Second-year engineering student Masa Damdoum holding her Sonepar Women's Scholarship award with Jen Sagat, marketing specialist at ElectroZad. (Courtesy Masa Damdoum)
By Lindsay Charlton
At just 16, Masa Damdoum started university. Now a second-year electrical engineering student, she has been awarded a national scholarship recognizing women in technical fields.
Damdoum was named one of two recipients of the 2025/2026 Sonepar Women’s Scholarship for her excellence in the electrical field.
— Published on Oct 14th, 2025
Chris Greig runs down Riverside Drive during the 2024 Detroit Free Press International Half-Marathon (photo: care of Chris Greig, Detroit Free Press Marathon)
By Kate Hargreaves
Over 20,000 runners will hit the streets Oct. 19 for the Detroit Free Press Marathon and Half-Marathon.
Among them will be around 2,600 Canadians, including University of Windsor faculty and staff.
“I really enjoy the racecourse,” says Chris Greig, associate professor in the Faculty of Education.
“Detroit is a well-organized race, and the atmosphere is wonderful on race day.”
— Published on Oct 14th, 2025
Raed Kadri, BASc (2009), leads the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) at the Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI).
By Sara Elliot
University of Windsor engineering alumnus Raed Kadri says he is a “die-hard Windsor advocate” who lives and breathes the city of Windsor.
“I see the potential here. I think the city needs all of us,” says Kadri.
— Published on Sep 22nd, 2025
University of Windsor rocketry team members Daniel Accettola, Mathew Estrela, Ian Powell, Gianluca Romanzin and Nick Pinkney at Launch Canada 2025 in Timmins, Ont. (Courtesy Mark Gryn)
By Lindsay Charlton
Go for launch.
In Timmins, Ont., the University of Windsor Rocketry team, along with student teams from across the country, designed, built and launched high-power rockets in the 2025 Launch Canada competition last month.
The national aerospace engineering challenge tested teams’ innovation, accuracy, teamwork and strength under real-world conditions as they launched their designs.
— Published on Sep 10th, 2025
Fulbright specialist Dr. Chris Kelley, a professor from Florida Polytechnic University (left), in the mechatronics lab at the University of Windsor with Dean of Engineering Dr. Bill Van Heyst and professor Dr. Jalal Ahamed. (KYLE ARCHIBALD/The University of Windsor)
By Lindsay Charlton
As UWindsor prepares to launch its new mechatronics program, a Fulbright Specialist’s visit is helping faculty explore innovative teaching approaches and hands-on learning opportunities.
Chris Kelley, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Florida Polytechnic University, spent two weeks at the University through the prestigious Fulbright Specialist Program.
— Published on Aug 26th, 2025
UWindsor’s Engineering Summer Camp campers, counsellors, and student volunteers pose for a photo in the atrium of the Centre for Engineering Innovation at the University of Windsor on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (ANGELA KHARBOUTLI/The University of Windsor)
By Lindsay Charlton
The countdown began.
Ten, nine, eight…
Mr. Incredible, strapped into his vessel, launched from the third floor of the Centre for Engineering Innovation and raced down a zipline, landing in a tower carefully engineered for his safety.
Tasked with creating a popsicle stick tower to catch action figures zipping down from the third floor, campers from UWindsor’s Engineering Summer Camp gathered in the atrium Friday to put their designs to the test.
— Published on Aug 20th, 2025
Saba Ikhlaq accepting the John Vardon Memorial Transportation Scholarship for excellence in a master’s-level transportation program at the 2025 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Canada annual conference in Halifax, N.S. (Courtesy Saba Ikhlaq)
By Lindsay Charlton
When Saba Ikhlaq heard the University of Windsor recognized not once, but twice at a national conference this summer, she felt a deep sense of pride.
The graduate student pursuing her master of applied science in engineering travelled to Halifax, N.S., this summer for the 2025 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Canada conference. The national gathering of transportation professionals awarded her the prestigious John Vardon Memorial Transportation Scholarship for excellence in a master’s-level transportation program.
— Published on Aug 8th, 2025
The WEtech Alliance team standing outside of their new space at Windsor Hall at the University of Windsor’s downtown campus. (Courtesy WEtech Alliance)
Downtown Windsor is gaining momentum as a hub for tech, entrepreneurship, and community collaboration.
That energy just got a boost with WEtech Alliance’s move into Windsor Hall — further embedding the organization in the heart of the city’s innovation corridor.
As of Aug. 1, WEtech Alliance has joined the University of Windsor’s downtown footprint, relocating to the second floor of Windsor Hall.
— Published on Aug 8th, 2025
Second-year engineering student, Jade Demers, and Calvin Love, engineering systems developer/integrator, are pictured working in the newly opened IDEA Lab at the University of Windsor. (MIKE WILKINS/The University of Windsor)
By Lindsay Charlton
About five years ago, a group of electrical engineering students set out to bring their circuit designs and classroom theory to life by creating a space where students could see their ideas take shape. That vision has now been fully realized with the opening of a new student-led innovation space, aptly called the IDEA Lab.
— Published on Jul 28th, 2025
Abimbola Grace Oyeyi, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering who was recognized at the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Conference (CSCE), pictured at the E.D. Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation in Windsor, Ont. on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LINDSAY CHARLTON/The University of Windsor)
By Lindsay Charlton
A UWindsor professor’s work on an insulated pavement design, aimed at reducing potholes and road deterioration generally by tackling the effects of freeze-thaw cycles, has earned national recognition.
Abimbola Grace Oyeyi, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, along with her research team, was recognized at the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Conference (CSCE) with the Stephen G. Revay Award for their paper exploring the use of lightweight cellular concrete (LCC) in pavement design.
— Published on Jul 10th, 2025
Second-year engineering student Masa Damdoum holding her Sonepar Women's Scholarship award with Jen Sagat, marketing specialist at ElectroZad. (Courtesy Masa Damdoum)
