As an undergraduate studying engineering in Windsor, Phil Alexander (BASc 1963, MASc 1964) was struck by the appropriateness of the University’s motto to his chosen profession.
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Mar 24th, 2014
Proper urban planning can save money while saving the earth’s scarce resources, says Rafal Marynowski. A master’s student of civil engineering, he looked at ways that Windsor can save on expensive upgrades to its stormwater sewers in a project for professor Tirupati Bolisetti’s course on water resources management.
Feb 3rd, 2014
ming to Windsor might have been the best move ever for a young Chinese engineering graduate student who’s trying to improve the performance of hybrid electric vehicles.
“It’s been really good for me,” said Xiaomin Lu, a PhD student who will soon return to Windsor after a productive six-week trip to India to conduct more research. “If I had stayed in China, I never would have had the opportunity to experience so much.”
Feb 3rd, 2014
If you find emergency room wait times getting shorter, the professional to thank may not be in medicine, but in engineering.
A group of industrial engineering students from the University of Windsor learned their optimization skills apply as much to the hospital as to the factory during a case competition at the Institute of Industrial Engineers national conference in Toronto, January 23 to 26.
Nov 28th, 2013
Industrial and manufacturing systems engineering students Omar Wasfy, Jordyn McDonald and Usama Saeed make final adjustments to their model T. rex, Wednesday in the Centre for Engineering Innovation.
Nov 25th, 2013
From left, students Kassem Bazzi, Matthew Vong and Tyler Doyle prepare to launch their trebuchet on Friday.
Engineering students were busy launching rubber balls through the industrial courtyard at the Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation on Friday. The students were taking part in an assignment for their course in dynamics, which required them to construct a trebuchet – similar to a catapult that uses counterweights to launch its projectile – out of nothing more than wood, string and pop cans.
Nov 4th, 2013
Dr. Francine Schlosser (Odette School of Business) and Dr. Zbigniew Pasek (Faculty of Engineering) are team-teaching a joint 2nd year business and engineering course, teaching students from both disciplines the fundamentals of entrepreneurship.
Nov 4th, 2013
Dr. Francine Schlosser (Odette School of Business) and Dr. Zbigniew Pasek (Faculty of Engineering) are team-teaching a joint 2nd year business and engineering course, teaching students from both disciplines the fundamentals of entrepreneurship.
Aug 22nd, 2013
Engineering professor Jill Urbanic (centre) accepts congratulations from Bill Bishop of the Sandford Fleming Foundation and Windsor engineering dean Mehrdad Saif on receiving the Wighton Fellowship on Friday.
Dec 13th, 2012
Curtis Watson and Dean Rice took first place in the Municipal Engineers Association's bridge building competition