Research is industry-driven and falls into six key themes: health, safety and injury prevention; societal issues; materials and manufacturing; design processes; powertrains, fuels and emissions; and intelligent systems and sensors.

http://www.auto21.ca

Research is driven by industry needs and the centre works closely with industry to solve problems by co-investing in the R&D of leading-edge, industrially relevant technologies.

http://www.oce-ontario.org/Pages/COEMaterials.aspx?COE=MA

Research focuses on metal forming, polymer processing, casting, joining, machining, advanced materials development, and crashworthiness. IAMI also includes an aggressive commercialization component to ensure advances are implemented quickly by industry.

http://www.autoinnovation.ca/

A partnership among General Motors of Canada, the University of Windsor and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), IRC focuses on understanding and improving the friction and wear behaviour of lightweight materials like aluminum, magnesium and their composites and developing novel coatings to protect them against wear.

http://www.uwindsor.ca/tribology

A partnership between the University of Windsor and Chrysler, research includes vehicle durability; alternate fuels, emission and fuel economy; automotive lighting; steering column development; engineering design; recycling; coatings; corrosion; vehicle safety and advanced digital tools.

http://athena.uwindsor.ca/units/eng/news.nsf/0/474F9FFD7E425CCA85256CD00049CC0D?openDocument

The centre concentrates on research involving production processes, properties and applications of new materials of interest to the auto industry.

http://www.uwindsor.ca/ccmr

The centre specializes in development of new high frequency acoustic and acousto-optic imaging systems and conducts research in advanced principles and methods for the imaging and quantitative characterization of surface, sub-surface and bulk materials structures. Focus is on applications of nondestructive testing technology for solving crucial quality-control problems during the manufacturing process.

http://web2.uwindsor.ca/ciramc/index.htm

Research emphasizes automotive applications and focuses on manufacturing systems design and operation, physical and logical re-configuration, integrated design of product and systems, harmonized human-oriented manufacturing systems, innovative design and rapid product development and manufacture.

http://www.uwindsor.ca/imsc/

With a focus on designing the automobile and manufacturing processes that drive innovation, the centre conducts research into automation and electronics, ergonomics, forming, fuels and fuel cells, machining materials, welding and joining.

http://watcar.uwaterloo.ca

The center focuses on forming, joining and machining of materials for the auto industry.

http://watcar.uwaterloo.ca/manufacturing

The institute carries out applied and fundamental research in areas that are of vital interest to the plastics, coatings, adhesives and elastomers industries. This includes work in such diverse fields as molecular weight characterization, thermal characterization, emulsion polymerization, polymer processing, polymerization kinetics, copolymerization, reactive extrusion, polymer-based catalysts, polymer photochemistry and development of new monomers and polymers.

http://www.ipruw.com/about/about.htm

Activities focus on the promotion of the importance of quality and its role in productivity improvement.

http://www.iiqp.uwaterloo.ca/

Research aims to transform renewable agricultural and forest products and by-products into high-tech, environmentally friendly, lightweight auto parts.

http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/Agri030807.asp

MacAUTO, as it's called, is the university's coordinating body for its existing automotive research and education. The institute brings together 75+ researchers in engineering, science, business and other faculties involved in automotive-related research and collaborates with 30+ private and public sector organizations.

http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/02-05-08_3

The centre focuses on research and technology transfer in the area of polymer processing and rheology. Projects involve formulation, conversion and characterization of plastics, mathematical modeling of single and twin screw extrusion, coextrusion, injection molding, thermoforming, rotational molding, film blowing, reactive extrusion, mixing and coating.

http://cappa-d.mcmaster.ca

The institute develops, supports and co-ordinates all materials research-related activities at McMaster. The facilities of the institute and its pool of expertise are also available to industry and organizations that require assistance with materials research and development or material analysis.

http://sciwebserver.mcmaster.ca/%7Ebimr/

The institute, which develops production processes under contract to companies, is focused on developing advanced polymer manufacturing processes using pilot-scale reactors and comprehensive deterministic models of the polymerization reactions for design, optimization and control.

http://www.chemeng.mcmaster.ca/faculty/hamielec/

The institute works with industry and government on applied research that addresses planning and policy issues related to efficient transport and logistics systems.

http://mitl.mcmaster.ca/

Research spans the product chain from lab to application, with a focus on development of lightweight alloys, material degradation, protection and joining as they apply to automotive materials innovations.

(website in development)

Auto-focused research is aimed at the development of advanced structural steel and corrosion protection technology.

http://mcmasteel.mcmaster.ca/

The institute performs fundamental and applied research in cooperation with its industrial partners and provides systematic mechanisms for technology transfer and infusion of knowledge and research results. Research is focused on machining, metal forming, polymer processing, thermal processing, micro-manufacturing, grinding, robotics and manufacturing automation.

http://mmri.eng.mcmaster.ca/mmri/

RMAL works with industry on projects related to robotics, mechatronics, and manufacturing automation technologies.

http://www.ryerson.ca/~rmal/wel.htm

CACT works closely with industry and conducts fundamental research, both analytical and experimental, in the area of thermal spray coating.

http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/labs/cact/

Research is focused on developing cost effective microcellular foam plastics with superior mechanical properties, including high impact strength, high toughness and high fatigue life.

http://mpml.mie.utoronto.ca/lab/labhome.htm

Researchers are working on electronic and photonic systems for integration in cars, as well as new sensors, such as those for monitoring gas-phase pollutants and air quality and MEMS systems, as well as energy transfer processes in plasma systems relevant to car combustion system design.

http://www.utoronto.ca/%7eecan/

Multidisciplinary research focuses on advanced materials and manufacturing, including rapid tooling and prototyping, nano-scale device manufacture, MEMS-based pressure monitoring, acrylic resins for automotive formability of aluminum alloys and solvent-free modification of polymers.

http://www.camm.queensu.ca/

A leading-edge R&D facility for the manufacture of advanced structural and electronic ceramics. Projects include fundamental research in partnership with government agencies and applied research in partnership with industry.

http://www.ceramics.queensu.ca/

A multidisciplinary centre for excellence in catalysis research on a global scale, research is of interest to the fuels, polymers and materials industries. CCRI has core strengths in homogeneous and hetereogeneous catalysis, and emerging strengths in biocatalysis and chemical engineering.

http://www.catalysis.uottawa.ca/index-e.php

The centre is focused on exploring the scientific foundations of photonics to better understand how photons may be manipulated and controlled as they interact with matter; apply theoretical and experimental knowledge to develop new classes of photonic materials and devices; and develop new concepts based on photonics technology.

http://www.photonics.uottawa.ca/index.shtml