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, BEng '03

Software Engineering | Following opportunities to build a career

Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah, BEng '09, MEng Design '10, PhD '16

Mechanical Engineering, Design, Mechanical Engineering | From Solar Panels to Human Cells

Sura Abdul-Razzak, BEng Scty '07, MEPP '08

Mechanical Engineering & Society | Engineering a better world

Ali Abu-El-Magd, BEng '05, MASc '11

Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering | The Drive for a Smarter Car

Saif Abualkaz, BEng Mgt '10

Mechanical Engineering & Management | Working on the Edge of Change

Adekunle Ajiboye, MSc eHealth '13, MEEI '14

Master of Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Entrepreneurship in the Electronic Age

Alok Ajmera, BEng Mgt '03

Engineering Physics & Management | Professional Problem Solver at Work

Salman Alam, BEng Mgt '11

Electrical Engineering & Management | Bringing an Engineering Mindset to Real Estate Sales

Nonso Amadi, MEng Design '17

Master of Engineering Design | Big Ideas: One man show

Jane Anders, BEng Mgt '84, MBA '88

Chemical Engineering & Management | A World of Opportunity

Gianluca Arcari, BEng '97

Electrical Engineering | Helping to Keep Canadians Safe

Christabel Aryeetey, MEEI '17

Master’s of Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation | The Art – and Engineering – of Chocolate Making

Jonathan Atkins, BEng '87

Civil Engineering | The Business of Buildings

Fahmi Khairul Azmi, BEng '15

Mechanical Engineering | Painting the Big Picture

Nicole Bacci, BEng '12

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering | Building a Bell Career

Suzanne Beale, BEng Mgt '88

Civil Engineering & Management | Bridge Collapse Inspires Career

Andrew Benedek, DSc ‘03

Chemical Engineering | Pivoting from scientist to entrepreneur

Avi Bhargava, BEng '09

Electrical Engineering | Smart solutions for sustainable agriculture

Irene Yang BEng Mgt '01 & Andrew Biksa, MASc ’10

Electrical Engineering & Management, Mechanical Engineering | Building a Green Future

Marc Bishara, BEng Mgt '14

Mechatronics Engineering & Management | The Story of the Startup

Gaby Bohus, BEng Mgt '09

Electrical Engineering & Management | Senior Manager, Digital Strategy @ Innovation, CIBC Digital

James Bremner, BEng Scty '96

Chemical Engineering & Society | Big Picture Problem Solving

Rob Bruggeman, BEng Mgt '94

Civil Engineering & Management | Mining for Money

Nancy Burnham, BEng '90

Engineering Physics | Engineering Human Solutions

Lulu Bursztyn, BEng '04

Chemical Engineering | From Wrestling Mats to Eye Surgery

Rob Casasanta, BEng '93

Civil Engineering | Engineering Success for the Family Business

David Charron, BEng '85

Electrical Engineering | Making life-changing connections

Khaled Chebaro, BEng Mgt '10

Electrical Engineering & Management | Harnessing the Sun’s Energy

Kenny Chong, BEng '02

Software Engineering | Deriving a Future from Software Engineering

James Cotton, BEng '94

Mechanical Engineering | Big Ideas: Creating a Clean Ontario

Ian Collins, BEng '85

Electrical Engineering | The Infrastructure of Change

Christopher Crozier, BEng Mgt '90

Civil Engineering & Management | Doing Business the Crozier Way

Alex D'Souza, BEng '18

Chemical Engineering | McMaster University's Youngest Student Graduates

Kevin Dagenais, BEng '03, MASc '05

Software Engineering, Controls Engineering | Using Data to Drive Business Improvement

Dennis Darby, BEng Mgt '84

Chemical Engineering & Management | Mac Grad Recruited to Help Double Canadian Manufacturing Activity

Valerie Davidson, BEng '75

Chemical Engineering | Big Idea: Blazing a trail for female engineers

Mike Dawson, BEng Mgt '12

Electrical Engineering & Management | Hockey gloves smell like a business opportunity

Jennifer Defreyne, BEng '96

Chemical Engineering | A Career of World Travels Leads to a Newfoundland Micro-brewery

Danielle DeRosa, BEng '10

Civil Engineering | Look for the poles

Susan Derrah, BEng Scty '98, MEng '01

Electrical Engineering & Society | Two work halves make you whole

Kavya Divakarla, BTech '13, MASc '15, PhD '18

Process Automation, Electrical Engineering | Driven to Succeed

Bob Dony, PhD '95

Electrical Engineering | Engineering the Profession of Tomorrow

Nael El Shawwa, BEng Mgt '06, MEng '08

Software Engineering & Management, Computational Engineering | Programmed for Creativity

