Western university, Canada (https://www.eng.uwo.
ca/mechanical)
Best practices
(a)
Western university has the following
research labs and Facilities
WIN 4.0 (Western’s Industry
Network), led by the Department of
Mechanical and Materials Engineering, is  Final Three-Hour
utilizing the latest industry revolution –
cyber, physical systems, to give
businesses the ability to anticipate what
will happen in their facilities and address
problems even before they happen.
Automation Technologies and
Systems
 Dynamic and Sensing Systems
Laboratory
 CAD/CAM/CAI Research
Laboratory
 Geometric Modeling and Virtual
Scupting Laboratory
 Bioelectronic and Biosensor
Laboratory
 Sensing and Mechatronic Systems
Laboratory
 Visualization and Virtual Reality  There is no oral defense.
Laboratory
Evaluation methods (b) Adoption of outcome Curriculum/Syllabus
based education (c) (d)
1. Evaluation criteria for 1. To ensure that Western has 33 departments
core theory courses programs remain relevant across 8 schools
to current business,
 Assignments (5 Nos) – 35%. professional and Western faculty of
Engineering offers 10
 Project – 35%. organizational challenges
undergraduate programs.
with OBE in the
Examination (Open Book)– curriculum. Students entering the
30% Mechanical Engineering
2. Assist, as appropriate,
program must have
with the program review
completed the entire first
process
2. Evaluation criteria for year program in
Projects. 3. Review and Engineering (Common
recommend First Year), with no
 Completion of the capstone outstanding credits to be
project requires submission improvements to
instructional and course taken, and have a Year
of a capstone report.
Guidelines on report delivery strategies to Weighted Average (YWA)
preparation are available optimize student learning of at least 60%. First
from the Faculty of consideration will be
experiences and
Engineering. given to applicants with a
outcomes
 Two readers, including the minimum grade of 60% in
capstone supervisor, must 4. Sessions also used each of the courses.
approve the MEng project towards meeting the
report (typically by signing
ethics requirement
a report completion form).
•Attending a research
One copy of the project conference or society
report signed by the two
 readers must be provided to meeting Dual Degrees
Biomechanics the Graduate Program
Assistant prior to •Presenting a research You can also complete a
 Jack McBain Biomechanical Testing graduation for retention by talk or poster dual degree with Business
Laboratory the Department. (Ivey HBA), Law, and
 The Wolf Biomechanics and Imaging •Giving a more than 50 major
Laboratory performance/concert modules in faculties such
 The Wolf Orthopaedic Biomechanics
Laboratory •Attending information as: Science, Music, Social
 The Wolf Orthopaedic Quantative sessions about University Science or Arts &
Imaging Laboratory Laboratory resources or programs Humanities.
 The Bioengineering Research
Laboratory
 The Roth McFarlane Hand and
Upper Limb Clinic  Mechanical
Materials and Solid Mechanics Engineering and
Business
 Fuel Cell Laboratory  Mechanical
 International Composites Centre Engineering and Law
 Material Characterization Laboratory
 Nanomaterials and Clean Energy
Laboratory
 Polymerical Materials Processing
Research Laboratory

 Advanced Materials Modeling

Research Laboratory

Thermofluids

 Aerodynamic Testing Facility

 Hydrolic and Heat Transfer
Laboratory
 Fluid and Gas Dynamic
 Laboratory
 Access to other Fluid Dynamic
Related Test Facilities
 Micro/Nano Fluids Laboratory
 Wind Engineering, Energy and
Environment Facility
 Specialized Computing Resources