Science

Kailee Tait, Tyson Bergen, and Owenn FlamingKailee Tait, Tyson Bergen, and Owenn Flaming, 10th graders at Leamington District Secondary School, won the Best Quality award at Canada’s 2022 National Crystal Growing Competition.

Local team clear winner in crystal competition

Growing a crystal is no simple task. But one high school team from Leamington grew a crystal so fine it won the Best Quality award at Canada’s 2022 National Crystal Growing Competition.

Students from Windsor and Essex County high schools worked with chemistry professor Nick Vukotic and Faculty of Science experiential learning specialist Michelle Bondy in preparation for the national competition.

Krishna Telapudi, Kameswara Peddada, and Kartik Peddinti with professor Pooya Moradian Zadeh during Computer Science Demo DayKrishna Telapudi, Kameswara Peddada, and Kartik Peddinti discuss their project Simplified SCO on Wheels” with professor Pooya Moradian Zadeh during Computer Science Demo Day.

Computer science students demonstrate projects

Keen computer science students lined up to pitch their latest programming endeavours to attendees at the 2022 Computer Science Demo Day, Dec. 8.

300 Ouellette Ave. held the event in-person for the first time since the pandemic started. The downtown building houses the Master of Applied Computing (MAC) program.

MAC student Kameswara Peddada was there with his fellow project members pitching their project “Simplified SCO on Wheels,” a product that allows you to check yourself out at a store using your cell phone.

Anumita Jain, Maydianne Andrade, and Lana YacoubUWindsor students Anumita Jain and Lana Yacoub flank University of Toronto ecology professor Maydianne Andrade at the 2022 Canadian Science Policy Conference.

Conference gives students insight into science policy

Two undergraduate science students got to network with the leaders in science policy at the Canadian Science Policy Conference last month.