Civil and Environmental Engineering

Zaynab Al-Yassiri holds a copy of her book Lunch Box WisdomFirst-time children’s author Zaynab Al-Yassiri holds a copy of her new book, Lunch Box Wisdom.

Grad pens back-to-school book

Zaynab Al-Yassiri placed kindness at the centre of her self-published debut book, Lunch Box Wisdom.

Cay-Yen Ang, Jordan Goddard, and Fabianna PalaciosEnvironmental engineering students Cay-Yen Ang, Jordan Goddard, and Fabianna Palacios will face 23 schools from the United States, Mexico, and Costa Rica in the Water Environment Federation’s Student Design Competition on Oct. 17.

Environmental engineering students to compete on international stage

Cay-Yen Ang, Jordan Goddard, and Fabianna Palacios will represent Canada in the Water Environment Federation’s Student Design Competition.
Mike McKay in lab at Great Lakes Institute for Environmental ResearchMike McKay, executive director of UWindsor’s Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, has received another $540,000 in funding for his research program that uses samples from wastewater treatment plants as an early warning system for COVID-19 outbreaks. The funding is part of a $12 million investment by the province to support and expand the network of researchers analyzing wastewater across Ontario.

Provincial funding boosts research tracking COVID-19 through sewage

A UWindsor research team received $540,000 to test samples from wastewater treatment plants as an early warning system for COVID-19.