Entries by Claudia Bennett

Those who work together…

Those who work together, will hopefully succeed together! IDEA-Lab members gather en mass for a full day of presentations. PI Alex Czekanski is helping his team prepare for the various conferences, research seminars and competitions approaching towards the end of the summer. All undergraduates and graduates presented their research, experiments, progress, and short-term timelines. This […]

Congratulations to Salman Chaudhry! Recipient of the 2017 Governor’s Gold Medal!

At the first convocation of the first full Lassonde School of Engineering Graduate Studies cohort, Mr. Muhammad Salman Chaudhry was given special honor as he was awarded the Governor’s Gold Medal Award.       Salman Chaudhry, earth and space science, On the Characterization of Engineered Elastomers At High Strain Rates Chaudhry’s work explores finite element […]

Mechanical Engineering Grad Seminar

All graduate students in the Mechanical Engineering Department took part in the Grad Seminar hosted at Black Creek Pioneer Village on Friday April 28th. This was a day-long event where each student presented their research to the audiences and defended their presentations during the following Q&A sessions. The grad seminar serves as a great opportunity […]

Reverse Engineering Workshop: Eve of Disassembled Learning

Pictures from Reverse Engineering event:         Watch the snaps here-> SNAPCHAT STORY  other videos here -> EVENT CLIPS Subscribe to YorkDesignEng YouTube channel Follow @YorkDesignEng on Instagram & Twitter     Thursday March 23rd, 2017, Lassonde’s Mechanical Engineering Club (MEC) hosted a Reverse Engineering Workshop event in Bergeron Orientation room. With curiosity and screwdrivers at the […]

And the award goes to…Prof Alex Czekanski!!

Congratulations to Professor Alex Czekanski for his announcement as recipient of York University, President’s University Wide Teaching Award 2017!   For his achievements and contributions to student learning, mentorship as well as the development of program, teaching and curriculum, Professor Czekanski is one among only four university faculty awarded by the Senate Committee on Awards […]

MEC Club’s Reverse Engineering Workshop – Come out!

Reverse Engineering Workshop! Sign up here! Hosted by, Lassonde’s MEC – Mechanical Engineering Club (click to find us on facebook)! Lassonde! It’s true, we are approaching the time once again for exams, the end of the semester and the year. It’s been a long one so we’re going to have one more event that will […]

CSA Group – National Academic Challenge 2017 – deadline to submit intention 31st March!

National Academic Challenge Do you have ideas about how to create a better, safer and more sustainable world? Want to be creative and challenge the status quo? Then Canadian Standards Association wants to hear from you. The CSA Group is dedicated to safety, social good and sustainability through standards’ development, training and advisory solutions and […]

CAR@YorkU’s first seminar…a success! Dr. Chandra Veer Singh on “Multiscale Modeling of Materials for Transportation and Energy Applications”

Congratulations to Dr. Alex Czekanski, Associate Professor, Chair in Design Engineering for Innovation AND Founder/Director of CAR@YorkU on the successful completion of it the new centre’s first event. CAR@YorkU – Centre for Automotive Research at York University, is York University’s Centre for Automotive Research at the Lassonde School of Engineering. For the first event of […]