Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN) mandate
- To catalyze cutting-edge engineering research, and produce evidence-based solutions to the Grand Challenges facing the world's most vulnerable populations. To date, we have undertaken research projects which tackle food insecurity, water access, sanitation, energy poverty, safe housing, education, and community capacity-building both in low-income countries and in indigenous communities here in Canada
- To train the next generation of engineers to adapt to growing trends in globalization and to become effective global citizens
Sensing, Data & Analytics for Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDA-for-SDGs)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for bold, data driven, and interdisciplinary approaches to address these issues, yet major gaps remain.
