http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news.html McMaster University Faculty of Engineering News en-us http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/images/fireball.jpg http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news.html 90 36 http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/rainwater_harvesting.html A new rainwater harvesting system at McMaster University is dramatically reducing reliance on municipal systems as well as providing a valuable teaching tool for students. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/macengineer_fall.html The fall 2010 issue of MacEngineer is now online. Its a great place to get caught up on what is going on in the Faculty including student initiatives alumni activities faculty and staff achievements and some of the bigger projects that are underway. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/chatter_zhu.html Prof. Shiping Zhu and his colleagues have demonstrated that machining chatter can be put to good use. They have exploited the effect to generate well defined nanopatterns. The researchers use an ultrasonication diamond knife to intentionally invoke chatter during microtomy sectioning, which makes the process manageable. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/elop_nokia.html Stephen Elop a graduate of the computer engineering and management program (1986) at McMaster, has been named president and chief executive officer of Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia. His appointment is effective September 21. Elop is currently head of the business division of Microsoft Corp based in California. READ the news release from Nokia. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/welcome_info.html A big welcome to all the new students joining the Faculty of Engineering this fall. Glad to see you made it. Glad that youre here. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/virtual3D_map_hamilton.html Martin von Mohrenschildt, professor and chair of the Department of Computing and Software at McMaster, comments on creating a virtual 3D map for the City of Hamilton in today's Hamilton Spectator. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/ORF_awards_2010.html Ten professors in the Faculty of Engineering are receiving funding in the latest round of Ontario Early Researcher Awards and Ontario Research Fund – Research Infrastructure awards. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/entrepreneurs_up_on_hamilton.html Three Master's of Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation students share their thoughts on Hamilton's business potential in an article published in today's Hamilton Spectator. Salman Bawa, Justin Policarpio and Pratheep Soundararajan established Campus Helper (campushelper.ca) to help connect students with tutors. That's in addition to other technology businesses they are working to start-up. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/cricket_player_marathe.html Chemical engineering student Pratik Marathe is in London England on a Cricket Across the Pond scholarship. The scholarship program, sponsored by the City of Toronto, has sent Pratik and 11 other skilled cricket players from the Toronto-area to Britain to play matches learn about the history of the sport and watch some of the world's best in action. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/building_water_systems_olsen.html Buipe was the place I called home when I first arrived in Ghana in November 2008 to work with Engineers Without Borders as a part of its Governance and Rural Infrastructure team. Although Buipe only has about 10000 people this small lively community is situated on the main road that connects Ghana to the rest of Africa. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/robot_team_wins.html In their rookie debut, McMaster’s Robot Unicorn Attack team won one of three competitions and placed third in another at the fifth annual International Autonomous Robot Racing Challenge. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/graduate_study_for_you.html More and more students are beginning to consider pursuing graduate studies. They realize the longer term benefits both professionally and personally. While many are anxious to finish school and start working, there are benefits to furthering your education at the graduate level.  http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/biomed_new_codirectors.html After helping to establish and lead McMasters School of Biomedical Engineering five years ago, Dr. John Brash has decided the time is right to pass the reigns to others. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/btech_melnyk_dofasco.html Through a close working relationship between the McMaster-Mohawk Bachelor of Technology program (BTech) and steel producer ArcelorMittal Dofasco, students like Stephen Melnyk are experiencing the workplace firsthand. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/saudi_arabia_xceei.html University professors from Saudi Arabia are in Canada for two weeks to take a crash course on how to teach and cultivate technology based entrepreneurship.  http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/biosign_mac_collaborate.html A technical collaboration announced today between Biosign Technologies Inc. (CNSX BIO) and McMaster University will use Biosign technology to benchmark a framework for providing trusted health information services – a linchpin requirement for a meaningful use of information technology in health care.  http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/recyclable_furniture_xceei.html An article about a venture from the Xerox Centre for Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation to market recyclable furniture was published in The Toronto Star on July 9. The sophisticated-looking furniture is made from cardboard and other materials that can be recycled. While it is designed and manufactured in Mexico, two Masters graduates from the program, Oscar Capilla and Cristian Nunez, are commercializing the concept for the Canadian market. They recently arranged for YUP Inc. an ecolifestyle company based in Mississauga, to market the furniture globally. The two groups recently exhibited the furniture at the Green Living Show in Toronto.  