El Naggar elected fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada
Engineering News | January 6, 2012
Hesham El Naggar, Western Engineering’s professor and associate dean
- research and graduate studies, has been elected a fellow of
The
Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC). He will be awarded the
honour on June 7 at the Shaw Centre in Edmonton during the Canadian
Society for Civil Engineering/EIC awards gala to celebrate the 125th
anniversary of both organizations.
OGS award helps Farrokhnejad explore new research frontiers
Purple Flash | December 12, 2011
PhD student and Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
recipient, Mehdi Farrokhnejad is attracting a lot of attention.
His research was recently ranked as one of the top seven
brilliant ideas that could help the auto industry in the AUTO21
national TestDRIVE competition. He was also featured on the
cover of Canadian Die Caster magazine for exploring new
frontiers in magnesium die-casting.
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Women In Engineering support White Ribbon Campaign and National Day of Remembrance
Engineering News | December 6, 2011
Women In Engineering (WIE) placed a memorial wreath in
remembrance of the 14 female victims at Ecole Polytechnique on
the memorial plaque in the front garden of Spencer Engineering
Building on Dec. 6. WIE also handed out white ribbons for the
White Ribbon Campaign, a public education effort working to end
violence against women.
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Engineering supports Western Cares Food Drive
Engineering News | December 1, 2011
WE FIRST robots helped launch the 2011 Business Cares Food Drive
held in London Hall on Thursday, Dec. 1. Donations of
non-perishable food items, baby formula or diapers can be dropped
off at three locations in the Faculty of Engineering until Dec.
12: lobby of the Spencer Engineering Building (SEB), lobby of the
Thompson Engineering Building and beside Tim Horton's in SEB.
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Primak publishes book – Wireless Multi-Antenna Channels: Modeling and Simulation
Engineering News | November 30, 2011
Western Engineering is pleased to acknowledge the publication of
the latest book, “Wireless Multi-Antenna Channels: Modeling and
Simulation” by Serguei Primak, Associate Professor and Acting
Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The book is
co-authored with Professor Valeri Kontorovich, CINVESTAV, Mexico.
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