Email: icrc@uwo.ca
Students trained in this program will have a distinct advantage in their transition to the workforce. The program differs from a typical graduate program by ensuring that students are exposed to the entire value chain of the polymer composites industry and that they work in multi-disciplinary teams to solve important and relevant industrial problems on industry timelines. The integration of their training with the automotive product development cycle including the scale-up of their research results to full-scale production equipment and the requirement to work in both the North American and European markets are unique and central aspects of the ICRC Training Program designed to provide the most effective transition from university research to industrial impact. These training opportunities are unique and the exposure to such analytical, numerical and experimental facilities and practices in both academic and industrial settings provide very strong contributions to the training of world-class HQP.
Having completed a program shaped by industry needs, graduates of the ICRC Training Program will be highly sought-after to assume technical leadership roles at: a) Automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers (design, simulation and implementation of composite materials in automotive structures); b) Composite material molders (process design and implementation); c) Raw Material Suppliers (material selection and formulation development); d) Equipment and tooling suppliers (tool and part design, process development); and/or e) Applied or fundamental research groups (academic and/or applied research institutions).
