Western Engineering Headlines
Five WEC teams move on to the Ontario Engineering Competition
Engineering News | January 25, 2012
The Western Engineering Competition was held at The University of
Western Ontario Jan. 13-15. The top teams in five categories will
attend the Ontario
Engineering Competition held Feb. 3-5 at the University of
Toronto. See the list of winners and photos from the event.
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Research led by Sun and Zhou receives CFI funding boost
Engineering News| January 24, 2012
Two projects led by Western Engineering researchers Xueliang
(Andy)
Sun and Wenxing Zhou were among five at The University of
Western Ontario and Lawson Health Research Institute to receive
$1.2 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).
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El Naggar elected fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada
Engineering News | January 6, 2012
Hesham El Naggar, Western Engineering’s professor and associate dean
- research and graduate studies, has been elected a fellow of
The
Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC). He will be awarded the
honour on June 7 at the Shaw Centre in Edmonton during the Canadian
Society for Civil Engineering/EIC awards gala to celebrate the 125th
anniversary of both organizations.
OGS award helps Farrokhnejad explore new research frontiers
Purple Flash | December 12, 2011
PhD student and Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
recipient, Mehdi Farrokhnejad is attracting a lot of attention.
His research was recently ranked as one of the top seven
brilliant ideas that could help the auto industry in the AUTO21
national TestDRIVE competition. He was also featured on the
cover of Canadian Die Caster magazine for exploring new
frontiers in magnesium die-casting.
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