A Western engineering professor has developed a way to ease stresses on the electric power system, with a smart inverter that allows solar farms to be put to work even at night. Even better, the technology has been proven to improve the power system …
Four Western PhD candidates have been named among 166 nationwide recipients, across all three Tri-Council Agencies, of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
Others may have seen it as a disappointment; Alan Kalbfleisch saw it as the start of something bigger. “On our first day, we collected one banana peel,” said the Engineering masters student of a new student-run organic waste partnership. “It wasn’t great. But someone...
Western Engineering professor Luiz Fernando Capretz has been named one of 10 candidates shortlisted for this year’s Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Airbus Diversity Award. The award recognizes people and projects worldwide which have encouraged students of all...
The Western Formula Racing Team earned a sixth-place finish, out of 75 teams, in the Formula Student Germany Competition, held at the Hockenheimring race track last month. Western was ranked as the top team from Canada, and the second-best team from North America. The...
With the naming of Western scholars Kathryn Brush, John Leonard and Jesse Zhu, the university now boasts 55 Royal Society of Canada Fellows, starting with Microbiology and Biochemistry professor Robert Murray in 1958.
Western-bound students Kyra Moura and Dane Sisinni were officially named today as two of 50 recipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarships, who all head off to universities across Canada this fall to pursue undergraduate studies in science, technology, engineering or...
Mechanical and Material Engineering PhD student Tengyuan Zhang hopes his latest project will not only make classroom experiences more fun for students, but also instil in them the kind of scientific spark he found and continues to enjoy.
Western Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Hesham El Naggar recently received the Engineering Medal: Research and Development in recognition of his career and accomplishments. Presented by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OPSE) and...
Discovery Western recently celebrated 25 years of sharing the fun and interesting sides of science, engineering and...
Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Jin Jiang was recently awarded the 2015 Harold A. Smith Outstanding Contribution Award, presented by the Canadian Nuclear Association and Canadian Nuclear Society, for his contributions in instrumentation and control for...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIIPHNK8lNY A team of researchers from Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics (CSTAR) and Western Engineering recently won the Best Innovation Prize at the Surgical Robot Challenge held during the 2015 Hamlyn Symposium...
A team of Western and Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics (CSTAR) researchers have received the 2014 Best Paper Award of the Journal of Medical Devices, published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for their paper, A Dual-Arm 7-DOF...
Four Western PhD candidates have been named among 166 nationwide recipients, across all three Tri-Council Agencies, of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
Others may have seen it as a disappointment; Alan Kalbfleisch saw it as the start of something bigger. “On our first day, we collected one banana peel,” said the Engineering masters student of a new student-run organic waste partnership. “It wasn’t great. But someone...
Western Engineering professor Luiz Fernando Capretz has been named one of 10 candidates shortlisted for this year’s Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Airbus Diversity Award. The award recognizes people and projects worldwide which have encouraged students of all...
The Western Formula Racing Team earned a sixth-place finish, out of 75 teams, in the Formula Student Germany Competition, held at the Hockenheimring race track last month. Western was ranked as the top team from Canada, and the second-best team from North America. The...
With the naming of Western scholars Kathryn Brush, John Leonard and Jesse Zhu, the university now boasts 55 Royal Society of Canada Fellows, starting with Microbiology and Biochemistry professor Robert Murray in 1958.
Western-bound students Kyra Moura and Dane Sisinni were officially named today as two of 50 recipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarships, who all head off to universities across Canada this fall to pursue undergraduate studies in science, technology, engineering or...
Mechanical and Material Engineering PhD student Tengyuan Zhang hopes his latest project will not only make classroom experiences more fun for students, but also instil in them the kind of scientific spark he found and continues to enjoy.
Western Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Hesham El Naggar recently received the Engineering Medal: Research and Development in recognition of his career and accomplishments. Presented by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OPSE) and...
Discovery Western recently celebrated 25 years of sharing the fun and interesting sides of science, engineering and...
Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Jin Jiang was recently awarded the 2015 Harold A. Smith Outstanding Contribution Award, presented by the Canadian Nuclear Association and Canadian Nuclear Society, for his contributions in instrumentation and control for...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIIPHNK8lNY A team of researchers from Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics (CSTAR) and Western Engineering recently won the Best Innovation Prize at the Surgical Robot Challenge held during the 2015 Hamlyn Symposium...
A team of Western and Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics (CSTAR) researchers have received the 2014 Best Paper Award of the Journal of Medical Devices, published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for their paper, A Dual-Arm 7-DOF...