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  • Alumna creates groundbreaking medical device to control blood loss

    April 06, 2021

    Western Engineering alumna Asha Parekh (BESc’07, MESc’11, PhD’15) never planned on co-founding medical device company Front Line Medical Technologies, but she was willing to take the risk of transitioning to entrepreneurship and hasn’t looked back since.

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  • Western Engineering researcher and alumnus earn Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

    April 05, 2021

    Western Engineering alumnus Michael D’Andrea, P.Eng, BESc’84, MESc’86, and CEE Professor Moncef Nehdi have each earned 2021 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards.

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  • An early warning system: Testing wastewater for COVID-19

    April 01, 2021

    Western Engineering assistant professor Chris DeGroot leads a study collecting wastewater samples from a number of strategic locations in London, Ont. and analyzed at Western’s ImPaKT Facility.

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  • Five Western students receive Hydro One Women in Engineering Scholarships

    March 22, 2021

    Of the 11 Hydro One Women in Engineering Scholarships given annually to university students across Ontario, five were awarded to Western Engineering students this year.

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  • Western engineer explores 3D printing in space

    March 18, 2021

    Western Engineering professor Jun Yang's current project – a mix of space flight and medical applications research – is about perfecting artificial intelligence-enhanced methods for 3D printing in outer space.

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  • Bridgit COO challenges the status quo

    March 08, 2021

    Western Engineering alumna, COO and Co-founder of Bridgit, Lauren Lake, BESc'13, served as the distinguished guest speaker at Western Engineering’s 30th Annual Lynda Shaw Memorial Lecture on March 4, 2021.

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  • Online voting is here, but are we ready? Western research shows not even close

    March 04, 2021

    Over the past five years, software engineering professor Aleksander Essex and his team investigated Ontario’s online voting practices and procedures and found numerous issues and irregularities.

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  • Students take on challenge to ‘Change the World’

    March 03, 2021

    Nineteen Western students, 15 of which were engineering, recently participated in a global, experiential learning program where they developed solutions for real-world sustainability problems.

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  • Engineering student and alumnus win top two places at Mayo Clinic competition

    March 03, 2021

    Biomedical engineering PhD candidate Mahsa Bataghva Shahbaz and Western medical innovation fellow Michael Lavdas, BESc’18 and MESc’20, recently received the top two places at Mayo Clinic Innovation Sprint. competition.

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  • Alumni start-up aims for perfect fit, fewer returns

    February 24, 2021

    Software Engineering alum Arpit Bhanot, BESc’20, and his business partner Shawn Miller, BA’20, have launched a company called SizeWize to help customers and retailers find the right clothing fit for different bodies and styles.

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  • Dynamic career path leads alumnus to city development

    February 24, 2021

    Development Engineering Manager for the City of Kelowna, BC, James Kay, BESc/HBA ’01, is a lifelong learner and a firm believer in the idea that there is always room for improvement. Read our latest alumni Q&A with Kay.

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  • ‘Perseverance’ pays off for Western Space alumnus

    February 17, 2021

    Western alumnus Raymond Francis serves as an engineer on NASA’s science operations team for the Perseverance rover, which is set to land in Jezero crater on Mars.

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  • Students place among top three at 2021 Ontario Engineering Competition

    February 11, 2021

    Multiple teams comprised of Western Engineering undergraduate students recently competed at the 42nd annual Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC) in its first ever online competition.

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  • New international study extends ‘lifetime’ of materials used in cars and nuclear reactors

    February 02, 2021

    Western materials engineer Hamid Abdolvand and his collaborators discovered important factors into the deformation of metals used in automobiles and nuclear reactors, and developed new models to predict the lifetimes of these materials.

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  • Engineering Process Success: Renix founder shares her entrepreneurial journey

    January 28, 2021

    Renix President Christine Haas, BESc’93, shares her experience as an entrepreneur, provides some advice for the next generation of leaders in engineering and entrepreneurism, and looks ahead at next steps for Renix.

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  • Engineering fellowships created for Indigenous and Black doctoral students

    January 18, 2021

    Western is among six Ontario universities that have together created new fellowships for Indigenous and Black students pursuing doctoral degrees in engineering.

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  • Combined forces help combat the pain and disability of arthritis

    January 14, 2021

    Professor Joy MacDermid's research, done through Western’s Bone and Joint Institute in collaboration with engineering professors Louis Ferreira and Emily Lalone, has received recognition from the Arthritis Society as one of its Top 10 Research Advances of 2020.

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  • Northern Tornadoes Project verifies 77 tornadoes in Canada for 2020

    January 13, 2021

    Western’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) conducted 409 investigations in 2020, verifying 77 tornadoes across Canada and increasing the verified count by a remarkable 166 per cent using advanced methods.

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  • Scholarships launched in memory of Iranian students

    January 07, 2021

    Western has established the Flight 752 Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Engineering and Science, funded in part by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, in memory of the four Western students whose lives were cut short in the downing of Ukraine International Flight PS752.

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  • Jiang appointed to Order of Ontario

    January 04, 2021

    Effective January 1, 2021, Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Dr. Jing Jiang was appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest honour.

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