The Aero Design Team, is comprised of Undergraduate, and Graduate Students who are involved in creating an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to perform a Search and Rescue Operation. To reach our goal students must Design (research, model, analyze), Build (construct using hand tools, power tools, and various materials including composites) and Test an actual aircraft (take off, flight and landing). Since the aircraft will be autonomous, students must also design, create, and integrate all of the electronic systems (altimeters, gyros, compasses, accelerometers, GPS, thermal imaging, and visual recognition) with each other, as well as the aircraft once tested and completed. Once completed the aircraft should be able to take off, fly out to a designated search area, perform a search pattern, locate a human, drop off a safety package, return and land completely on its own.

Email: western.aerodesign@gmail.com

Western Engineering Concrete Canoe Association is a completely student run team that partakes each year in the Canadian National Concrete Canoe Competition. The project incorporates aspects from material science, hydrodynamics, engineering design and sport to meet the challenge of building and racing a concrete canoe!

Email: uwoconcretecanoe@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.eng.uwo.ca/cc/

The Western Engineering Toboggan Team (WETT) is an civil megaproject team comprised of 45 undergraduate students. Each year our team designs and builds a concrete toboggan in order to compete in the annual Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race(GNCTR). Each team must design and build a toboggan that weighs less than 300 pounds (136 kg), safely transport five passengers, have a working braking and steering system, and finally have a running surface made 100% of concrete. Our team's superstructure, braking and steering systems are typically made from common metals. The construction of these components involves the use of both hand and floor mounted power tools. WETT travels nationally each year to compete in this national conference using alternate modes of transportation depending on location.

Email: wett.captains@gmail.com
Website: http://www.wettct.com

The Formula SAE® competition is for SAE student members to conceive, design, fabricate, and compete with small formula-style racing cars. The restrictions on the car frame and engine are limited so that the knowledge, creativity, and imagination of the students are challenged. The cars are built with a team effort over a period of about one year and are taken to the annual competition for judging and comparison with approximately 120 other vehicles from colleges and universities throughout the world. The end result is a great experience for young engineers in a meaningful engineering project as well as the opportunity of working in a dedicated team effort. UWO Formula Racing is a team which consists of over 40 undergraduate students from across the university. Although the team is primarily engineers, students from across campus with an interest in racing, design, and business join our team. Each year the team designs, analyzes and builds a formula style racecar to compete in international competitions against teams from across the world.

Email: fsae.uwo@gmail.com
Website: http://www.eng.uwo.ca/sae/

Baja SAE consists of three regional competitions that simulate real-world engineering design projects and their related challenges. Engineering students are tasked to design and build an off-road vehicle that will survive the severe punishment of rough terrain and in the East competition—water. The object of the competition is to provide SAE student members with a challenging project that involves the planning and manufacturing tasks found when introducing a new product to the consumer industrial market. Teams compete against one another to have their design accepted for manufacture by a fictitious firm. Students must function as a team to design, build, test, promote, and race a vehicle within the limits of the rules, and also to generate financial support for their project and manage their educational priorities.

Email: minibajasae.uwo@gmail.com
Website: http://www.eng.uwo.ca/minibaja/

Through the examination of numerous research areas it has been determined that the next generation Sunstang will rethink the solar powered paradigm. As solar panels are much less expensive at a lower efficiency it is more cost effective to use more less efficient cells to produce energy. This idea will be employed as a residential solar charging station. The vehicle itself will integrate a removable battery system which will ensure a speedy charge time. One battery pack will always remain in the charging station while the other is being consumed by the vehicle. When the vehicle returns home, the battery systems will be swapped and the process can continue.

This system is intended as a bridging technology until a point where commercial battery stations are in place. Currently there is a large push towards the establishment of such systems where consumers will not own batteries but will simply pay a usage fee. This will significantly reduce the cost of ownership of electric vehicles.

Email: team@sunstang.ca
Website: http://www.eng.uwo.ca/sunstang/

WeBOTS is a robotics club focused on making learning about robotics accessible to all students regardless of their experience level. Each year new members are educated about the basics of designing and creating small robots. We have had internal competitions for members to demonstrate their creations. We also participate in external competition, the most significant of which has been the robot racing competition hosted by the University of Waterloo. We enter this competition annually and it is based on creating a small autonomous racecar. This is the largest of our robotics projects and is approximately the standard remote control care.

Email: webots@eng.uwo.ca
Website: http://www.eng.uwo.ca/webots/

Women in Engineering (WIE) was established to promote and support female enrolment in the engineering department at Western. Less than 20% of undergraduate engineering students are female, and even fewer women become licensed engineers. Our club organizes many events and activities throughout the year to help develop new friendships, network with professionals, and encourage young women to pursue engineering as a career. Every female engineering student is welcome to become a member and participate in events such as our big-sister, little sister orientation luncheon, skating trips, dessert outings, charity events, and outreach activities. Our big-sister, little sister program is the best way to meet experienced female engineering students who can help guide you through your first year and beyond. So come out and join in on the fun.

Email: wie.president@uwo.ca
Website: http://www.eng.uwo.ca/wie/

We all love physics, of course, but occasionally doing problems 24/7 can get tedious. Engineers Without Borders Western gives members a break from technical subjects while still developing them into successful individuals. We are also proud to boast a wildly balanced 50/50 girl/guy ratio. During weekly meetings we run interactive activities on everything from leadership skills to international development overseas, to painting posters or carving pumpkins for our next big event. We run various events, such as the infamous Pumpkin Drop (800lb pumpkin, a crane that can lift it 200 ft, and UC Hill. You figure it out).

EWB UWO aims for a shift in mindset from ERTW (Engineers Rule the World) to E4TW (Engineers For the World). We are the project leaders and technical specialists of tomorrow, and we have the opportunity to influence priorities of industry. Members can expect to learn about how our organization makes change in Africa while creating change here in Canada. We take pride in developing the strengths and strengthening the weaknesses of our members so they can do good work for us now, and be more successful professionals in the future. Keep your eyes peeled for posters and announcements of our first weekly meeting.

Email: uwo@ewb.ca
Website: http://www.uwo.ewb.ca/