Engineering Alumni Society president aims to help students 'dream big' Anna (Willemse) Cleaver, BESc’05, president of the Western Engineering Alumni Society, is looking to use her position to foster long-term connections between alumni and current students. (more)

Building on success in the new year Western Engineering dean Andrew Hrymak looks back at a successful 2011 and highlights some of the strategic plans for 2012 and beyond. (more)

Western and Fraunhofer partner for new composites research centre The Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT and Western University are teaming up to develop Fraunhofer @ Western, a composites research centre. (more)

100 years later, IBM still placing big bets Bruce Ross, BESc'85, president of IBM Canada, is helping the 100-year-old company to survive and thrive in the ever-changing business environment. (more)

DuPont's evolution focused on sustainability DuPont senior vice-president and chief science and technology officer Douglas Muzyka, BESc’77, MESc’79, PhD’85, sees opportunities in sustainability for globally minded companies. (more)

• Robots build bridges to next generation of engineers
• International graduate students receive Alan G. Davenport Award
• PhD candidate Ahmed El Ansary named Trillium scholar
• Conor Trainor takes on the world

Henry Houtari, BESc’88, won a Canadian Consulting Engineering Award for the design of the Trafalgar St./Hale St. & CN Rail Elevated Roundabout in London, ON. Houtari works for Delcan Corporation in London, ON.

Rupinder Mann, BESc’02 and Darcy Backert, BESc’01, were featured in the September/October 2011 edition of Engineering Dimensions Magazine (.pdf) discussing their support of active regulation of software engineering. 

Michael Baxter, BESc’85, has been appointed vice-president of XL Insurance North America Property.

Frank Trivieri, BESc’85, has been appointed head of sales operations for Volkswagen of America.

Bradley Boehler, BESc’89, has been appointed interim president for Skyjack, a leader in the design, manufacture and service of self-propelled aerial work platforms.

Jason Naccarato, BESc’02, has been appointed vice-president of development at the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre.

Chunbao Xu, PhD’05, is the winner of the 2011 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering, Syncrude Canadian Innovation Award.

Vladimir Stritesky, BESc’76, was given an award citation for entrepreneurial leadership for leading exp Global at the 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards gala in Toronto, ON.

Alastair Neill, BESc’76, has been appointed president, CEO, CFO, secretary and treasurer of Black Sea Metals, a mineral exploration and development company with a focus on mineral resources in Turkey.

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