A tornado cut a 270-kilometre path through Kentucky in mid-December 2021, killing 80 people, many in their homes or workplaces, and rendering thousands homeless. The incident prompted David Prevatt, a professor of structural engineering at the University o …
Engineering
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 celebrates excellence in teaching
Eleven professors are receiving Western’s highest honours for inspiring active and deep learning in their students.
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
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,...
Fellowship may unlock polymer research potential
Elizabeth Gillies’ development of degradable plastic polymers could soon benefit everything from fertilizer used by farmers to cancer drugs administered by physicians.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 celebrates excellence in teaching
Eleven professors are receiving Western’s highest honours for inspiring active and deep learning in their students.
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
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,...
Fellowship may unlock polymer research potential
Elizabeth Gillies’ development of degradable plastic polymers could soon benefit everything from fertilizer used by farmers to cancer drugs administered by physicians.