Spots went quickly for the University of Windsor’s first-ever Go CODE Girl workshop for girls in Grades 7-11.
A packed room of 40 participants learned the basics of Python, a computer programming language, Feb. 24 at a free workshop hosted by the university’s Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science.
“In Canada, we have a huge void and gap, not only in gender but also in skilled programmers,” says Dr. Ziad Kobti, professor and head of UWindsor’s School of Computer Science. “We have a very small number of females who pursue careers in computer science and yet the employment after a four-year degree is nearly 100 per cent. Thanks to local donors, we’ve established a female entrance scholarship to encourage women to apply to this exciting field.”
— Published on Jan 7th, 2021
A day of using LEGO blocks to build power-generating wind turbines and bridges out of wooden craft sticks has helped give a group of grade 12 students from Vincent Massey Secondary School a feel for the engineering profession.
— Published on Jul 4th, 2018
Local Philanthropists Honoured with National Philanthropy Day Awards
Some of the most philanthropic individuals and groups from Windsor-Essex were honoured at the Association of Fundraising Professionals on Thursday November 20 2014 in the Augustus Ballroom at Caesar's Windsor.
— Published on Jul 4th, 2018
— Published on Jul 4th, 2018
Engineering Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS.
A day of building windmills out of Lego blocks and bridges out of wooden craft sticks helped give a group of grade 11 students from Vincent Massey Secondary School a feel for the engineering profession, said their teachers.
— Published on Jul 4th, 2018
— Published on Jul 4th, 2018
Proper urban planning can save money while saving the earth’s scarce resources, says Rafal Marynowski. A master’s student of civil engineering, he looked at ways that Windsor can save on expensive upgrades to its stormwater sewers in a project for professor Tirupati Bolisetti’s course on water resources management.
— Published on Jul 4th, 2018
ming to Windsor might have been the best move ever for a young Chinese engineering graduate student who’s trying to improve the performance of hybrid electric vehicles.
“It’s been really good for me,” said Xiaomin Lu, a PhD student who will soon return to Windsor after a productive six-week trip to India to conduct more research. “If I had stayed in China, I never would have had the opportunity to experience so much.”
— Published on Jul 4th, 2018
From left, students Kassem Bazzi, Matthew Vong and Tyler Doyle prepare to launch their trebuchet on Friday.
Engineering students were busy launching rubber balls through the industrial courtyard at the Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation on Friday. The students were taking part in an assignment for their course in dynamics, which required them to construct a trebuchet – similar to a catapult that uses counterweights to launch its projectile – out of nothing more than wood, string and pop cans.
— Published on Jul 4th, 2018
