Where are they now?: James Turner He has gone from Legos to lasers and now James Turner has landed his first position since graduating from Niagara College, at Airbus Helicopters, a subsidiary of the global aerospace giant Airbus. The Mechanical Engineering grad was recently hired as a Manufacturing Process Engineer at the Fort Erie firm, …Continue reading »
Profile: Anusha Qureshi Coming from a family compromised mostly of doctors, Anusha Qureshi grew up assuming that she, too, would enter the medical field. That destiny would change course the more her passion for mathematics grew and eventually shift to engineering, thanks to the sway of her brother. Anusha’s decision to leave Pakistan at age …Continue reading »
Project Highlights: Improving the sewer guardian Residential sewer systems require backflow prevention devices to protect the home from sewage entering into the home. The current technology of backflow preventers poses a problem in that there is no way to determine if the backflow prevention device is operational. Failures of the backflow prevention device can be …Continue reading »
Project Highlights: Efficient trimming The WAMIC team recently worked with Airbus Helicopters in Fort Erie, Ont., to develop 3D-printed plastic vacuum fixtures to hold composite helicopter parts, so that a robotic trimming system can be used. Enabling the vacuum, the operator was able to quickly and repeatedly locate the part on the fixture and with …Continue reading »
Project Highlights: Digital landscape meets manufacturing world MTech Hub, a network created by a Burlington-based software development company Seradex, represents small- and medium-sized manufacturers devoted to exploring and introducing the digital landscape into their businesses. They came to Research & Innovation last May to develop an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor solution that …Continue reading »
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