News

Student team finishes second in Solar Decathlon with house designed for Indigenous family

By Brian Caldwell

Faculty of Engineering

After three years of hard work, members of the Warrior Home design team were thrilled to finish second overall this week in an international competition that challenges university students to design and build highly efficient buildings.

University Rover Challenge hosted by the Mars

For the third consecutive year the UW Robotics Team was invited to attend the University Rover Challenge, one of 36 team selected from 84 applicants representing 13 countries. To obtain the invite, UW Robotics had their highest ever Systems Acceptance Review score of 87 points, well over 5 points clear of the team’s previous record.

SEDS-Canada, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) select four teams for CAN-RGX 2019

Toronto, ON: Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS-Canada) has selected the four finalist teams among a pool of applications for the 2019 Canadian Reduced Gravity Experiment Design Challenge (CAN-RGX).