A post-doctoral research fellow is brushing up on his diplomatic skills now that he’s been named Canada’s young ambassador in his field.
Subba Rao Chaganti – known informally by his peers as “Rao” – has been named the country’s Young Ambassador for the American Society for Microbiology.
Developing more green roofs, erecting more shade structures, and increasing sewer infrastructure were among the variety of ideas a group of students presented yesterday to help Windsor adapt to climate change.
Jonathan Carson didn’t know much about microfluidics until he visited the University of Windsor.
“I really feel like I understand this a lot better now,” said the Grade 11 chemistry student at Riverside Secondary School.
Nesreen Elkord wants to make life a little simpler for young Arabs who are new to Canada.
“It’s really my passion to try to make the experiences of these kids easier than it was for me,” says Elkord, a PhD student in the Faculty of Education who studies under the tutelage of professor Shi Jing Xu. “I know I can’t do that all by myself, but I do feel that I have a duty to do this work.”
Katrina Krawec knows what it means to go the extra yard for the sake of her research.
A graduate student in the university’s kinesiology department, she’s studying the differences between two Canadian women’s tackle football leagues – one which requires its players to wear full uniforms, the other in which they play in bikinis.
Last year, she actually tried out for the Toronto Triumph, one of four Canadian teams in what until recently was known as the Lingerie Football League.
More than 100 people met yesterday in the industrial courtyard at the Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering to learn more about how local businesses can connect with university researchers to help make them more competitive.
“I’m really impressed with the depth of knowledge and the opportunity for potential partnerships,” said Kevin O’Connor, a software development manager at Vista Print, one of 34 local companies registered for the event.
Students interested in learning more about how they can help protect the local environment and the prospect of finding meaningful work in the field are asked to attend an information meeting Monday morning at the offices of the Ontario Public Interest Research Group .
Behind every great elite athlete, there’s a team of researchers taking the guess work out of all their training and preparation.
Angelo Fallone figures he could have spent about 10 times as much on new machinery to help lower costs at his local produce packaging plant, but working with a team of UWindsor engineering researchers provided a far superior solution.
The economic vitality of many communities in the United States and Canada is heavily dependent upon the ability to move goods freely and efficiently across the Canadian-US border—none more so than Windsor-Essex.
In recent years, delays in crossing the border have become a critical problem with tremendous economic and social costs, says Adel Sadek.
