Infrastructure
Sustainable and properly planned infrastructure improves our transportation networks, roads, community buildings, water and waste water supplies and access to power.
Infrastructure is Essential.
Infrastructure is essential to the economic, social and political fabric of communities.
Sustainable and properly planned infrastructure improves our transportation networks, roads, community buildings, water and waste water supplies and access to power.
This group of researchers is working closely with government and industry partners to make great strides in safe, sustainable, and eco-friendly structures.
Challenges: Eco-friendly and sustainable buildings, restoring and improving infrastructure, improving building integrity to protect against disasters.
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| Bridge Bearings | Systemic Risk of Infrastructure | MMRI | ExxCel Building |
November 10, 2020 / Department News
BUILDING LOCAL CAPACITY TO TRACK & FIGHT AGAINST THE COMMUNITY SPREAD OF SARS-COV-2
McMaster University’s Faculty of Engineering is co-creating sampling and analytical protocols and providing a roadmap for best practices that could be adopted, with our partners, across the province. This will equip local facilities to detect COVID-19 earlier and more effectively.
October 29, 2020 / Department News
The safest, smartest COVID reopening plan
Researchers from McMaster Engineering are working on a way to guide decisions on reopening cities, businesses and other large operations during and after the pandemic. Read the latest project feature of Wael El-Dakhakhni and Zoe Li's project, CityDNA.
October 21, 2020 / Department News
In the Media: Digital infrastructure is the new frontier
We need today’s sporadic initiatives to be more interoperable, cohesive, and national. This can start with the federal government, in collaboration with the provinces and private partners, says Saiedeh Razavi in an op-ed for The Hill Times.
September 30, 2020 / Department News
McMaster among the first Canadian universities to track COVID-19 in campus wastewater
Scientists suggest tracking COVID-19 through wastewater—in combination with clinical tests—is a quick and effective tool to detect community spread, one of the biggest challenges facing public health experts as Ontario enters the second wave of the pandemic.
September 24, 2020 / Department News
Simulating virus spread risk and campus reopening using network science
Researchers Zoe Li and Wael El-Dakhakhni have received support from McMaster’s COVID-19 Research Fund to apply their digital twinning system to simulate reopening scenarios for McMaster’s campus. Hear more on the latest Big Ideas for a Changing World podcast episode.
August 21, 2020 / Department News
In the Media: Economic Recovery Via the Great Lakes
In Ontario, as in several American states, the Great Lakes Region is a massive economic engine. With the border mostly closed, during this COVID-19 pandemic, the region is looking for help to bounce back. Gail Krantzberg, W Booth professor, shares her insights.
August 21, 2020 / Department News
Students in Automation Engineering Technology helping the Hamilton Fire Department develop a digital, smart systems roadmap
Smart technology is changing the world in many ways and has the potential to improve how firefighters access information in the field. To take advantage of these technologies, cities require infrastructure to receive and process vast amounts of data.
August 14, 2020 / Department News
Researchers investigate a growing case for distributed smart systems and AI to reduce flooding in cities
As our global climate changes, extreme weather events are growing in frequency in many places, including Southern Ontario. Ontario municipalities experience heavier rainfalls and more extreme storms that frequently overwhelm their sewer infrastructure.
June 19, 2020 / Department News
McMaster Engineering PhD candidate recognized as Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar
Moustafa Naiem is one of 50 recipients of this year’s scholarship awarded by NSERC, and one of five 2020 Vanier Scholars from McMaster University.
October 22, 2019 / Department News
Wikwemikong High School Grad. Wins Engineering Award
Wiikwemkoong’s Skylar Manitowabi has recently been honoured by the Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation as the inaugural recipient of the Robert Olivier Memorial Award. The 24-year-old is now finishing his final year at McMaster University’s civil engineering infrastructure program.
September 30, 2019 / Department News
What makes Mac Eng students stand out? We asked Canada's largest telecom provider
As employer of the week, Rogers mentored students on branding themselves and preparing for the career of their lives.
April 12, 2019 / Department News
Sessional Faculty Member's Appointment to Conservation Halton Board of Directors
Congratulations to Dr. Zobia Jawed!
April 10, 2019 / Department News
McMaster Engineering announces new faculty appointments spring 2019
We are pleased to announce the following new appointments to the Faculty of Engineering.
January 4, 2019 / Department News
McMaster Engineering announces new faculty appointments
We are pleased to announce the following new appointments to the Faculty of Engineering.
September 10, 2018 / Department News
Fresh Faces: Michael Justason
Welcome to Fresh Faces. In this series, we’re highlighting more than 40 Engineering faculty members, all hired in the last five years, who are doing interesting and innovative things in the lab and the classroom.
August 23, 2018 / Department News
Fresh Faces: Tracy Becker
Welcome to Fresh Faces. In this series, we’re highlighting 43 Engineering faculty members, all hired within the last five years, who are doing interesting and innovative things in the lab and the classroom.
July 18, 2018 / Department News
Fresh Faces: Lydell Wiebe
Welcome to Fresh Faces. In this series, we’re highlighting 43 Engineering faculty members, all hired within the last five years, who are doing interesting and innovative things in the lab and the classroom.
August 15, 2017 / Department News
Engineering researchers receive $1.9 million in federal funding
Six McMaster researchers have been awarded more than $1.9 million combined for infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).
July 1, 2017 / Department News
Dr. Saiedeh Razavi Appointed Director of the McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics (MITL)
The Department of Civil Engineering is very pleased to announce that Dr. Saiedeh Razavi has been appointed Director of the McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics.
July 12, 2017 / Department News
#InsidetheLab: Bearings support bridges, but how long can they last?
#InsidetheLab: is McMaster Engineering’s new Instagram story series that gives a behind-the-scenes look at how our students are working towards tackling the grand challenges facing our world through innovative research projects.
March 2, 2017 / Department News
McMaster Civil Engineers testing isolation bearings
Look inside the Applied Dynamics Lab to see how McMaster Civil Engineers test isolation bearings.
July 17, 2017 / Department News
McMaster Engineering welcomes nine new faculty
"With the addition of our new faculty members, we will continue to strengthen our reputation as one of the top engineering schools in Canada and worldwide while building a brighter world." -Ishwar K. Puri, Dean of Engineering
July 7, 2017 / Department News
Industry innovators appointed as Chairs in Effective Design of Structures, Manufacturing and Management
Three professors have been appointed as Chairs for the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University.
McMaster Advanced Control Consortium (MACC)
The Process Control Group has organized the McMaster Advanced Control Consortium (MACC) to build on the strength of the software and expertise related to the computer control of chemical processes. MACC promotes and advances process control by bringing together researchers and practitioners for the investigation and application of leading-edge control technology. Specialized equipment utilized by members of the Process Systems group includes a 64 processor server suitable for intensive numerical computation. Commercial and university developed software is used to facilitate research in simulation, control, design, statistical process diagnostics and optimization.
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