(Opens in new window) May 30, 2022 Daily News Provost Susan Tighe wins top civil engineering award The Sandford Fleming Award is Canada’s top civil engineering award in transportation.
March 7, 2022 Zero-emission transit project from Mac Eng awarded federal funds for increased awareness, education The project has received over $100,000 in federal funding to create the first Canadian interactive portal for zero-emission vehicle adoption in transit.
(Opens in new window) March 1, 2022 CBC News In the media: Hamilton homeowners should think about where water would go in a flood, group says With a rapidly changing climate that will increase the risk of flooding, hydrologic modelling expert and McMaster civil engineering professor Paulin Coulibaly says urgency is needed.
February 4, 2022 Behind the Big Ideas: Paulin Coulibaly Explore the cutting-edge research of our Fireball Family members and meet the innovative people “Behind the Big Ideas.”
January 21, 2022 Lydell Wiebe presented HA Krentz award by the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction The award is presented to the researcher with the highest ranked proposal submitted in that year and represents a $5,000 top-up in addition to the grant.
April 7, 2021 Meet Paulin Coulibaly, champion of water research in Canada and equity, diversity and inclusion at McMaster on Episode 11 Paulin Coulibaly talks about managing flood risk in Canada, working with Global Water Futures and advocating for EDI at McMaster.
March 5, 2021 McMaster alumna leads engineers at Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization to combat world hunger Sogol Akef, Head of Engineering at The United Nations World Food Programme, found her passion for humanitarian work during her civil engineering classes at McMaster.
November 25, 2020 Civil engineering alumnus named incoming CEO of Meritor Inc. Chris Villavarayan, civil engineering alumnus, has been named the incoming CEO of Meritor, a global supplier for commercial vehicle and industrial markets. He credits his success to a love of learning and sense of curiosity from his days as a student.
(Opens in new window) October 29, 2020 Brighter World The safest, smartest COVID reopening plan Engineering researchers are creating digital “twins” of cities and testing a variety of scenarios to guide complex reopening decisions.
(Opens in new window) October 23, 2020 Brighter World Smart Freight Centre research partnership receives major funding award The NSERC-funded initiative will study challenges related to shipping and consumer expectations for same-day delivery.
October 21, 2020 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.
September 23, 2020 Simulating virus spread risk and campus reopening using network science Zoe Li and Wael El-Dakhakhni share the latest on their research project which digitally models cities to inform decision-makers in their reopening plans amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
