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  • Summer Internship strengthens passion for research

    Western Engineering News, December 07, 2022

    Lauren Douglas has always had a passion for research. So when she was presented with the option to enjoy a well-deserved break or work full-time for 16 weeks in an Undergraduate Summer Research Internship, she chose the latter.

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  • Royal Society of Canada celebrates Western scholars

    Western News, September 13, 2022

    Seven Western faculty members are being honoured as part of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) class of 2022. Kim Baines, Aaron Fenster, William Fisher and Adrian Owen were recently announced as RSC Fellows and Arghya Paul as Western’s newest member of the RSC’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists.

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  • Western researchers are developing a tool to detect wrist injuries sooner to prevent wrist arthritis

    Western Engineering News, August 05, 2022

    Western researchers, led by Emily Lalone with the aid of Western Engineering master’s student Max Campbell, are developing a tool to improve the detection of wrist injuries to prevent wrist arthritis.

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  • Four BME faculty members elected into Canadian Academy of Engineering

    Western Engineering News, June 17, 2022

    Four BME faculty members have been named among 54 new Fellows inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), effective June 13, 2022, includes: Sohrab Rohani, Kibret Mequanint, Hanif Ladak, and Ajay Ray.

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  • New Western innovation gels engineering with medicine

    Western News, May 20, 2022

    Western biomaterials expert Kibret Mequanint – in partnership with Malcolm Xing from the University of Manitoba – has developed the first-ever hydrophobic (water-hating) fluid, which displaces body fluids surrounding an injury allowing for near-instantaneous gelling, sealing and healing of injured tissue.

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  • Designing frugal medical devices among projects receiving Western strategic grants

    Western News, April 20, 2022

    With half the world having no access to essential health care, and some remote and low-resource areas littered with donated medical devices that no longer work, an interdisciplinary group at Western is devising smart solutions.

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  • Confronting the complexities of brain diseases

    Western News, March 31, 2022

    The brain is the most complex network of neurons and synapses, and brain diseases continue to puzzle and challenge scientists and researchers across the globe. Neurodegenerative conditions rank in the top 10 causes of death worldwide and are the number one cause of disability in Canada. The organ that makes us self-aware and intelligent also fails us at an alarming rate.

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  • Study aims to prevent deadly sport injury in young athletes

    Western News, January 12, 2022

    At an Arizona baseball diamond 10 years ago, a 13-year-old baseball player turned to bunt a ball that instead struck his chest. Taking two steps towards first base, he collapsed, and died from commotio cordis, the second leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes.

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