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Western researchers are developing a tool to detect wrist injuries sooner to prevent wrist arthritis
Western Engineering News | August 4, 2022

Emily Lalone, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, and her team are developing a new tool to improve x-ray imaging of the wrist - the Technique for Effective Assessment in Radiographs of the Scapholunate Ligament (TEAR-SLL).

Big step forward in researching knee pain
Western Engineering News | July 8, 2022

Professor Ryan Willing part of $2.3M grant testing sensors to prevent repeat knee replacements.

Karen Henry earns award for outstanding achievement
Western Engineering News | May 20, 2022

Karen Henry, Administrative Officer, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, is the 2021 recipient of the Sharon A. Ling Award of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement by a Staff Member.

Western Engineering unveils the Dr. John S. Sheasby Corrosion & Wear Laboratory, with microscopic metallurgy advancements
Western Engineering News | May 10, 2022

Western Engineering unveiled the Dr. John S. Sheasby Corrosion and Wear Laboratory in the Spencer Engineering Building on April 20 in honour of the late Professor John Seymour Sheasby who served the department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Western from 1966 to 2005.

Western engineering professor and nuclear materials expert weighs in on Zaporizhzhia siege
Western News | March 5, 2022

Professor Hamid Abdolvand, whose research focuses on the deformation and failure mechanisms of nuclear materials, provides his perspective on the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia.

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