional success. Congratulations to our representatives!

Read more about their journey
https://www.upei.ca/communications/news/2025/03/upei-faculty-sustainable-design-engineering-students-achieve-success

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UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) students competed at the Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC) 2025 held at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 16. The students achieved notable success at the national competition with their first-ever awards in two categories...

03/07/2025

Did you know that March is National Engineering Month? Here at the FSDE we have some awesome events lined up to celebrate for our students.

Now it's your turn–get ready for fun, challenges, and hands-on activities! Register today!
https://bit.ly/engn-camp25

Learn more about National Engineering Month https://engineerscanada.ca/news-and-events/national-engineering-month


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03/04/2025

Join us live! The FSDE Student Awards Ceremony is tonight, Tuesday March 4, at 6pm. Check back in to celebrate our students and award donors!

11/07/2024

It's that time of the year again, are you ready for the Engineering Competition? Calling for all High School students on PEI to team up or register as an individual here https://bit.ly/UPEI-EC24 .

08/22/2024

Congratulations Lilly!

The UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) congratulates Lilly O'Rielly for winning the prestigious C.D. Howe Scholarship Endowment Fund National Engineering Scholarship.

06/25/2024

Congratulations to all the Sustainable Design Engineering students who graduated from UPEI's Cairo campus, including Fatma Nagi who was named Top Achiever.

The University of Prince Edward Island held its Convocation ceremony on June 9 at its campus in New Cairo, Egypt.