Western Engineering doctoral students earn Vanier scholarship  
Five University of Western Ontario students have been selected as Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship winners - Canada's most prestigious scholarship for doctoral students - including Lindsay Mathew (Biomedical Engineering, CIHR) and Federico Berruti (Chemical Engineering, NSERC).
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Three Western Engineering faculty members inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering
What do a leader, a power systems specialist, and a nuclear power plant expert all have in common? They are among forty-eight new Fellows inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering.
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Christian Lassonde Scholarship awarded  
Jiemi Gao, a second-year Chemical Engineering student received the 2009 Christian Lassonde Scholarship, valued at $10,000.
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Journal editorship returns to Western  
Engineering professor Mike Bartlett has been appointed co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering for a five-year term. The founding editor of the publication, which published its first issue in 1974, was Western’s Alan Davenport, best known for groundbreaking work in wind engineering. A special journal issue will be published in Davenport’s honour, likely in 2011. Bartlett has been associate editor of the journal since 2004.

Iron ring for ‘the girl with the cool dog’  
Staring at the iron ring on her pinkie finger, Jennifer Francis sees much more than a piece of metal – it symbolizes a journey of struggle and triumph.
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Western's Formula Racing Teams places 5th at California Race  
Watch videos, view pictures, and read a blog from Western's Formula Racing Team regarding their big win in California.
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Equipment donation enhances wireless research at Western
A long-standing supporter of Canadian university research, Rohde & Schwarz Canada recently donated equipment valued at approximately $61,000 to Western Engineering’s Laboratory of Emerging Communication Systems. This donation will support Electrical Engineering professor Xianbin Wang’s research on cognitive and adaptive communication techniques for healthcare and multimedia applications.
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Teeny, tiny fibres a giant breakthrough  
Imagine a day when your spinal cord, heart valve or a tendon can regenerate itself after an injury or disease. Scientists, led by University of Western Ontario biochemical engineer Wankei Wan, are one step closer to making that a reality by using our own tissues to heal wounds.
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WIF helps commercialization of research  
Jesse Zhu, Particle Technology Research Centre / Chemical & Biochemical Engineering and his co-applicant/collaborator George Nakhla, Chemical & Biochemical/Civil & Environmental Engineering have been recognized with a Western Innovation Fund award to help bring their work out of the lab and closer to commercialization.
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World-renowned Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology looks to call London home  
The world-renowned Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology is looking to land in London, with The University of Western Ontario signing a memorandum of understanding that would see the development of a joint project - the International Composites Research Centre (ICRC).
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Civil engineering professor talks flood control and risk management with China Radio International  
Professor Slobodan Simonovic from Western’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering spoke with Nigel Ballard in Beijing about flood control and risk management to help better manage water resources in China, and around the world.
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Is your home tornado-proof?  
Everybody talks about tornadoes, but nobody does anything about protection. Civil engineering professor Gregory Kopp believes we can save homes from the destruction of a tornado with low-cost add-ons such as wind-resistant nails, which are shaped like screws, or hurricane straps, thin pieces of metal that hold the roof in place.
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