Rawan Al-Soodani
Civil Engineering Student at Toronto Metropolitan University
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Last Updated : December 20, 2025
About Me
I am a first-year civil engineering student at TMU with a strong interest in urban infrastructure, public transportation, and sustainability. I actively seek hands-on and design-based experiences beyond lectures through engineering competitions, research projects, and independent exploration. I am eager to work in a professional setting and contribute to building and designing safe, durable, and sustainable infrastructure while continuing to develop my skills as a future structural engineer.
Projects
My projects are a combination of classwork, independent work, and competition reports.
My personal design notebook is a series of independent engineering exploration. I found myself particularly interested in public infrastructure and systems. My excerpts capture real-world problems that I witnessed and propose viable solutions based on my knowledge and research. I enjoyed making this series as I used it as a problem-solving tool for the world around me.
As a participant in the Metropolitan Engineering Competition 2025 at TMU, me and my partner developed a conceptual design and a final technical report for a hypothetical medical device. The inspiration for our idea came from the daily hardships faced by Type 1 diabetes patients and it was aimed to support more effective condition management . After an intense full-day design session, we successfully discussed user needs, researched some existing technologies, and refined our concept into a cohesive written proposal. This device integrates continuous blood glucose monitoring with an automated insulin delivery system to respond to real-time physiological data. This project was an interactive introduction to the full engineering design process, from identifying the problem and researching to design iterations and technical writing.
As part of my Introduction to Engineering Design Process course, me and my team reverse engineered walking canes by first analyzing their design, functionality, and materials. Then we discussed the limitations found in existing designs and explored ways of improving the device. The main focus of this project was to improve navigation, support, and mobility for elderly individuals.