Alumni Spotlights
Our alumni are changing the world and we are so proud of all of the work they accomplish. Through many different avenues and industries they are breaking barriers and making a difference in the world.
Alumni Spotlights
Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah, B.Eng. '09, M.Eng.Design. '10, Ph.D. '16
(Mechanical Engineering), (Design), (Mechanical Engineering) | From Solar Panels to Human Cells
Ali Abu-El-Magd, B.Eng. '05, M.A.Sc. '11
(Electrical Engineering), (Electrical Engineering) | The Drive for a Smarter Car
Saif Abualkaz, B.Eng.Mgt. '10
(Mechanical Engineering) | Working on the Edge of Change
Adekunle Ajiboye, M.E.E.I. '14
Entrepreneurship in the Electronic Age
Alok Ajmera, B.Eng.Mgt. '03
(Engineering Physics) | Professional Problem Solver at Work
Salman Alam, B.Eng.Mgt. '11
(Electrical Engineering) | Bringing an Engineering Mindset to Real Estate Sales
Nonso Amadi, M.Eng.Design '17
Big Ideas: One man show
Jane Anders, B.Eng.Mgt. '84, M.B.A. '88
(Chemical Engineering) | A World of Opportunity
Gianluca Arcari, B.Eng. '97
(Electrical Engineering) | Helping to Keep Canadians Safe
Christabel Aryeetey, M.E.E.I '17
The Art – and Engineering – of Chocolate Making
Jonathan Atkins, B.Eng. '87
(Civil Engineering) | The Business of Buildings
Fahmi Khairul Azmi, B.Eng. '15
(Mechanical Engineering) | Painting the Big Picture
Nicole Bacci, B.Eng. '12
(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering) | Building a Bell Career
Suzanne Beale, B.Eng.Mgt. '88
(Civil Engineering) | Bridge Collapse Inspires Career
Andrew Biksa, M.A.Sc.’10 & Irene Yang B.Eng.Mgt. '01
(Mechanical Engineering) & (Electrical Engineering) | Building a Green Future
Marc Bishara, B.Eng.Mgt. '14
(Mechatronics Engineering) | The Story of the Startup
Gaby Bohus, B.Eng.Mgt. '09
(Electrical Engineering) | Senior Manager, Digital Strategy @ Innovation, CIBC Digital
James Bremner, B.Eng.Scty. '96
(Chemical Engineering) | Big Picture Problem Solving
Rob Bruggeman, B.Eng.Mgt. '94
(Civil Engineering) | Mining for Money
Nancy Burnham, B.Eng. '90
(Engineering Physics) | Engineering Human Solutions
Luli Bursztyn, B.Eng. '04
(Chemical Engineering) | From Wrestling Mats to Eye Surgery
Rob Casasanta, B.Eng. '93
(Civil Engineering) | Engineering Success for the Family Business
Stephanie Chan, B.Eng. '08
(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering) | Eyeing Up the Future
Khaled Chebaro, B.Eng.Mgt. '10
(Electrical Engineering) | Harnessing the Sun’s Energy
Kenny Chong, B.Eng. '02
(Software Engineering) | Deriving a Future from Software Engineering
James Cotton, B.Eng. '94
(Mechanical Engineering) | Big Ideas: Creating a Clean Ontario
Ian Collins, B.Eng. '85
(Electrical Engineering) | The Infrastructure of Change
Christopher Crozier, B.Eng.Mgt. '90
(Civil Engineering) | Doing Business the Crozier Way
Alex D'Souza, B.Eng. '18
(Chemical Engineering) | McMaster University's Youngest Student Graduates
Dennis Darby, B.Eng.Mgt. '84
(Chemical Engineering) | Mac Grad Recruited to Help Double Canadian Manufacturing Activity
Valerie Davidson, B.Eng. '75
(Chemical Engineering) | Big Idea: Blazing a trail for female engineers
Mike Dawson, B.Eng.Mgt. '12
(Electrical Engineering) | Hockey gloves smell like a business opportunity
Jennifer Defreyne, B.Eng. '96
