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Amir Khajepour, a À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ mechanical and mechatronics engineering professor and the Canada Research Chair in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems, received a prestigiousÌýEngineering MedalÌýÌý– Research and Development from the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers at its awards’ gala. The event wasÌýheld in TorontoÌýon November 23.

Making sure people are safe at a railway crossing involves considering everything from the condition of the road and railway, to accident history and speed of the traffic and trains.

Reducing weight and fuel consumption while ensuring safety in mid-size cars is one of three initiatives led by University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ researchers that received major government funding today.
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The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced that the Automotive Partnership Canada program will provide $4.9 million in support of three projects being driven by Kaan Inal, Michael Worswick and Kyle Daun, all À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ mechanical and mechatronics professors who are part of WatCAR, the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s Centre for Automotive Research.Ìý

The winners of this year's À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering awards were honoured at the annual Faculty of Engineering dinner held on October 10.

The Faculty’s Teaching Excellence Award recognizes outstanding teaching and commitment to the enrichment of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering education. This year’s deserving recipients are David Brush of civil and environmental engineering, Keith Hipel of systems design engineering, and David Wang of electrical and computer engineering.

Samir Elhedhli is the winner of the 2013 Canadian Operations Research Society (CORS) Service Award, which recognizes members of the society who have made outstanding contributions of time and service to it. The À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Management Sciences ProfessorÌýwas President of the society for the 2011-2012 year. He also served as a CORS CouncillorÌýfrom 2007 to 2009, the Education Chair from 2007 to 2010 andÌýas the Program Chair for the 2012 Joint CORS/MOPGP Conference held in Niagara Falls.

John McPhee, a systems design engineering professor, andÌýWillem Petersen, a systems design engineering postdoc, captured one of two bestÌýpaper awards at the recentÌýASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) International Conference on Advanced Vehicle Technologies held in Portland Oregon.

For the second consecutive year, the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ has been ranked among the top 50 universities for academic achievement in the category of engineering/ technology and computer science according to the .

The Globe and Mail recently published a special report titled, "Engineering in Canada, Sky's the limit", highlighting advancements in engineering education, research, outreach initiatives, and sectors experiencing growth and recruiting challenges. Ìý

In March, the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ hosted theÌý3 Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) - a university-wide competition providing graduate students the opportunity to share their research with a non-specialist audience in three minutes with one static slide. Cash prizes were at stake, and the potential to advance and participate in the provincial finals held at Queen’s University.