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Next gen batteries powered by Western-industry teamup

Next gen batteries powered by Western-industry teamup

Western Engineering professor Andy Sun is ready to give his research – and the university – a charge with his latest partnership with a Beijing battery research company. The China Automotive Battery Research Institute Co. Ltd. will invest $3.35 million in creating the...

Young researchers get boost from provincial honour

Young researchers get boost from provincial honour

Five up-and-coming Western researchers will share in $700,000 in research funding, thanks to the Early Researcher Awards, all part of a larger $10-million provincial program supporting 77 researchers at 17 institutions across Ontario. “Ontario’s current and future...

Project looks to improve region’s water quality

Project looks to improve region’s water quality

A good rainfall often comes with a hefty tab. Consider the recent case of Montreal, where record rainfall last month caused extensive flooding, damaging infrastructure and affected more than 1,000 homes – 60 of which were deemed uninhabitable after inspection. The Red...

Entrepreneurs take root in desire for microgreens

Entrepreneurs take root in desire for microgreens

Microgreens – those tiny, leafy shoots and sprouts garnishing your restaurant dinner – pack a powerful punch. They’re wholesome – with 40 per cent more nutritional value than their ‘adult’ counterparts. They’re relatively easy to grow. But at the grocery store,...

Accelerator advances its inaugural cohort

Accelerator advances its inaugural cohort

It is full-speed ahead for four companies, and their young entrepreneurial leaders, thanks to their time in the Western Accelerator. Open to Western students, faculty and recent alumni, the Western Accelerator provides an intense, rapid and immersive education for...

Revenge of the big ‘bots at Western

Revenge of the big ‘bots at Western

More than 1,000 high school students, forming 35 teams, were on campus last weekend, with robots they built and programmed as part of the inaugural FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) – Western University District event, hosted by the Faculty of Engineering. The event...

Students nab innovation awards

Students nab innovation awards

Three Western students reflected their best work in developing a winning commercialization strategy for a mirror box used in lower-extremity therapy, earning them one of the top spots in the annual Proteus Innovation Competition. The competition – a partnership...

Engineering students flip for bottle craze

Engineering students flip for bottle craze

For some, the bottle flipping craze was a silly kid’s game. Aidan Sabourin saw it as an opportunity. In just a few short months, with three of his friends – Justin Lam, Danny Loo and Armin Gurdic – Sabourin created an app that attracted millions of downloads, becoming...

Western researchers get $3.3 million funding boost

Western researchers get $3.3 million funding boost

A Western researcher is giving tiny Atlantic salmon fry a fighting chance to make it to maturity in vast Lake Ontario, more than a century after over-fishing and habitat loss caused its disappearance from the lake. A team led by Bryan Neff, a professor in the...

CEO alumnus boasts a career of connectivity

CEO alumnus boasts a career of connectivity

Don’t try to keep up with Ysni Semsedini on his fast track. Born and raised in St. Thomas, Ont., he was president of his hometown’s chapter of the Canadian Red Cross at 19. During both of his master’s degree programs – the first in Electrical Engineering at Western,...

Next gen batteries powered by Western-industry teamup

Next gen batteries powered by Western-industry teamup

Western Engineering professor Andy Sun is ready to give his research – and the university – a charge with his latest partnership with a Beijing battery research company. The China Automotive Battery Research Institute Co. Ltd. will invest $3.35 million in creating the...

Young researchers get boost from provincial honour

Young researchers get boost from provincial honour

Five up-and-coming Western researchers will share in $700,000 in research funding, thanks to the Early Researcher Awards, all part of a larger $10-million provincial program supporting 77 researchers at 17 institutions across Ontario. “Ontario’s current and future...

Project looks to improve region’s water quality

Project looks to improve region’s water quality

A good rainfall often comes with a hefty tab. Consider the recent case of Montreal, where record rainfall last month caused extensive flooding, damaging infrastructure and affected more than 1,000 homes – 60 of which were deemed uninhabitable after inspection. The Red...

Entrepreneurs take root in desire for microgreens

Entrepreneurs take root in desire for microgreens

Microgreens – those tiny, leafy shoots and sprouts garnishing your restaurant dinner – pack a powerful punch. They’re wholesome – with 40 per cent more nutritional value than their ‘adult’ counterparts. They’re relatively easy to grow. But at the grocery store,...

Accelerator advances its inaugural cohort

Accelerator advances its inaugural cohort

It is full-speed ahead for four companies, and their young entrepreneurial leaders, thanks to their time in the Western Accelerator. Open to Western students, faculty and recent alumni, the Western Accelerator provides an intense, rapid and immersive education for...

Revenge of the big ‘bots at Western

Revenge of the big ‘bots at Western

More than 1,000 high school students, forming 35 teams, were on campus last weekend, with robots they built and programmed as part of the inaugural FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) – Western University District event, hosted by the Faculty of Engineering. The event...

Students nab innovation awards

Students nab innovation awards

Three Western students reflected their best work in developing a winning commercialization strategy for a mirror box used in lower-extremity therapy, earning them one of the top spots in the annual Proteus Innovation Competition. The competition – a partnership...

Engineering students flip for bottle craze

Engineering students flip for bottle craze

For some, the bottle flipping craze was a silly kid’s game. Aidan Sabourin saw it as an opportunity. In just a few short months, with three of his friends – Justin Lam, Danny Loo and Armin Gurdic – Sabourin created an app that attracted millions of downloads, becoming...

Western researchers get $3.3 million funding boost

Western researchers get $3.3 million funding boost

A Western researcher is giving tiny Atlantic salmon fry a fighting chance to make it to maturity in vast Lake Ontario, more than a century after over-fishing and habitat loss caused its disappearance from the lake. A team led by Bryan Neff, a professor in the...

CEO alumnus boasts a career of connectivity

CEO alumnus boasts a career of connectivity

Don’t try to keep up with Ysni Semsedini on his fast track. Born and raised in St. Thomas, Ont., he was president of his hometown’s chapter of the Canadian Red Cross at 19. During both of his master’s degree programs – the first in Electrical Engineering at Western,...