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Johnson appointed Graham King Research Chair at Schulich
Engineering News | January 25, 2012
Jim Johnson, director of Biomedical Engineering and professor in
Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has been appointed the
Graham King Research Chair in the Schulich School of Medicine &
Dentistry for a five-year term.
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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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Here comes the sun: Novel solar technology helps track sun’s movement
Engineering News | January 18, 2012
Solar farms are sprouting up across the country at an
exponential pace and this push for harvesting greener energy has
prompted a Western Engineering researcher to figure out a way
capitalize on daylight hours. Kamran Siddiqui, associate professor
in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, along
with his graduate student Hassan Hassan, has developed a smart
solar tracker and a load compensator for solar collectors.
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