(Chemical Engineering) | A Career of World Travels Leads to a Newfoundland Micro-brewery
Susan Derrah, B.Eng.Scty. '98, M.Eng. '01
(Electrical Engineering) | Two work halves make you whole
Kavya Divakarla, B.Tech. '13; M.A.Sc. '15; Ph.D. '18
(Process Automation); (Electrical Engineering) | Driven to Succeed
Bob Dony, Ph.D. '95
(Electrical Engineering) | Engineering the Profession of Tomorrow
Nael El Shawwa, B.Eng.Mgt. '06, M.Eng. '08
(Software Engineering), (Computational Engineering) | Programmed for Creativity
Steph Elder, B.Eng.Mgt. '16
(Civil Engineering) | Big Ideas: Connecting Young People with STEM Opportunities
Stephen Elop, B.Eng.Mgt. '86
(Computer Engineering) | Big Ideas: Creating a virtuous cycle of encouragement
Vivian Esmailzadeh, B.Tech. '17
(Biotechnology) | The Bridge Between the Test Tube and the Lipstick
Terry Fallis, B.Eng. '83
(Mechanical Engineering) | Big Ideas: Engineering as a Foundation for Anything
Gerry Forbes, B.Eng. '85, M.Eng. '93
(Civil Engineering), (Civil Engineering) | Engineering Safe Roads - and Safe Drivers
Robert Fleisig, M.Eng '97, Ph.D. '01
(Mechanical Engineering), (Mechanical Engineering) | Big Ideas: Designing a better engineer
Sandra Fountain, B.Eng.Mgt. '92
(Engineering Physics) | Flexible Working in an International Industry
Christopher Gauthier, B.Eng.Mgt. '17 & Daniel Gonzalez, M.Eng.Design '16
(Civil Engineering), (Engineering Design) | Reaching for the Sky
Harpreet Geekee, B.Eng. '92
(Computer Engineering) | Being in the Wrong Place at the Right Time
The Innovators
Michael Takla, Rotimi Fadiya, Prateek Mathur and Shivad Bhavsar received the prestigious James Dyson Award in 2017.
David Goad, B.Eng.Mgt. '91
(Chemical Engineering) | From Engineer to Entrepreneur to Academic
Orest Goricanec, B.Eng. '85
(Computer Engineering) | Leaping into Success
Hussam Haroun, M.E.E.I '15
Big Ideas: Nurturing the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Éloïse Harvey, B.Eng.Mgt. '99
(Mechanical Engineering) | Taking the family business global
Fazlur Hassan, M.E.P.P. '14
Building a Better World
Pearce Herchenrader, B.Eng. '14
(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering) | Finding the Intersection of Healthcare and Technology
David Heska, B.Eng.Mgt. '08
(Civil Engineering) | Building Around the World
Barry Hill, B.Eng. '66, M.Eng '68
(Mechanical Engineering), (Mechanical Engineering) | Big Ideas: The Many Sides of Barry Hill
Ian Hill, B.Eng. '04, M.A.Sc. '06
(Engineering Physics), (Engineering Physics) | Going Nuclear in Paris
Janelle Hinds, B.Eng. '15
(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering) | Honoured for being an Everyday Political Citizen
Janelle Hinds, B.Eng. '15
(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering) | Big Ideas: Using Technology to Build Community
Todd Hoare, Ph.D. '06
(Chemical Engineering) | Big Ideas: Blurring the boundaries between science and engineering
Jacob Jackson, M.E.E.I. '16
Bringing technology to health care
Nur Emira Jaddil, B.Eng. '18
(Materials Engineering) | Paying it Forward
Samantha Ji, B.Eng. '08
(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering) | Samantha Ji is a graduate from McMaster University's Electrical Engineering and Management Program ('08) and is currently a Senior Business Analyst with Apple in Shanghai City, China.