http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/pham_tho_btechdegree.html Have you ever sat in class wondering if you were ever going to use all that information the teacher was talking about Tho Pham did. Thats why he decided to enroll in a new type of university degree program that offered real-world, hands-on experience. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/cottage_testing_solar.html This was cottage traffic of a different kind. Drivers on the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 403 between Oakville and Hamilton were doing a double-take as a cottage to be used for testing solar technology was moved to McMaster Innovation Park. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/macgregor_lifetime_innovator_award.html John MacGregor, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, was presented with the McMaster Lifetime Innovator Award at the third annual McMaster Innovation Showcase on June 17. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/mccaffery_staff_award.html Ed McCaffrey, laboratory technician in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been recognized with the 2009 Veronika Czerneda Staff Award for Outstanding Service. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/plether_technology_donation.html Don Pether, a leading figure in Canada's steel history, is donating $1-million to McMaster University’s Faculty of Engineering to help students transform their inventions into businesses. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/findlay_IEEE_Award.html Raymond Findlay, professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McMaster, is the recipient of the IEEE Haraden Pratt Award for 2010. The award is presented to an IEEE senior member or fellow who has provided outstanding service to the organization.  http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/digital_media_institute_eight.html Computing and Software faculty will be a major part of a proposed institute for digital media that was announced today. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/www_women_rule.html Think information technology is a man's world? Well, this story will make you think again. The Daily Beast blogger Joyce Tang profiles " Women Who Rule the Web." http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/MED_video.html They all have an engineering degree and work experience but have ideas to do more. Students and graduates of the Masters of Engineering Design (M.E.D.) Degree program at McMaster talk about their goals, why they chose to pursue a Masters degree, and why they chose McMaster in a short video.  http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/PolyU_award_biketrailer.html This bike trailer needs its own trailer to haul home all the awards it has won. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/haykin_green_convocation.html Two renowned researchers, one in solar cell technology the other in wireless, radar and communications, were presented with Honorary Doctorates of Science degrees during the Faculty of Engineering’s spring convocation ceremonies on June 11. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/CREATE_preston_award.html The future just got brighter for students wanting to help speed developments in the rapidly growing field of solar energy. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/baetz_civil_chair.html June 3, 2010 - Congratulations to Dr. Brian Baetz on his appointment as the new Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering. The three-year appointment, which begins July 1, was confirmed by University Senate on June 2. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/wilkinson_zhu_FCAE_recipients.html June 3, 2010 - Two members of the Faculty of Engineering will be inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering on June 3 at a ceremony being held in Toronto. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/sustainability_lecture.html June 3, 2010 - One of the world's leading experts in solar cell technology will be the inaugural speaker at a new sustainability lecture starting Monday, June 14 at 2:30 p.m. in the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery, room 1309, McMaster University. The lecture is free and open to the public. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/ipad_civil_grads.html May 31, 2010 - Apple's iPad will soon be featuring a new app by two software engineering and management graduates from McMaster University. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/bradwell_civil_grad.html May 26, 2010 - Mike Bradwell graduated with his civil engineering degree from McMaster last year. Today he wears two hats: building condominiums and playing wide receiver for the Toronto Argonauts. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/jessop_dean_laurier.html May 19, 2010 - Professor Paul Jessop of the Department of Engineering Physics has accepted the position of Dean of Science at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/emadi_powertrain_chair.html May 17, 2010 - Hybrid vehicle development in Canada has received a huge jolt of propulsion. Professor Ali Emadi, a leading U.S. developer of electric powertrain technology, has been appointed Canada Excellence Research Chair in Hybrid Powertrain and will relocate to McMaster University. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/a&a2010.html May 14, 2010 - More than 200 members and friends of McMaster's Faculty of Engineering were on hand to celebrate the achievements of the past year at the annual Applause and Accolades Awards Gala. