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

Jodi Abrams, B.Eng. 03

(Software Engineering) | Following opportunities to build a career

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

Sura Abdul-Razzak, BEngScty '07, MEPP '08

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 Benedek, DSc ‘03

Avi Bhargava, BEng '09

(Electrical Engineering)

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

Lulu 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

David Charron, BEng '85

(Electrical Engineering) | Making life-changing connections

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

Kevin Dagenais, BEng '03, MASc '05

Software Engineering, Controls Engineering

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

Danielle DeRosa, BEng '10

(Civil Engineering)

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

Lara Ghaddar - BEng '01, MEEI '10

Software Engineering and Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Tony Giannopoulos, BEngScty '12

(Electrical Engineering) | Building banking tools for tomorrow

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

Horace Gon, BEng '01, MASc '04

(Electrical Engineering), (Electrical Engineering)

Orest Goricanec, B.Eng. '85

(Computer Engineering) | Leaping into Success

Genevieve Hamilton, BEng '04

Mechanical Engineering

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

Alan Hurren, BEngMgt '92

(Electrical Engineering)

Jacob Jackson, M.E.E.I. '16

Bringing technology to health care

Nur Emira Jaddil, B.Eng. '18

(Materials Engineering) | Paying it Forward

Shaffiq Jaffer, PhD '98

Chemical Engineering

Farukh Javed, BEng '06

Engineering Physics

Quan Jiang, BEng '08

(Chemical Engineering)

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.

Stacy Joseph, BEngMgt '93 and Craig Smith, BEngMgt '92

Electrical Engineering

Chuck Jurcic, BASc '83

Mounir Kabbara, B.Eng. '10, M.Eng.Design '11

(Chemical Engineering), (Engineering Design)

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

Shawn Keating, BEng 2010

Electrical and Biomedical Engineer

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

Marlene Lenarduzzi, BEng '92

(Chemical Engineering) | Unexpected reactions in the chemistry of life

Hersha Leung, BEng '03

Electrical Engineering

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

Jennifer Mahon, B.Eng.Scty. '04, MASc '06

Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Christopher Makarewicz, BTech '07

Manufacturing Engineering

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

Natasha McQuaid, BEngMgt '11

(Materials Engineering) | The science of failure

Jennifer Minelli, B.Eng. '10, M.Eng. '11

(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering), (Electrical Engineering) | Engineering Manager, Cancer Care Ontario

Ameen Mirjan, BEng '10

Juan Musleh, BEng '09

(Software Engineering)

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.

Robert Perrons, BEng '95

Mechanical Engineering

Christopher Psutka, B.Eng.Mgt. '05

(Mechanical Engineering) | Bringing global solutions to environmental and health challenges

Yiheng Qin, PhD '17

(Electrical Engineering)

Gordon Raman, B.Eng. '91

(Engineering Physics) | A merger of engineering, business and the law

Bahe Ramanan, BEng '04

(Electrical Engineering)

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

Darius Remesat, BEngMgt. '93

(Chemical Engineering) | Creating value and gaining knowledge

Azra Ross, B.Eng.Scty.'98

(Mechanical Engineering) | Engineering artistic creativity

Paul Santerre, Ph.D. '90

(Chemical Engineering) | McMaster grad receives Governor-General's Innovation Award

Glen Schmid, BEng. '85

(Computer Engineering) | Selling cutting edge to the world

Frank Scremin, B.Eng. '94

(Mechanical Engineering) | The Sky's the Limit

Graham Seaman, BEngMgt '01

Materials Engineering

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

Eric Stacey, BEng '00

Scott Stoll, BEngMgt '90

(Civil Engineering) | Mastering the building blocks of law

John Stulen, B.Eng. '82

(Mechanical Engineering) | Out on a Limb

Navarajah Subramaniam, B.Eng. '14

(Mechanical Engineering) | Dreams Taking Flight

Gina Succi, B.Eng. '89

(Civil Engineering) | Manufacturing a Composite Solution for a Changing World

Michael Sucharda, B.Eng.Mgt. '17

(Civil Engineering) | Transforming Toronto

James Suttie, B.Eng. '69

(Chemical Engineering) | The Business of Golf in Retirement

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

Jawad Tariq, BTech '12

(Information Systems)

Larissa Taylor, B.Eng. '14, M.A.Sc. '17

(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering), (Electrical Engineering) | Big Ideas: Pump up the Volume

Tom Taylor, BEng '83, MEng '85

Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering

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

Renata Tracey, BEng '13

Civil Engineering

Tibor Turi, BEng '89, MEng '91

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

Vivega Vijayakumar, MASc '13

(Electrical & Biomedical Engineering)

Chirag Virani, BEng '10

(Mechanical Engineering) | Bringing clarity and brilliance to machine design

Nick Vreugdenhil, BEngMgt '88

(Computer Engineering)

Amma Wakefield, B.Eng. '07

(Materials Engineering) | New Canadian Asphalt Advocate

Rafia Waraich, B.Eng.Scty. '08

(Materials Engineering) | Inspiring Tomorrow’s Female Engineers

Naomi Williams, B.Eng.Scty. '14

Civil Engineering

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