Faisal Kasem, M.E.E.I. '13
An Entrepreneurial Vision
Jumi Kassim, B.Eng.Mgt. '02
(Software Engineering) | Combining a Legal Mind with an Engineering Brain
Sandra Ketchen, M.Eng. '94
(Civil Engineering) | Civil Engineering Senior Vice-Present Operations at Saint Elizabeth
Lindsey Kettel, B.Eng.Mgt. '09
(Mechanical Engineering) | Managing Marine Refurbishment
Heather Ker, B.Eng. '06, M.Eng. '09
(Mechanical Engineering), (Mechanical Engineering) | From Space Missions to Pediatric Surgery
Paul Kerr, B.A.Sc. '93
(Computer Science) | Riding the Waves of Change
Francisco Kgoboko, B.Eng. '03
(Chemical Engineering) | Understanding the world through engineering
Alyson King, B.Eng.Scty '18
(Civil Engineering) | Recognizing the Wrong Fit
Sahar Kokaly, M.A.Sc. '08
(Software Engineering) | Making Tomorrow’s Car Safe
Mitchell Kos, B.Tech. '17
(Automotive Technology) | Ready to launch; Ready for take off!
Dominika Kovacs, B.Eng. '98
(Chemical Engineering) | A Fierce Woman in Life Sciences
Elaine Kwan, B.Eng. '04
(Electrical Engineering) | Finding the Opportunity Needle in the Data Haystack
John Lech, B.Eng.Mgt. '81
(Mechanical Engineering) | McMaster Engineering: A Lech Family Tradition
Janet Loebach, B.Eng.Scty '97
(Civil Engineering) | Big Ideas: Investing in the Future
Paul LoRegio, B.Eng. '94
(Engineering Physics) | The Optics of Engineering a New Life
Marie-Pierre Lussier, B.Eng.Mgt. '02
(Mechanical Engineering) | Following the Opportunities
Gautam Malkani, B.Eng.Mgt. '03
(Electrical Engineering) | Finding Big Benefits in a Global Company
Lindsay McCauley, B.Eng. '13
(Civil Engineering) | Off the Beaten Path to the Highway
Jacinta McNairn, B.Eng.Scty. '96
(Civil Engineering) | Pivoting in Search of a New Challenge
Jennifer Minelli, B.Eng. '10, M.Eng. '11
(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering), (Electrical Engineering) | Engineering Manager, Cancer Care Ontario
Emma O'Neill B.Eng.Scty '16
(Civil Engineering) | Seeing the Forest in the Trees
Brendan O'Reilly, B.Eng.Mgt. '82
(Chemical Engineering) | On-the-Job Learning
Tito Olaleye, B.Eng. '16
(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering) | Recent grad urges students to keep an open mind
Devin Packer, B.Eng. '14, M.Eng. '15
(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering), (Computer Engineering) | Medical Device Startup Launches Career
Ravi Patel, B.Eng.Mgt. '99
(Software Engineering) | Get Uncomfortable to Grow
Sanjay Pathak, B.Eng.Mgt. '96
(Electrical Engineering) | A Career Path to the Other Side of the World
Giuseppe Pavone, B.Eng. '01
(Metallurgy Engineering) | Skills Forged in Steel
Adriana Perri, B.Tech. '16
(Biotechnology) | B.Tech. Biotechnology alumna shares her experiences working at The Estée Lauder Companies Canada.