Steph Elder, BEng Mgt '16

Civil Engineering & Management | Big Ideas: Connecting Young People with STEM Opportunities

Stephen Elop, BEng Mgt '86

Computer Engineering & Management | Big Ideas: Creating a virtuous cycle of encouragement

Vivian Esmailzadeh, BTech '17

Biotechnology | The Bridge Between the Test Tube and the Lipstick

Terry Fallis, BEng '83

Mechanical Engineering | Big Ideas: Engineering as a Foundation for Anything

Gerry Forbes, BEng '85, MEng '93

Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering | Engineering Safe Roads - and Safe Drivers

Robert Fleisig, MEng '97, PhD '01

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering | Big Ideas: Designing a better engineer

Sandra Fountain, BEng Mgt '92

Engineering Physics & Management | Flexible Working in an International Industry

Christopher Gauthier, BEng Mgt '17 & Daniel Gonzalez, MEng Design '16

Civil Engineering & Management, Engineering Design | Reaching for the Sky

Harpreet Geekee, BEng '92

Computer Engineering | Being in the Wrong Place at the Right Time

Lara Ghaddar - BEng '01, MEEI '10

Software Engineering, Master of Engineering Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Embracing Agility

Tony Giannopoulos, BEng Scty '12

Electrical Engineering & Society | Building banking tools for tomorrow

The Innovators

Electrical & Biomedical | Michael Takla, Rotimi Fadiya, Prateek Mathur and Shivad Bhavsar received the prestigious James Dyson Award in 2017

David Goad, BEng Mgt '91

Chemical Engineering & Management | From Engineer to Entrepreneur to Academic

Horace Gon, BEng '01, MASc '04

Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering | Uploading engineering skills to the insurance world

Orest Goricanec, BEng '85

Computer Engineering | Leaping into Success

Genevieve Hamilton, BEng '04

Mechanical Engineering | Finding her way to the nuclear option

Hussam Haroun, MEEI '15

Master of Engineering Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Big Ideas: Nurturing the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Éloïse Harvey, BEng Mgt '99

Mechanical Engineering & Management | Taking the family business global

Fazlur Hassan, MEPP '14

Master of Engineering and Public Policy | Building a Better World

Pearce Herchenrader, BEng '14

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering | Finding the Intersection of Healthcare and Technology

David Heska, BEng Mgt '08

Civil Engineering & Management | Building Around the World

Barry Hill, BEng '66, MEng '68

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering | Big Ideas: The Many Sides of Barry Hill

Ian Hill, BEng '04, MASc '06

Engineering Physics, Engineering Physics | Going Nuclear in Paris

Janelle Hinds, BEng '15

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering | Honoured for being an Everyday Political Citizen

Janelle Hinds, BEng '15

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering | Big Ideas: Using Technology to Build Community

Todd Hoare, PhD '06

Chemical Engineering | Big Ideas: Blurring the boundaries between science and engineering

Alan Hurren, BEng Mgt '92

Electrical Engineering & Management | Success in the telecommunications sector

Jacob Jackson, MEEI '16

Master of Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Bringing technology to health care

Nur Emira Jaddil, BEng '18

Materials Engineering | Paying it Forward

Shaffiq Jaffer, PhD '98

Chemical Engineering | Searching out tomorrow’s science

Farukh Javed, BEng '06

Engineering Physics | Doing well by doing good

Quan Jiang, BEng '08

Chemical Engineering | Optimizing performance beyond the chemical realm

Samantha Ji, BEng Mgt '08

Electrical Engineering & Management | Engineering & Management was invaluable for this Apple Shanghai manager

Stacy Joseph, BEng Mgt '93 and Craig Smith, BEng Mgt '92

Electrical Engineering & Management | Three decades of friendship and success

Chuck Jurcic, BASc '83

Metallurgy and Material Science | Making the world a smaller place

Mounir Kabbara, BEng '10, MEng Design '11

Chemical Engineering, Engineering Design | Building Sustainable Cities

Faisal Kasem, MEEI '13

Master of Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation | An Entrepreneurial Vision

Jumi Kassim, BEng Mgt '02

Software Engineering & Management | Combining a Legal Mind with an Engineering Brain

Shawn Keating, BEng '10

Electrical and Biomedical Engineer | A shift in perspective

Sandra Ketchen, MEng '94

Civil Engineering | Civil Engineering Senior Vice-Present Operations at Saint Elizabeth

