Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering

Members of the Lancer Motorsports team pose with their baja car capstone project.Members of the Lancer Motorsports team pose with their baja car capstone project.

Students to display latest engineering innovations

More than 300 University of Windsor students will display the latest engineering innovations Friday.

University of Windsor engineering professor Kemal Tepe is pictured in the Wireless Communication and Information Processing Lab.University of Windsor engineering professor Kemal Tepe is pictured in the Wireless Communication and Information Processing Lab.

UWindsor researchers highlight automotive advances

Positioned in the middle of Narayan Kar’s lab sits an electric motor from the Ford Motor Company: a machine that had been scrutinized by researchers and engineers for countless hours.

Yet, the University of Windsor engineering professor has set out to take that motor and make it even better.

“Our work will never end and this will always be an open-ended problem,” said Dr. Kar. “There will always be an opportunity to make them lighter, compact and more efficient.”

Narayan Kar, Brian Masse, Kirsty Duncan, K.W. Michael SiuUWindsor professor Narayan Kar, Windsor West MP Brian Masse, federal science minister Kirsty Duncan, and K.W. Michael Siu, UWindsor vice-president for research and innovation, meet up during the Parliament Pop-Up Research Park, May 17 in Ottawa.

Taking his show on the road: researcher on Parliament Hill to discuss electric cars

Engineering professor Narayan Kar discussed his research into electric vehicles with federal officials during the Parliament Pop-Up Research Park.

Hamed Kalami, Andre Khayat and Liza DiCeccoResearch conducted by mechanical engineering students Hamed Kalami, Andre Khayat and Liza DiCecco was highlighted at the12th International Federation of Automatic Control Workshop on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems on December 5 to 7 in Austin, Texas. Kalami and Khayat received the Young Researcher Award for their work on a 3D printable hand brace that can assist people with connective tissue disorders.

Mechanical engineering students receive international research award

Windsor engineering students won international recognition for design of a 3D printable hand brace to assist people with connective tissue disorders.