UOIT students invited, once again, to present at OCE Discovery 2012

For the third consecutive year, a student team from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) was one of only five teams invited from a field of 20 to present at the prestigious Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Discovery Connections Competition. The annual event held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre brings together key players from industry, academia, government, the investment community as well as entrepreneurs and students from across Ontario to pursue collaboration opportunities.

“On behalf of UOIT, congratulations to our students on their tremendous success,” said Dr. Ann Dulhanty, manager, Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization (OTTC). "UOIT has developed a strong reputation in the area of innovation and as a result, our students are able to connect with leading industry partners and gain valuable hands-on experience that will help them succeed in the 21^st-century workplace.”

UOIT Automotive Engineering students Justin Vanden Bosch, Kevin Cuddy and Paul Craven provided a five-minute presentation on their project entitled The Use of a Variable Mechanism to Alter the Flow of a Centrifugal Coolant Pump for use in the Automotive Industry to a panel of judges and attendees at the conference. The aim of their investigation is to fully understand how their concept can be applied in an engine cooling system and whether this application is viable. The project is supported by industry partner Magna Powertrain Systems.