The University of Prince Edward Island’s Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) will showcase the best in sustainable design engineering by its students at the annual Student Design Expo and Awards Ceremony on Friday, April 22, starting at 1 pm. Projects can be viewed through the afternoon with the awards ceremony and keynote speaker beginning at 3:30 pm.

Student projects will be presented in person. Each project is the result of collaboration between FSDE students and an industry or community partner. Students were tasked with designing and creating solutions to their partners’ unique challenges.  If you are unable to join us in person, there will be project videos available starting April 19 at upei.ca/designexpo2022.

In-person participants must practice physical distancing, and three-layer masks are required at all times. Any external guests will require a vax pass, and COVID screening questions will be posted at the entrance for people to read before entering the building. Please use the North Entrance of the Engineering building, facing the Bell Aliant Centre.

The keynote presentation and awards ceremony will also be available via Zoom on the Design Expo website.

Keynote Speaker: Randy Herrmann, P.Eng., FEC

Title: Traditional Indigenous Technology

Randy Herrmann, P.Eng., is the Director of the Engineering  Access Program (ENGAP) at the University of Manitoba. ENGAP is a support program designed to assist First Nation, Metis, and Inuit students seeking an engineering degree. After receiving his BSc in Geological Engineering and 10 years of working in industry, his desire to help make it easier for Indigenous students to pursue engineering led him to become Director of ENGAP in 1998. He is a Fellow of Engineers Canada, and a member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He is also a member of Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba and the Manitoba Metis community.