Engineering

award winners and Cherie GagnonAccessibility manager Cherie Gagnon (right) congratulates winners in the Innovative Designs for enhancing Accessibility (IDeA) student competition.

Ideas to enhance accessibility earn recognition for students

Positive change can start with a simple idea.

Students took their ideas to solve accessibility-related barriers and competed in the 2023 Innovative Designs for enhancing Accessibility (IDeA) student competition, in February. The winners were formally awarded at UWindsor’s Accessibility Awareness Day Events on March 28.

Kenneth NgBiochemistry professor Kenneth Ng is a member of a multidisciplinary group of UWindsor researchers partnering in an effort to enhance Canada’s preparedness for future pandemics.

University of Windsor partners in pandemic peparedness research hub

The University of Windsor is a major partner in a new federal research hub set to enhance Canada’s preparedness for future pandemics.
group in classroomPeter Frise, right, welcomes new students in the Master of Engineering program to the University of Windsor.

Orientation session welcomes Master of Engineering students

Faculty, staff, and students welcomed more than 650 Master of Engineering (MEng) students at the 2023 Winter Orientation on Wednesday, Jan 4.

The session included a movie and sports event highlights with popcorn, a light lunch, the presentations themselves, and campus tours.

“It was exciting and fun to see so many enthusiastic new students attend the in-person orientation,” says Dr. Peter Frise, associate dean for professional programs. “The event filled all three of the big lecture theatres in the CEI and was a great success.”

playing cardsA euchre tournament and bingo games are features of a fundraiser Jan. 27 for the UWindsor Concrete Canoe Team.

Games night to support concrete canoe competitors

A euchre tournament and bingo games are features of a fundraiser Jan. 27  for the UWindsor Concrete Canoe Team.

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truck, train, airplane, shipA mini-conference Friday, Jan. 20, will bring together international experts to discuss the potential for a carbon-free transport corridor from Montreal to Chicago.

Conference to consider carbon-free transport

A mini-conference Friday, Jan. 20, will discuss the potential to create a carbon-free transport corridor from Montreal to Chicago.
Prarthana Pillai, Bala Balasingam, Francesco Biondi, Noor JajoResearch out of the faculties of engineering and human kinetics aims to better understand the potential for driver distraction in autonomous vehicles. Leading the project are research assistant Prarthana Pillai, engineering professor Bala Balasingam, kinesiology professor Francesco Biondi, and research assistant Noor Jajo.

Researchers focus on driver distraction in automated vehicles

Researchers in engineering and human kinetics aim to better understand the potential for driver distraction in autonomous vehicles.
Hoda ElMaraghy invested with the Order of Canada by Mary SimonUWindsor engineering professor Hoda ElMaraghy is invested with the Order of Canada by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon during a Dec. 14 ceremony. Photo by Sgt Mathieu St-Amour, Rideau Hall © OSGG, 2022.

Professor invested in Order of Canada

UWindsor engineering professor Hoda ElMaraghy was invested with the Order of Canada by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon during a Dec. 14 ceremony.