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Engineering
Engineering project opens eyes to patient communication
Thanks to a group of Western students, a significant healthcare deficiency could soon be solved – all with a blink of an eye.
Campus Digest: Electronic thesis project takes top honours
Western’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) has won the 2012-13 Ontario University Registrars’ Association (OURA) Innovation Award for its electronic thesis project.
Shaw lecture explores soap, students and stem cells
Kimberly Woodhouse, dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen’s University, will deliver Western’s 22nd annual Lynda Shaw Memorial Distinguished Lecture Series at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14 in Spencer Engineering Building, Room 3109.
Western joins Hydro One’s engineering partnership
Western recently announced a new partnership with Hydro One, Ryerson University, University of Ontario Institute of Technology and University of Waterloo to increase enrolment and career opportunities for female students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Campus Digest: Briens named Lignoworks scientific diretor
Western Chemical Engineering professor Cedric Briens has been named scientific director of Lignoworks, an Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) research network that strives to provide alternatives to fossil fuel feedstocks by creating technology platforms for lignin-based chemicals and materials.
Simonovic honoured for hydrologic engineering work
Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Slobodan Simonovic, director of engineering studies with Western’s Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, has been selected by the Environmental Water Resources Institute to receive the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2013 Ven Te Chow Award for his achievements in the field of hydrologic engineering.
Charpentier, Robinson earn Strategic Project Grants
Western researchers Paul Charpentier and Clare Robinson have been named among 83 scientific teams at universities across the country receiving Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Strategic Project Grants.
Engineers notch first toboggan triumph
The year is definitely off to a good start for the Western Engineering Toboggan Team.
Western, London Hydro team up on Watts Lab
Harnessing solar power from the moon sounds like, well, an over-the-moon sort of likelihood. But for Rajiv Varma, work begins when the sun sets.
Engineering to unveil concrete toboggan
The Western Engineering Toboggan Team will unveil its entry for the 2013 Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 in the Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion (CMLP) Atrium.
UWOFA scholarships announced
The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) awarded 36 scholarships to students from 11 Western faculties. The awards, funded by the UWOFA membership, were handed out at an event on Wednesday, Dec. 5 in the Great Hall, Somerville House.
Western News names Newsmakers 2012
We’ve got ‘Next’ In December, six Western students from three faculties were selected as part of 'The Next 36' – a search for Canada’s most promising and innovative undergraduates. Pictured are, from left, Lauren Hasegawa (Faculty of Engineering); Owen Ou, Ali Jiwani...
Engineering project opens eyes to patient communication
Thanks to a group of Western students, a significant healthcare deficiency could soon be solved – all with a blink of an eye.
Campus Digest: Electronic thesis project takes top honours
Western’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) has won the 2012-13 Ontario University Registrars’ Association (OURA) Innovation Award for its electronic thesis project.
Shaw lecture explores soap, students and stem cells
Kimberly Woodhouse, dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen’s University, will deliver Western’s 22nd annual Lynda Shaw Memorial Distinguished Lecture Series at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14 in Spencer Engineering Building, Room 3109.
Western joins Hydro One’s engineering partnership
Western recently announced a new partnership with Hydro One, Ryerson University, University of Ontario Institute of Technology and University of Waterloo to increase enrolment and career opportunities for female students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Campus Digest: Briens named Lignoworks scientific diretor
Western Chemical Engineering professor Cedric Briens has been named scientific director of Lignoworks, an Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) research network that strives to provide alternatives to fossil fuel feedstocks by creating technology platforms for lignin-based chemicals and materials.
Simonovic honoured for hydrologic engineering work
Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Slobodan Simonovic, director of engineering studies with Western’s Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, has been selected by the Environmental Water Resources Institute to receive the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2013 Ven Te Chow Award for his achievements in the field of hydrologic engineering.
Charpentier, Robinson earn Strategic Project Grants
Western researchers Paul Charpentier and Clare Robinson have been named among 83 scientific teams at universities across the country receiving Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Strategic Project Grants.
Engineers notch first toboggan triumph
The year is definitely off to a good start for the Western Engineering Toboggan Team.
Western, London Hydro team up on Watts Lab
Harnessing solar power from the moon sounds like, well, an over-the-moon sort of likelihood. But for Rajiv Varma, work begins when the sun sets.
Engineering to unveil concrete toboggan
The Western Engineering Toboggan Team will unveil its entry for the 2013 Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 in the Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion (CMLP) Atrium.
UWOFA scholarships announced
The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) awarded 36 scholarships to students from 11 Western faculties. The awards, funded by the UWOFA membership, were handed out at an event on Wednesday, Dec. 5 in the Great Hall, Somerville House.
Western News names Newsmakers 2012
We’ve got ‘Next’ In December, six Western students from three faculties were selected as part of 'The Next 36' – a search for Canada’s most promising and innovative undergraduates. Pictured are, from left, Lauren Hasegawa (Faculty of Engineering); Owen Ou, Ali Jiwani...