Lindsey Kettel, BEng Mgt '09

Mechanical Engineering & Management | Managing Marine Refurbishment

Heather Ker, BEng '06, MEng '09

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering | From Space Missions to Pediatric Surgery

Paul Kerr, BASc '93

Computer Science | Riding the Waves of Change

Francisco Kgoboko, BEng '03

Chemical Engineering | Understanding the world through engineering

Alyson King, BEng Scty '18

Civil Engineering & Society | Recognizing the Wrong Fit

Sahar Kokaly, MASc '08

Software Engineering | Making Tomorrow’s Car Safe

Mitchell Kos, BTech '17

Automotive Technology | Ready to launch; Ready for take-off!

Dominika Kovacs, BEng '98

Chemical Engineering | A Fierce Woman in Life Sciences

Elaine Kwan, BEng '04

Electrical Engineering | Finding the Opportunity Needle in the Data Haystack

John Lech, BEng Mgt '81

Mechanical Engineering & Management | 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 | When the career chooses you

Janet Loebach, BEng Scty '97

Civil Engineering & Society | Big Ideas: Investing in the Future

Paul LoRegio, BEng '94

Engineering Physics | The Optics of Engineering a New Life

Marie-Pierre Lussier, BEng Mgt '02

Mechanical Engineering & Management | Following the Opportunities

Jennifer Mahon, BEng Scty '04, MASc '06

Materials Engineering & Society, Chemical Engineering | Sizing up the Startups

Christopher Makarewicz, BTech '07

Manufacturing Engineering | Changing the world one HVAC unit at a time

Gautam Malkani, BEng Mgt '03

Electrical Engineering & Management | Finding Big Benefits in a Global Company

Lindsay McCauley, BEng '13

Civil Engineering | Off the Beaten Path to the Highway

Jacinta McNairn, BEng Scty '96

Civil Engineering & Society | Pivoting in Search of a New Challenge

Natasha McQuaid, BEng Mgt '11

Materials Engineering & Management | The science of failure

Jennifer Minelli, BEng '10, MEng '11

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

Ameen Mirjan, BEng '10

Electrical Engineering | Engineering better health care

Juan Musleh, BEng '09

Software Engineering | Thriving in the world of tech

Emma O'Neill BEng Scty '16

Civil Engineering & Society | Seeing the Forest in the Trees

Brendan O'Reilly, BEng Mgt '82

Chemical Engineering & Management | On-the-Job Learning

Tito Olaleye, BEng '16

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering | Recent grad urges students to keep an open mind

Devin Packer, BEng '14, MEng '15

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering | Medical Device Startup Launches Career

Ravi Patel, BEng Mgt '99

Software Engineering & Management | Get Uncomfortable to Grow

Sanjay Pathak, BEng Mgt '96

Electrical Engineering & Management | A Career Path to the Other Side of the World

Giuseppe Pavone, BEng '01

Metallurgy Engineering | Skills Forged in Steel

Adriana Perri, BTech '16

Biotechnology | BTech Biotechnology alumna shares her experiences working at The Estée Lauder Companies Canada

Robert Perrons, BEng '95

Mechanical Engineering | Offering global guidance

Christopher Psutka, BEng Mgt '05

Mechanical Engineering & Management | Bringing global solutions to environmental and health challenges

Yiheng Qin, PhD '17

Electrical Engineering | Nanofabrication project earns research award

Gordon Raman, BEng '91

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

Bahe Ramanan, BEng '04

Electrical Engineering | Build a career around what you like

Vanessa Raponi, BEng Mgt '18

Materials Engineering & Management | A Student Champion of Diversity Wins National Engineering Award

Ruth Rayman, BEng Mgt '84

Engineering Physics & Management | Making Light Work for Canada

Emily Reisman, BEng Scty '02

Civil Engineering & Society | Planning Urban Spaces

Darius Remesat, BEng Mgt '93

Chemical Engineering & Management | Creating value and gaining knowledge

Azra Ross, BEng Scty '98

Mechanical Engineering | Engineering artistic creativity

Paul Santerre, PhD '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, BEng '94

Mechanical Engineering | The Sky's the Limit

Graham Seaman, BEng Mgt '01

Materials Engineering & Management | Seeking Sustainable Solutions

Sonia Sennik, BEng '08

Engineering Physics | Big Ideas: Leading the Way to Gold in the Mine, on the Pitch, and in the Markets

