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Industrial engineering students strive to improve healthcare services

Apr 21st, 2016

A team of UWindsor student engineers has devised a plan that can improve the efficiency of hospital porter services and enhance front-line care.

A team of third-year industrial engineers proposed a hardwired kiosk and swipe card system as a solution to inefficiency problems facing a hospital in Toronto as part of the inaugural Industrial Engineering Case Competition (IECC) held March 26, 2016 at Ryerson University. Ryley Urban, Brande Norman, Deepaul Chunilall and Ted Thompson led UWindsor to a second place finish out of nine Ontario university teams, missing first place by a sliver — the team was one point shy of the winning team’s 86-point finish.

Engineering students cleared for takeoff in international competition

Apr 19th, 2016

In designing its entry for the SAE Aero Design competition, a team of Windsor Engineering students concluded that optimal efficiency is not the goal.

The eight students, all mechanical engineering students pursuing the aerospace option, have created a model plane to pit against more than 70 rivals from universities as far afield as Poland, India and Egypt, in the competition, April 22 to 24 in Van Nuys, California. Each team has design a radio-controlled aircraft that must lift the largest payload and will be judged on its flight ability, an oral presentation, and a written report.

Agreement to promote collaboration on lightweight technologies

Apr 12th, 2016

A new agreement between the University of Windsor, University of Waterloo and Germany’s national centre for transportation research has the potential to save lives and money, says engineering professor Bill Altenhof. He organized the International Crashworthiness Symposium, held Monday in the Centre for Engineering Innovation, which culminated in the Cooperation Agreement on Novel Lightweight Technologies for Improved Crash Safety.

Circuit design competition gives students hands on experience

Apr 11th, 2016

Engineers fix problems — even when they’re still in school.

Joshua Jaekel, a second year electrical engineering student, was speaking with front-line staff from Windsor Regional Hospital when he realized they had a problem he could solve.

Competition teaches high schoolers to think like engineers

Apr 1st, 2016

A typical day on the job for an engineer often requires using limited resources to find quick and creative solutions to pressing challenges.

More than 60 local high school students got a feel for the demands of engineering when they were tasked with designing and building a wheeled vehicle in less than a day during the Windsor Engineering Student Society’s High School Design Competition on March 29.

Symposium to set stage for international collaboration

Mar 31st, 2016

Automotive engineers from around the world will come to UWindsor next month for the International Crashworthiness Symposium to discuss the design of lighter-weight vehicles and cutting-edge innovations to improve fuel efficiency and vehicle safety. The symposium also sets the stage for UWindsor to sign the Cooperation Agreement on Novel Lightweight Technologies for Improved Crash Safety, along with the University of Waterloo and the German Aerospace Centre.

Engineering students respond to climate change

Mar 29th, 2016

UWindsor engineering students are bracing for a wetter future created by climate change by examining and improving the design of local water systems.

More than 100 Civil and Environmental Engineering students gathered in the Centre for Engineering Innovation on March 22, 2016 — United Nation’s World Water Day — to present ideas that combat growing levels of precipitation scientists say is a result of climate change.

UWindsor engineers receive $112k for underwater energy storage research

Mar 23rd, 2016

UWindsor researchers have played a critical role in developing Canada’s first underwater compressed air energy storage and conversion system and now, with the help of a federal grant, they hope to further improve the system’s design and efficiency.

UWindsor Engineering expands its expertise

Mar 16th, 2016

The Faculty of Engineering is expanding its expertise in fields that will help improve intelligent border crossing transportation systems, create lightweight products for the automotive and aerospace sectors and revolutionize manufacturing, healthcare and the energy industry with autonomous systems.

These areas are some of the research 11 new faculty positions will bring to engineering over the next three years. The new positions are part of the University of Windsor's recent decision to add up to 50 new faculty positions across the university.

Wastewater strategy leads UWindsor team to fourth-place finish in North American competition

Mar 8th, 2016

Most people don’t think twice about what happens to wastewater once it leaves their home.

“People tend to ignore the fact that the water we have on this planet is all that we have—we don’t get any new water,” said Rajesh Seth, a University of Windsor environmental engineering professor. “Every town or city—small or big—generates wastewater, so finding better ways of dealing with wastewater is very important.”