Christopher Psutka, B.Eng.Mgt. '05
(Mechanical Engineering) | Bringing global solutions to environmental and health challenges
Gordon Raman, B.Eng. '91
(Engineering Physics) | A merger of engineering, business and the law
Vanessa Raponi, B.Eng.Mgt. '18
(Materials Engineering) | A Student Champion of Diversity Wins National Engineering Award
Ruth Rayman, B.Eng.Mgt. '84
(Engineering Physics) | Making Light Work for Canada
Emily Reisman, B.Eng.Scty '02
(Civil Engineering) | Planning Urban Spaces
Paul Santerre, Ph.D. '90
(Chemical Engineering) | McMaster grad receives Governor-General's Innovation Award
Frank Scremin, B.Eng. '94
(Mechanical Engineering) | The Sky's the Limit
Sonia Sennik, B.Eng. '08
(Engineering Physics) | Big Ideas: Leading the Way to Gold in the Mine, on the Pitch, and in the Markets
Heather Sheardown, B.Eng. '89
(Chemical Engineering) | Special delivery
Matthew Sheridan, B.Eng.Mgt. '12
(Mechatronics Engineering) | Big Ideas: A Tape Measure for Colour
Ian Shrimpton, B.Eng. '92
(Civil Engineering) | The Human Side of the Building Business
Ken Sills, M.Eng. '13
(Electrical Engineering) | The Unintentional Entrepreneur
Cameron Smith, B.Eng.Mgt. '98
(Electrical Engineering) | Computing and Managing a Career of Opportunities
Sarah Smith, B.Eng. '07
(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering) | Big Ideas: Matters of the Heart
Ahmed Soliman, B.Eng. '13
(Chemical Engineering) | Engineering with a Passion for Sustainability
Kevin Solomon, B.Eng.BioSci '06
(Chemical Engineering) | Developing the Microorganisms of the Future
John Stulen, B.Eng. '82
(Mechanical Engineering) | Out on a Limb
Gina Succi, B.Eng. '89
(Civil Engineering) | Manufacturing a Composite Solution for a Changing World
Navarajah Subramaniam, B.Eng. '14
(Mechanical Engineering) | Dreams Taking Flight
Michael Sucharda, B.Eng.Mgt. '17
(Civil Engineering) | Transforming Toronto
Zhe Sun, M.A.Sc. '14
(Electrical Engineering) | Plant a Tree in University
Kristie Syndikus, B.Eng.Mgt. '98
(Mechanical Engineering) | Vice President & Global Process Owner, Source To Pay Celestica
Anjali Tandon, B.Eng. '99
(Chemical Engineering) | Manager, Engineering, GlaxoSmithKline
Priya Tandon, M.E.P.P. '09
Pivoting into Policy
Michael Tang, B.Eng.Mgt. '95
(Ceramic Engineering) | Navigating the World of Pivot
Larissa Taylor, B.Eng. '14, M.A.Sc. '17
(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering), (Electrical Engineering) | Big Ideas: Pump up the Volume
Jennifer Thuss, B.Eng. '10
(Materials Engineering) | Understanding What Went Wrong
Viktoriya Todorova, B.Eng. '13
(Chemical Engineering) | Skills and Personality Make for Perfect Job Fit
Edward Garcia Torres, B.Tech. '17
(Automotive & Vehicle Technology) | A Drive for the Future
Alana Vandersluis, B.Eng.Scty. '16
(Civil Engineering) | Managing the Storm
Melissa Vandersluis, B.Eng.BioSci. '15
(Chemical Engineering) | The Culture of the Lab
Jordan Vandervelde, B.Eng.Mgt. '07
(Civil Engineering) | Making everything old new again
Cecelia Varrasso, B.Eng.BioSci. '18
(Chemical Engineering) | Fixing the Failure
Eugene Veeden, B.Eng. '07
(Software Engineering) | Stash Those BagsAway
Robert Vertesi, B.Eng.Mgt. '91
(Chemical Engineering) | Engineering Success in the Business World
Lisa Vespi, B.Eng.Scty. '08
(Civil Engineering) | Find a Mentor, Be a Mentor
Christina Vickery, B.Eng. '06
(Civil Engineering) | Building Bridges and Then Some
Amma Wakefield, B.Eng. '07
(Materials Engineering) | New Canadian Asphalt Advocate
Rafia Waraich, B.Eng.Scty. '08
(Materials Engineering) | Inspiring Tomorrow’s Female Engineers
Andrea Williamson. B.Eng.Mgt. '01
(Chemical Engineering) | Show Her the Money
Christa Wilson, B.Eng.Scty. '06
(Engineering Physics) | Merging Engineering Physics with Circus Acrobatics
Krystien Wolff, B.Eng. '14, M.Eng. '15
(Electrical & Biomedical), (Electrical Engineering) | Stay Eager to Learn