Category Archives: Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre

UPCOMING EVENT: Lead Time: Metrology Trends webinar on Feb 25

These days, we are working harder in the midst of continued uncertain times. Niagara College’s Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre is introducing a new educational webinar series – LEAD TIME to provide information on how you can introduce Industry 4.0 technologies to help your company work smarter, not harder. Rob Johnston of CAD MicroSolutions will deliver the first webinar in this series where you will … Continue reading UPCOMING EVENT: Lead Time: Metrology Trends webinar on Feb 25 »

NOW HIRING: Computer Programmer Research Assistant position available with our Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre team

Computer Programmer Research Assistant, Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre Team The successful candidate will work on a collaborative team to accomplish various programming tasks, including:  programming, testing and troubleshooting of interface software for development of web, cloud, and IoT technology services.  Click HERE for the full job posting. The deadline to apply is Friday, January 29th, 2021 at 4pm. To apply, please email your resume, cover letter … Continue reading NOW HIRING: Computer Programmer Research Assistant position available with our Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre team »

The Globe and Mail: Gaining a competitive advantage through applied research

In its sponsored feature “Excellence in Research and Innovation,” The Globe and Mail today included a recent project between Niagara College’s Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (WAMIC) and Handling Specialty, a Grimsby-based company that manufactures custom-engineered material handling products for clients worldwide. The partnership involved WAMIC producing 3D-printed replicas of two large assembly equipment pieces for Handling Specialty for use in showcasing its company’s capabilities … Continue reading The Globe and Mail: Gaining a competitive advantage through applied research »

Position Available: Senior Application Specialist with our Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre team

  Senior Application Specialist, Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre Reporting to the Centre Manager, the Senior Application Specialist is responsible for providing front-line external technical sales support, as well as internal technical support, for all 3D printing, 3D scanning, 3D design activities, and other technical services and/or applied research activities, as assigned. Working in collaboration with the Centre Manager, the successful candidate will engage industry … Continue reading Position Available: Senior Application Specialist with our Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre team »

NC research lab tech talks engineering, art and adrenaline

Creativity is often thought of as the cornerstone of engineering. For artist and mechanical engineering technologist Brock Husak, he is proving engineers are indeed fundamentally creators – both requiring imagination and smarts to develop novel solutions to problems.  During the course of many research projects, this research laboratory technologist at the Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (WAMIC) generates conceptual freehand designs before moving onto a … Continue reading NC research lab tech talks engineering, art and adrenaline »

Grad hired thanks to 3D design experience with R&I

Anusha Qureshi is a 2020 graduate of Niagara College’s Mechanical Engineering Technology program and was a mechanical research assistant for Research & Innovation’s Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (WAMIC) for eight months in 2018. Anusha is employed as a technical specialist for Tetra Tech Inc., working as contractor with Ontario Power Generation. Tell us about where you work: I was hired by Tetra Tech Inc., … Continue reading Grad hired thanks to 3D design experience with R&I »