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UWindsor engineering students Eric Pillon, Jake Blythe, and Zachary Azar helped the Hiram Walker distillery customize software to monitor its production lines.

A team of Windsor engineering students worked with industry partners to develop a more efficient method of producing custom wheelchair seats for children with special needs.

A manufacturing process developed with help from UWindsor engineering students can help children with special needs get a customized wheelchair faster.

The team, fourth-year engineering majors Luka Mlinarevic, Pavneet Sarao, Alea Mclellan, Jasmine Bull, and Saifaldin Abdelhamid under the direction of professor Colin Novak, has been working with the John McGivney Children’s Centre (JMCC) to speed up its production of specialized seats uniquely designed to meet the specific needs of each child.

The high-quality individualized seats are better suited to young clients than those procured off the shelf, explained team member Bull.

“These custom-moulded seats make a huge difference for these children by providing optimal alignment and support while improving their well-being,” she said.

The new process, presented during the Faculty of Engineering Design Demo Day on July 29, has the potential to reduce production time to three or four weeks rather than the current six to eight months. It will introduce innovative technologies with support from Harbour Technologies, Valiant TMS, and other local partners.

Auto parts manufacturer Magna International will hold a tech talk and recruitment event Thursday in the Centre for Engineering Innovation.

Representatives of Magna International, one of North America’s largest manufacturers of automotive parts, will be on the UWindsor campus Thursday, Aug. 4, to discuss careers with the company.

Presented by the student branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the event will offer insight from recent UWindsor grads now working for Magna: what technical skills are in demand, how to apply for a position, and how to kickstart your career in engineering.

Engineering PhD student Terence Dimatulac’s model of the impacts of electrifying transport trucks was honoured as best research paper at the Canadian Transportation Research Forum in Montreal last month.

Research to model the potential impacts of electrifying long-haul trucks in Ontario earned best paper honours for engineering PhD student Terence Dimatulac at the Canadian Transportation Research Forum in Montreal last month.

Co-authored with civil and environmental professors Hanna Maoh and Rupp Carriveau in civil engineering’s Traffic Lab at the Cross Border Institute, Dimatulac’s paper focused on developing an archetypal routing network of heavy commercial vehicles to determine ideal charging station locations while minimizing disruptions on electrical grid systems.

“Based on truck routes and stops, the end goal is to identify potential locations of charging infrastructures to start and sustain a large-scale deployment of electric trucks,” says Dimatulac. “This is a must for the massive battery packs that will be used to power big rigs.”