News & Events

On September 29, 1962, Canada's first satellite Alouette-1 was launched. On its 50th anniversary, September 29, 2012, Space Concordia's satellite ConSat-1 won stunning First Place in Canadian Satellite Design Competition (CSDC). Once launched into orbit, it will mark a historical event for Quebec: it will be the first CubeSat from the province, and the third from Canada. Please read extensive coverage in the media:

Montreal The Gazette: Concordia students win competition on satellite design, October 2, 2012

The Ottawa Citizen: Next generation of satellite-builders tests mettle and metal in Space Agency contest, September 28, 2012

SPACE.com: Student-designed satellite to map earth's radiation belts, October 2, 2012

Commendation in the House of Commons, Canada, September 28, 2012

La Presse: Des étudiants enverront un satellite en orbite, le 2 octobre 2012

Le Journal de Montreal: Concordia: Un satellite bientôt en orbit, 1 octobre 2012

Concordia Now: Concordia satellite ready for take-off, October 2, 2012

• Engineering Games 2013 Machine Team Presentation, 2013-01-14
• Satellite Contest Video, 2012-10-05
• 1st place for Scribble, 2012-10-05
• Congratulations to Space Concordia, 2012-10-03
• Concordia could be the first Quebec university to launch a satellite into orbit, 2012-10-03
• Firefighter Challenge - Dana De Pierre represents ECE, 2012-10-01
• COEN/ELEC 390 winners (Fall 2010, Winter 2011), 2011-05-27
• Final Student Application Paper Accepted, 2010-08-30
• Best Paper Award - Dr. A. Ghrayeb and Mr. Xiang Nian Zeng, 2010-08-30
• Best Paper Award - Dr. Sheldon Williamson and Ms. Zahra Amjadi, 2010-08-30
• Mr. Lavaei awarded NAGS Master's Thesis Award, 2010-02-05
• Dr. Sebak elevated to IEEE Fellow, 2009-11-23
• Dr. Tahar interviewed by OIQ, 2009-11-16
• Dr. Jahinuzzaman wins Best Paper Award, 2009-10-27
• Capstone Project led by Dr. Soleymani wins 1st place at IEEE TELUS Innovation Awards, 2009-10-07
• Dr. M.N.S. Swamy awarded Honorary Professorship, 2009-09-15
• Dr. Williamson designing boat for Atlantic Ocean Race, 2009-08-26
• Congratulations to Dr. Zhang who has been promoted to Full Professor, 2009-07-30
• ECE graduate Vivian Lim, BEng (Comp. Engr.) 07, started online company, 2009-07-30
• Doing Good for Others - Ussa Seang, BEng (Comp. Engr.) 03, 2009-07-28
• Best Paper Award goes to Dr. W. Hamouda and H. Abou Saleh, 2009-07-14
• Dr. Ahmad, Dr. Ramachandran and Dr. Swamy inducted to the Provost's Circle of Distinction, 2009-06-11
• Dr. S. Fattah wins Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Prize 2009, 2009-06-11
• Congratulations to Dr. Ghrayeb on $1M Funding Award!, 2009-05-27
• NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate scholarship goes to M. A. Qasaimeh, 2009-05-25
• Articles in Le Devoir and Concordia Journal about Dr. Tahar and his Research Group, 2009-05-06
• Capstone and 390 presentations a success, 2009-05-04
• Best Student Paper Award goes to A.Zbeeb, V.Devabhaktuni, A.Sebak and L.K.Maheshwari, 2009-03-23
• Dr. Robert Paknys was interviewed on 6 PM CBC-TV News Report, 2009-03-09
• Kim Adams and the Pips helped raising $183,503 for Centraide, 2009-02-02
• Dr. Pillay presented a speech at the Faculty Showcase, 2009-02-02
• Interview with Dr. Sheldon Williamson, The Gazette, 2009-01-26
• Dr. Osman Hasan ranked top of ENCS, 2008-10-24
• Dr. Pragasen Pillay awarded the Order of Mapungubwe, Silver, 2008-10-24
• Best Student Paper Award goes to Dr. Zhu, Dr. Ahmad and C. Shahnaz, 2008-10-16
• Best Paper Award goes to Dr. Zhu, Dr. Swamy and F. Wan, 2008-10-16
• Research Awards go to Dr. Aghdam and Dr. Ahmad, 2008-06-05
• ECE Capstone Award Event, 2008-05-15
• Third Best Prize goes to Ms. Svetlana Spitsina, 2008-01-18
• Second Best Prize awarded to Ramin Banan Sadeghian, 2007-11-16
• Best Paper Award to Dr. Sheldon Williamson, 2007-11-16
• COEN 691M / 498M - Model Driven Software Engineering, 2007-04-16
• Dr. Sofiene Tahar wins a 2007 University Research Award, 2007-01-17