2026

Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race comes to London
January 29, 2026
The Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR), one of Canada’s most iconic student engineering competitions, is returning to London this winter, led in large part by Western Engineering alumni who once raced down the hill themselves.
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Western wins Canadian Space Agency contract to develop imaging instrument for lunar rover
By Jeff Renaud, Western News, January 27, 2026
Electrical and computer engineering professor Jayshri Sabarinathan and collaborators in Earth sciences, engineering, Western's Institute for Earth and Space Exploration and the Royal Ontario Museum were awarded a contract from the Canadian Space Agency to advance a made-in-Canada imaging instrument for potential use aboard the Canadian lunar utility rover.
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Dillon Consulting Limited named Western Engineering Co-op Employer of the Year
January 22, 2026
For more than 20 years, Dillon Consulting Limited (Dillon) has played a pivotal role in shaping the next generation of civil engineers at Western Engineering.
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Yang Zhao receives 2026 CSChE Bao and Zhu Innovation Award
January 19, 2026
Western Engineering professor Yang Zhao has been named the 2026 CSChE Bao and Zhu Innovation Award recipient, recognizing his distinguished contributions to chemical engineering research in Canada.
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Western Engineering hosts national conference on leadership in engineering
January 13, 2026
From January 7 to 11 2026, Western Engineering proudly welcomed 200 undergraduate engineering students from 44 engineering institutions across Canada for the Canadian Federation of Engineering Students’ Canadian Engineering Leadership Conference.
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How rethinking prosthetics helps amputees walk with comfort
By Western Communications, The Impact Project, January 09, 2026
Part scientist, part entrepreneur, Western Engineering's Sydney Robinson is on a mission to transform lives for amputees worldwide.
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