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/ibm_smart_transportation.html May 14, 2010 - McMaster and IBM have launched a research project to investigate how the automotive industry can connect a vehicle's multiple microprocessors, which currently work in isolation, to create a "cognitive car" that can predict vehicle failures before they happen, redirect drivers to less congested routes and help reduce traffic accidents. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/staff_awards.html May 13, 2010 - The Faculty of Engineering was once again well represented at the annual President's Awards for Outstanding Service reception held this year on May 13 in University Hall. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/china_diagnostic_labs.html Improving basic health service in remote rural areas is the objective of a new collaboration signed on May 6 between McMaster University and the Institute of Microelectronics of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMECAS). http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/varga_class_project.html Hazardous smoke and debris can make it too dangerous for rescue workers to respond to certain types of industrial fires or spills. But Blair Varga and some of his classmates in the McMaster-Mohawk Bachelor of Technology program are working on a solution with the help of Hamilton’s HAZMAT team. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/sustainability_workshop.html An afternoon workshop is being held on Tuesday, May 11 to help formulate a definition and set of principles which would be suitable for sustainability education in engineering. McMaster Engineering faculty members and students are invited to participate. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/nserc_discovery_grants.html April 27, 2010 - McMaster has been awarded more than $11.6 million in new funds from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to support the work of 64 investigators over five years. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/furious_pete_hotdocs.html April 26, 2010 - Engineering student Peter Czerwinski holds the title of world’s fastest eater and boasts the physique of a bodybuilder. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/3D_camera_team_third.html April 22, 2010 - You may soon be watching YouTube videos and Skyping in 3-D thanks to an award winning invention by four McMaster electrical and computer engineering students. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/alumnae_cohost_new_techshow.html April 20, 2010 - Who said girls aren’t into technology? It sure wasn’t anyone on the all-female hosting crew of Gadget Girlz, a new technology series airing on Men TV, two of whom earned their engineering degrees at McMaster. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/dyson_awards_call.html April 12, 2010 - Students with ingenious inventions are being invited to apply for the 2010 James Dyson Award. The international competition offers a grand prize of $10,000 for the student inventor and $10,000 to the student's department. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/ece_poster_day_results.html April 8, 2010 - More than 200 fourth- and fifth-year electrical and computer engineering students put some 60 inventions on display as they presented their final-year projects at McMaster on Tuesday, April 6. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/top_talking_student.html April 5, 2010 - Nafisa Kanji, a fifth-year chemical and bioengineering student, took first place at the 2010 Canadian Engineering Competition on March 21 in the Engineering Communication category. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/ece_poster_day.html April 1, 2010 - 3D YouTube videos and Skype broadcasts. A t-shirt that lets you monitor your heart beat. A detector that wakes sleepy drivers. Brain imaging. A robotic plane. Automated smart blinds. A fall detection and prevention system. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/ewb_toronto_star.html March 26, 2010 - The Toronto Star posted a story about the “Root Causes of Poverty” initiative developed by McMaster's Engineers Without Borders chapter and the Engineering 1 program. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/kipling2010.html March 26, 2010 - From a life-size version of the game Operation to an indoor bridge transformed into an outdoor paradise, graduating engineering students have once again left their mark at McMaster. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/crc_renewals_2010.html March 26, 2010 - Three Canada Research Chairs in the Faculty of Engineering have had their appointments renewed. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/venture_third_win.html March 25, 2010 - Venture Engineering and Science Camp at McMaster has made it three in a row. It was again voted one of Hamilton's top summer camps by the Hamilton Community News Reader's Choice Awards. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/barber_customer_focus.html March 25, 2010 - Making things people want is the key to reversing Canada's 30-year prosperity decline. That's according to an article authored by Douglas Barber and Jeffrey Crelinsten and published in The Ottawa Citizen on March 23. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/bioimaging_workshop.html March 22, 2010 - An international workshop on micro and nanotechnologies for minimally invasive endoscopic diagnosis is being organized in Vancouver from April 24 to 25, 2010. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/culley_cast_iron_photo.html March 18, 2010 - A magnified photo showing grain patterns in gray cast iron taken by Doug Culley, research technologist in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been published in the February issue of Modern Casting magazine. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/consulting_engineer_careers.html March 18, 2010 - The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies (ACEC) has launched an awareness campaign called “Engineering Legacies” to explain the types of careers available in consulting engineering. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/troitsky.html March 16, 2010 - he League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, comprised of six suavely-dressed civil engineering students from McMaster, has won the 26th annual Troitsky Bridge Building Competition. In doing so, they unseated reigning title-holders Cégep de Chicoutimi and ended its six-year consecutive win streak. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/ewb_video.html March 12, 2010 - Check out the video posted by The Hamilton Spectator covering the March 11 "A Day in the Life of an EWB Volunteer" event held in the MUSC Atrium. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/entrepreneurship101.html March 12, 2010 - The Entrepreneurship 101 @ McMaster Lecture Series is organizing a Quick Pitch competition for Thursday, March 25 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at McMaster Innovation Park. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/HatchEntrance.html March 12, 2010 - Applications for HATCH Entrance Scholarships are due at the end of the month (March 31, 2010). http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/globereport.html March 9, 2010 - From solar power to digital imaging to commercialization, engineering students and faculty at McMaster are at the leading edge of research in Canada and worldwide. You can read more about it in the Report on Campus Research published by The Globe and Mail on March 9. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/ewb_village.html March 8, 2010 - Everyone is invited to join Engineers Without Borders on Thursday, March 11 to experience what it is like to live in a rural African village. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/entrepreneurship_summer.html March 8, 2010 - Applications for the Entrepreneurship Summer Program are now being accepted. The program is an intense, one-week course for people who are starting an entrepreneurial venture. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/comdev_space_pioneer.html March 5, 2010 - Anyone walking by the second floor classroom across from the lounge in the new Engineering Technology Building may have seen the small plaque reading COM DEV Classroom. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/zinc.html March 4, 2010 - Rust never sleeps and, so, neither can Professor Joe McDermid. Prof. McDermid is the NSERC/US Steel Canada/Xstrata Zinc Industrial Research Chair in Zinc-Coated Advanced Steels. His job is to provide corrosion protection for advanced steels that are being made to lightweight the next generation of vehicles so that they are more fuel efficient. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/barbie.html March 4, 2010 - The vote is in and Barbie is now a computer engineer. In the first-ever worldwide online vote to select Barbie's next career as part of the 'I Can Be ...' series, computer engineer was selected by popular vote. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/gcc_public_policy.html February 26, 2010 - A group of students from the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy will be presenting a workshop at the Global Citizenship Conference on Sunday, March 7 at McMaster University. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/wall_street.html February 22, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal is inviting companies, individuals, organizations and government agencies world-wide to apply for The Journal's Technology Innovation Awards. They are looking for technological breakthroughs in such areas as medicine, software, wireless and consumer electronics. The innovations should break with conventional processes and should go beyond marginal improvements in existing products and services. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/brechet.html February 19, 2010 - Yves Brechet, adjunct professor of materials science and engineering at McMaster, has been recognized with France's highest honour, l'ordre national de la Legion d'honneur (the National Order of the Legion of Honor). http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/psi.html February 19, 2010 - A half-day symposium has been organized for March 4 to discuss Partnership in Steel Innovation. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/venture.html February 19, 2010 - Venture Summer Camp has once again been nominated for Best Summer Camp in the Hamilton Community News' Reader's Choice Award. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/mriimaging.html February 19, 2010 - Advances in imaging technology are expanding knowledge in a wide variety of disciplines. The imaging research underway at McMaster covers topics in the neurosciences, engineering, physics and a variety of other disciplines. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/CCSIP_deen&fang.html February 16, 2010 - A team of interdisciplinary researchers being led by engineering faculty at McMaster is one of only 15 bilateral projects selected to be part of the new Canada-California Strategic Innovation Partnership. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/research_boosts_wind_turbine.html February 16, 2010 - Research being led by Professor Stephen Tullis in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McMaster is helping to improve the electrical output of wind turbines manufactured by Cleanfield Energy. The Hamilton-based company announced that the power generation performance of its V3.5 vertical axis wind turbines for use in urban locations has increased by approximately 50 per cent. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/safety_software.html February 8, 2010 - Regulation of automotive software is required as it becomes more prevalent and complex in safety-critical operations such as braking, steering and engine performance, according to experts at the recently established Centre for Safety-Critical Software Certification located at McMaster University. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/ashrae.html February 8, 2010 - Third-year Mechanical Engineering and Management student Ben Oliver has been awarded a Reuben Trane Scholarship valued at $10,000. It is the highest undergraduate scholarship awarded by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/HatchScholarships.html February 4, 2010 - What would it mean to you to have $12,000 a year for four years to help cover the cost of your university engineering education? http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/OECresults.html February 4, 2010 - Nafisa Kanji, a fifth-year chemical & bioengineering student, took first place in the Engineering Communication category at the 2010 Ontario Engineering Competition on January 30. Her topic was Tissue Engineering of Blood Vessels. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/photovoltaic.html February 2, 2010 - A new research network to advance Canada's standing in the development of solar photovoltaics will be based at McMaster University. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/mes_results.html February 2, 2010 - Kyle Heywood, fourth-year mechanical engineering, has been elected the new president of the McMaster Engineering Society (MES). http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/metamaterials.html February 1, 2010 - Professor George Eleftheriades, Canada Research Chair/Velma M. Rogers Graham Chair in Engineering, and professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Toronto, will discuss "The Transmission-Line Paradigm for Metamaterials" at a special talk on Friday, February 12 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. in ITB-A113. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/concreteToboggan_results.html February 1, 2010 - While McMaster University was fast, two teams from Alberta took home the top prizes at the 36th annual Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race held January 29 and 30. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/concreteToboggan.html January 11, 2010 - Three-hundred pound concrete and metal toboggans will be hurtling down the hillsides at the 36th annual Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR) being hosted by McMaster University from January 27 to 30. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/SAEdinner.html January 27, 2010 - Help McMaster's Formula SAE team raise funds this Sunday evening (January 31) by joining them for a special Sweetheart Dinner at Denninger's on the Mountain. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/jonasson.html January 25, 2010 - If you get a knot in your stomach watching the final minutes of a close game with your favourite team or sports hero, try being in the shoes of the people broadcasting it to millions of viewers worldwide. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/boxer.html January 25, 2010 - When he's not wrestling with photons and neutrons, third-year McMaster engineering student Harrison King-McBain is duking it out with opponents in the boxing ring. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/czerwinski.html January 25, 2010 - The master's of manufacturing engineering student, and speed-eating champion, inhaled a 15 inch pizza in under two minutes. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/rfid.html January 21, 2010 - Bombardier Transportation, McMaster RFID Applications Lab (MRAL) and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) are undertaking a $1.4 million research collaboration. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/oec.html January 19, 2010 - Teams that will represent McMaster at this year's Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC) were selected on Saturday, January 16. Fifteen students won the right to compete at the provincial level by winning their category at the McMaster Engineering Competition. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/gcc.html January 19, 2010 - If you care about the state of the world you live in then you'll want to participate in the fifth annual Global Citizenship Conference from March 6 to 7 at McMaster. More than 500 people are expected to participate this year, including McMaster students, high school students, and community members. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/ewb_kudos.html January 18, 2010 - McMaster's chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) was presented with the Most Improved Chapter award this year for its growing involvement in development related issues.  http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/urop.html January 13, 2010 - Looking to work this summer? Interested in learning more about research? Then the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) may be just the thing for you. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/tiequest.html January 13, 2010 - Organizers of the annual TiEQuest Business Venture Competition are holding an information session at McMaster on Thursday, January 14 from 5:00 to 5:45 p.m. in ETB-535. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/concreteToboggan.html January 11, 2010 - Three-hundred pound concrete and metal toboggans will be hurtling down the hillsides at the 36th annual Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR) being hosted by McMaster University from January 27 to 30. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/ewb.html January 8, 2010 - Two directors from Engineers Without Borders, both former presidents of the McMaster chapter, will be on campus Thursday, January 14 from 7-9:00 p.m. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2010/worms.html January 5, 2010 - A Nobel-winning process for testing new drugs to treat diseases such as Huntington's, Parkinson's, and muscular dystrophy is getting an electrical charge. http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/news2009/CFESCongress.html December 21, 2009 - Some 200 university engineering students from across Canada will be gathering in Hamilton from January 2 to 8, 2010 for the 42nd annual Canadian Federation of Engineering Students (CFES) Congress being hosted by the McMaster Engineering Society.