A multidisciplinary team at Western has received $400,000 from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop educational programming that aims to excite youth about space exploration and inspire them to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and …
Engineering
PhD candidate taking the pressure off glaucoma diagnosis
Glaucoma represents the second-leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world’s aging population, with 400,000 Canadians and 67 million people worldwide suffering from the condition. The standard glaucoma diagnosis is based on an individual having increasingly...
USC recognizes four with highest teaching honour
For many students, these four people stand at the head of the class.
Eight Western projects fueled by consortium
The Southern Ontario Smart Computing Innovation Platform (SOSCIP) has provided Western researchers with access to much-needed infrastructure, including the high-performance IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputers and cloud computing and agile computing platforms that are unlike any others in Canada.
Professor charges toward better battery life
While you may see a Chevrolet Volt here, or a Nissan Leaf there, the future of the electric car has a way to go when it comes to safety, cost and, especially, performance. However, Engineering professor Andy Sun may have an answer to that final challenge.
Varma receives Pride of India, Jewel of India
Western Engineering professor Rajiv Varma has been awarded two of his country’s highest honours – the Bharat Gaurav (Pride of India) and Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) awards.
‘Nightmare’ may be a dream for future surgeons
Ali Tavallaei lives ‘an engineer’s worst nightmare’ every single day at Western. And he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Bringing learning to the community
The American presidential elections. Music. Wind engineering. Black holes. These are only a few of the subjects covered since Ivey Business School professor Darren Meister delivered the first session of Classes Without Quizzes in October 2007.
Bringing discovery to the community
Discovery Western is the kind of camp mad scientists might have gone to as children.
Dion brings mental health message to Western
Patrick Dion, vice-chair Mental Health Commission of Canada, will deliver a free lecture about tackling the stigma of mental health issues, as well as courageously standing up against associated discrimination, at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in the Great Hall. Complimentary pizza and refreshments will precede the lecture at 5 p.m.; a question-and-answer session follows the lecture.
Services set for Engineering student
The Western community is mourning the death of Taylor Ogram, 20, an Engineering student, who died Wednesday, Feb. 19.
Mustangs rally for teammate as #ONETEAM
Over the holidays, Natalie Connell, a Western Engineering student and varsity rower, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Upon hearing the news, her teammates were shocked, and sprung to action, wanting to help.
PhD student earns out-of-this-world NASA honour
The first time Raymond Francis sat in his Western lab and sent instructions to a robot on the surface of Mars, he had a flashback to being 5 years old and looking at his first book about space and planets. His childhood self could never have imagined one day receiving an award from NASA.
PhD candidate taking the pressure off glaucoma diagnosis
Glaucoma represents the second-leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world’s aging population, with 400,000 Canadians and 67 million people worldwide suffering from the condition. The standard glaucoma diagnosis is based on an individual having increasingly...
USC recognizes four with highest teaching honour
For many students, these four people stand at the head of the class.
Eight Western projects fueled by consortium
The Southern Ontario Smart Computing Innovation Platform (SOSCIP) has provided Western researchers with access to much-needed infrastructure, including the high-performance IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputers and cloud computing and agile computing platforms that are unlike any others in Canada.
Professor charges toward better battery life
While you may see a Chevrolet Volt here, or a Nissan Leaf there, the future of the electric car has a way to go when it comes to safety, cost and, especially, performance. However, Engineering professor Andy Sun may have an answer to that final challenge.
Varma receives Pride of India, Jewel of India
Western Engineering professor Rajiv Varma has been awarded two of his country’s highest honours – the Bharat Gaurav (Pride of India) and Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) awards.
‘Nightmare’ may be a dream for future surgeons
Ali Tavallaei lives ‘an engineer’s worst nightmare’ every single day at Western. And he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Bringing learning to the community
The American presidential elections. Music. Wind engineering. Black holes. These are only a few of the subjects covered since Ivey Business School professor Darren Meister delivered the first session of Classes Without Quizzes in October 2007.
Bringing discovery to the community
Discovery Western is the kind of camp mad scientists might have gone to as children.
Dion brings mental health message to Western
Patrick Dion, vice-chair Mental Health Commission of Canada, will deliver a free lecture about tackling the stigma of mental health issues, as well as courageously standing up against associated discrimination, at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in the Great Hall. Complimentary pizza and refreshments will precede the lecture at 5 p.m.; a question-and-answer session follows the lecture.
Services set for Engineering student
The Western community is mourning the death of Taylor Ogram, 20, an Engineering student, who died Wednesday, Feb. 19.
Mustangs rally for teammate as #ONETEAM
Over the holidays, Natalie Connell, a Western Engineering student and varsity rower, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Upon hearing the news, her teammates were shocked, and sprung to action, wanting to help.
PhD student earns out-of-this-world NASA honour
The first time Raymond Francis sat in his Western lab and sent instructions to a robot on the surface of Mars, he had a flashback to being 5 years old and looking at his first book about space and planets. His childhood self could never have imagined one day receiving an award from NASA.