Heather Sheardown, BEng '89

Chemical Engineering | Special delivery

Matthew Sheridan, BEng Mgt '12

Mechatronics Engineering & Management | Big Ideas: A Tape Measure for Colour

Ian Shrimpton, BEng '92

Civil Engineering | The Human Side of the Building Business

Ken Sills, MEng '13

Electrical Engineering | The Unintentional Entrepreneur

Cameron Smith, BEng Mgt '98

Electrical Engineering & Management | Computing and Managing a Career of Opportunities

Sarah Smith, BEng '07

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering | Big Ideas: Matters of the Heart

Ahmed Soliman, BEng '13

Chemical Engineering | Engineering with a Passion for Sustainability

Kevin Solomon, BEng BioSci '06

Chemical Engineering | Developing the Microorganisms of the Future

Eric Stacey, BEng '00

Mechanical Engineering | Using sound to diagnose water

Scott Stoll, BEng Mgt '90

Civil Engineering & Management | Mastering the building blocks of law

John Stulen, BEng '82

Mechanical Engineering | Out on a Limb

Navarajah Subramaniam, BEng '14

Mechanical Engineering | Dreams Taking Flight

Gina Succi, BEng '89

Civil Engineering | Manufacturing a Composite Solution for a Changing World

Michael Sucharda, BEng Mgt '17

Civil Engineering & Management | Transforming Toronto

James Suttie, BEng '69

Chemical Engineering | The Business of Golf in Retirement

Zhe Sun, MASc '14

Electrical Engineering | Plant a Tree in University

Kristie Syndikus, BEng Mgt '98

Mechanical Engineering & Management | Vice President & Global Process Owner, Source To Pay Celestica

Anjali Tandon, BEng '99

Chemical Engineering | Manager, Engineering, GlaxoSmithKline

Priya Tandon, MEPP '09

Master of Engineering and Public Policy | Pivoting into Policy

Michael Tang, BEng Mgt '95

Ceramic Engineering & Management | Navigating the World of Pivot

Jawad Tariq, BTech '12

BTech Information Systems | Giving new software a smooth start

Larissa Taylor, BEng '14, MASc '17

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

Tom Taylor, BEng '83, MEng '85

Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering | Teamwork builds systems and solutions

Jennifer Thuss, BEng '10

Materials Engineering | Understanding What Went Wrong

Viktoriya Todorova, BEng '13

Chemical Engineering | Skills and Personality Make for Perfect Job Fit

Edward Garcia Torres, BTech '17

Automotive & Vehicle Technology | A Drive for the Future

Renata Tracey, BEng '13

Civil Engineering | Engineering Down Under

Tibor Turi, BEng '89, MEng '91

Materials Engineering | A time for partnerships and leadership

Alana Vandersluis, BEng Scty '16

Civil Engineering & Society | Managing the Storm

Melissa Vandersluis, BEng BioSci '15

Chemical Engineering | The Culture of the Lab

Jordan Vandervelde, BEng Mgt '07

Civil Engineering & Management | Making everything old new again

Cecelia Varrasso, BEng BioSci '18

Chemical Engineering | Fixing the Failure

Eugene Veeden, BEng '07

Software Engineering | Stash Those "BagsAway"

Robert Vertesi, BEng Mgt '91, MBA '96

Chemical Engineering & Management | Engineering Success in the Business World

Lisa Vespi, BEng Scty '08

Civil Engineering & Society | Find a Mentor, Be a Mentor

Christina Vickery, BEng '06

Civil Engineering | Building Bridges and Then Some

Vivega Vijayakumar, MASc '13

Electrical & Biomedical Engineering | Using engineering and medicine to change lives

Chirag Virani, BEng '10

Mechanical Engineering | Bringing clarity and brilliance to machine design

Nick Vreugdenhil, BEng Mgt '88

Computer Engineering | Bridging the gap between Asia and North America

Amma Wakefield, BEng '07

Materials Engineering | New Canadian Asphalt Advocate

Rafia Waraich, BEng Scty '08

Materials Engineering & Society | Inspiring Tomorrow’s Female Engineers

Naomi Williams, BEng Scty '14

Civil Engineering & Society | Clean Water for Communities

Andrea Williamson, BEng Mgt '01

Chemical Engineering & Management | Show Her the Money

Christa Wilson, BEng Scty '06

Engineering Physics & Society | Merging Engineering Physics with Circus Acrobatics

Krystien Wolff, BEng '14, MEng '15

Electrical & Biomedical, Electrical Engineering | Stay Eager to Learn