Geological Science and Engineering

Congratulations to Dr. Mark Diederichs, who was chosen by the Engineering Class of 2021 as the recipient of the Engineering and Applied Science First Year Instructor Teaching Award (Fall Term). The award is given each year to the instructors of first year Engineering and Applied Science courses who, in the opinion of the students, contributed most to creating a good teaching and learning environment in the classroom.

The award will be presented on Wednesday...

View the obituary in the Kingston Whig Standard

Shortly before 4:00pm on Friday, June 29th, Steven Vincent Rose passed peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and children.

Steve was a loving husband, father, son, brother, mentor, and friend to many throughout his life. Steve grew up as a frequent traveler, with his father’s work taking the Rose family through Belgium, France, South Africa, and England before Steve spent his Grade 13 studying (and playing semi-professional rugby) in Switzerland.

Steve attended Queen’s University for his Bachelors...

Dr. Guy Narbonne and two of his past graduate students, Calla Carbone, BSc’11, MSc’14, and Marc Laflamme, PhD'08, are referenced in the March Issue of National Geographic. The article titled, "When Life Got Complicated", looks at how life on Earth exploded from tiny, simple organisms, to large, complex creatures .

Dr. Narbonne and his work on trace fossils with Calla...

Dr. Ian Nichol, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, died on April 16, 2018, in the Kingston Health Sciences Center. Dr. Nichol received his BSc from Durham University in the U.K. and his MSc from Queen’s in 1958, studying the trace element geochemistry of sulphide...

Join us on Wednesday, April 18 for our first ever Ottawa based alumni reception! The Head of Department, Vicki Remenda will be there, as well as Maraika De Groot with the MEERL Professional Master's program. So stop in for some hors d'oeuvres, grab a drink, reconnect with other Geological Science and Geological Engineering graduates, and make some new acquaintances!