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Automotive researchers from both sides of the border gathered at the University of Windsor for a binational symposium designed to share ideas and encourage partnerships.
About 20 academics from institutions including the University of Windsor, Ohio State University, Wayne State University, McMaster University, Université Laval, Dalhousie University, and Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children listened to presentations on a wide variety of auto-related projects.
"We just wanted to get them together in the same room to share knowledge, but also to identify knowledge and research gaps and find ways to fill them by forming partnerships," said Anne Cascadden, a trade commissioner for investment at the Canadian consulate in Detroit, which helped facilitate the symposium. "Even if only one or two partnerships are established as a result, then we'll have considered this a success."
UWindsor researchers who made presentations include Ziad Kobti, who spoke about using artificial intelligence to conduct virtual experiments to predict vehicle safety; William Altenhof, who spoke about enhanced child safety in automobiles; and Nadia Azar, who spoke about strain and load thresholds for cervical muscles.
Peter Frise opened the day-long symposium and described the AUTO 21 network's research collaborations to help Canada's auto industry build safe, affordable, sustainable vehicles.
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