Dec 4th, 2014
A demonstration of security technologies Monday at the provincial legislature will help to establish the UWindsor research reputation in the field.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Students Shahab Tran, George Kyrtsakas and Sheldon Tracey show off their fourth-year capstone design project: a wireless monitoring system for solar panels.
Jul 31st, 2014
Fourth-year students of electrical and computer engineering presented their capstone projects Monday in the Centre for Engineering Innovation.
Shanawaz Ali Mohammad and Ken Bishop stand with the laser-based custom measuring machine they are exhibiting at the annual conference of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association.
Jun 5th, 2014
Ken Bishop and his crew at Landau Gage had a great idea for an innovative new quality control product for the auto industry, but knew they needed help making it a reality.
Thanks to a graduate student in engineering and a federal government program that pairs up bright young researchers with potential employers, Bishop’s company has a new prototype they can show off, and a new employee to boot.
Professional Engineers Ontario honoured professor emeritus Phil Alexander as its Windsor Essex Engineer of the Year at a luncheon Friday.
Xiaomin Lu works on one of her experiments on her recent trip to India.
Jan 24th, 2014
Coming to Windsor might have been the best move ever for a young Chinese engineering graduate student who’s trying to improve the performance of hybrid electric vehicles.
“It’s been really good for me,” said Xiaomin Lu, a PhD student who will soon return to Windsor after a productive six-week trip to India to conduct more research. “If I had stayed in China, I never would have had the opportunity to experience so much.”
From left Mike Muzyka, Jim Caylor, Matthew Clairmont and Patrick Pakula stand behind the emergency vehicle detection system they designed for their fourth-year capstone project.
Aug 12th, 2013
A group of fourth-year engineering students designed a system to warn distracted drivers when an emergency vehicle is approaching.
Fourth-year electrical and computer engineering students Mohammad Rahman, Paramvir Singh Nagpal, Qing Tang and Brendan Rhyno show off the indoor positioning system they have developed to aid wayfinding in large buildings.
Aug 8th, 2013
A capstone project to develop an indoor positioning system is one of 14 that students in electrical and computer engineering will present Friday.
Volunteer Fedela Falker tests the RFID shopping cart while students Pat Marquez and Kyle Duff gauge her progress.
Aug 1st, 2013
A group of UWindsor students have leveraged radio-frequency identification technology to design a shopping cart that helps shoppers shop.
Hybrid-electric vehicle researcher Narayan Kar makes a point during his lecture Friday at a workshop on electric vehicle technology.
Jun 24th, 2013
A tremendous amount of research is still required to make electric vehicles an economically viable option for most consumers, but that presents a rare opportunity for investors looking to establish themselves in the sector, according to an engineer who specializes in hybrid-electric powertrains.
Electrical engineering professor Narayan Kar poses with the Toyota Prius hybrid electric vehicle he will display during a public event June 8.
Jun 6th, 2013
Electrical engineering professor Narayan Kar will be showing off the latest acquisition from his research lab at an event this Saturday.