Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering

University of Windsor mechanical engineering students pose with the rocket they entered in The Spaceport America Cup. The team placed fifth in the 30,000 commercial off the shelf motor, solid propulsion category.University of Windsor mechanical engineering students pose with the rocket they entered in The Spaceport America Cup. The team placed fifth in the 30,000 commercial off the shelf motor, solid propulsion category.

Rocketry students reach new heights in international competition

A team of mechanical engineering students placed fifth in the world's largest intercollegiate rocket engineering competition.

The Spaceport America Cup attracted 121 teams worldwide to compete June 18 to 22, 2019 in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

University of Windsor Rocketry Team member Katarina Berg says the competition has multiple categories based on motor type and either a target altitude of 10,000 or 30,000 feet.

Atilla Saadat holds an avionics bayAerospace student Atilla Saadat holds an avionics bay, which will log the altitude of a rocket he is building with a team of UWindsor students.

Aerospace engineering student aiming high

Atilla Saadat, a UWindsor student studying aerospace engineering, is one of four province-wide to receive an Ontario Aerospace Council scholarship.

Waguih ElMaraghy, Kate FuUWindsor engineering professor Waguih ElMaraghy accepts congratulations from Kate Fu, vice-chair of the ASME Design Theory and Methodology Committee, for his 30 years of activity with the group.

Design theory group recognizes UWindsor prof as founder

Engineering professor Waguih ElMaraghy was honoured as a founding member of the Design Theory and Methodology Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at its conference last week in Quebec City.

Dr. ElMaraghy, a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering, also received a pin recognizing his 30 years of involvement with the group.