Micro-Nano Systems
Our devices, tools, and solutions are getting smaller.
Micro and nano systems research focuses on the fabrication and integration of nanometer scale structures and devices.
Micro, nano, and molecular-scale systems are at the core of emerging technologies and solutions in health, digital and manufacturing sectors, such as in lab on chip diagnostics, micro-machining, additive manufacturing, solar energy capture, advanced nano-scale materials science and microlectricomechanical systems in razor thin devices.
With groups working on cutting edge nano-materials, microelectronics, microfluidics, and the fascinating effects of changing material properties at the atomic scale, McMaster Engineering is a world leader in the field, with some of the best researchers and institutes.
Related People:
Leyla Soleymani
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Miniaturized Biomedical Devices
Related Faculty
Dr. Nabil Bassim
Professor
Structure-Processing-Property Relationships, Electron Microscopy, Focused Ion Beam Microscopy, Nanomaterials, 2-D materials, Image Processing, Beam-Sample interactions, Structural Materials (Concrete, Metallurgical Alloys), Nanofabrication
Dr. Gianluigi Botton
Professor
nanostructures; energy materials; battery materials; fuel cells; light-emitting diodes; plasmonics; oxides electronics; corrosion; structure of alloys
Dr. Kathryn Grandfield (Bernar)
Associate Professor, Associate Chair - Graduate
biomaterials; osseointegration; electron microscopy; mineralized tissues; electron tomography; atom probe tomography
Dr. Nana Ofori-Opoku
Assistant Professor
Materials modelling, microstructure evolution, phase-field methods
Dr. André Phillion
Professor
Solidification of Engineering metals; Mathematical modelling of materials and Processes; X-ray tomographic imaging; 4D materials science
Dr. Oleg Rubel
Associate Professor
Materials modeling; density functional theory; solar cells; lasers; LEDs; quantum materials; 2D materials
Dr. Kyla Sask
Assistant Professor
biomaterials; surface modification; protein and cell interactions; blood contacting medical devices; polymers
Dr. Igor Zhitomirsky
Distinguished Engineering Professor
biomaterials, nanomaterials, energy storage, electrochemical technologies, functional materials
Dr. Hatem Zurob
Professor, Chair
Microstructural evolution in engineering materials and the effect of microstructure on mechanical properties
March 16, 2022 / Department News
Silicon photonics student researcher awarded international Optica Amplify Scholarship for Black scientists, engineers
Hamidu Mbonde, a PhD student in engineering physics, is one of 15 Black students worldwide that has been awarded the prestigious Optica Amplify Scholarship.
December 8, 2021 / Department News
In the Media: The smart packaging that knows if your food is safe to eat
Tohid Didar, professor of biomedical engineering, discusses how smart bio-markers on food packaging, developed by McMaster researchers, can detect contamination and assist food recalls.
December 8, 2021 / Department News
Researchers create contamination test for dairy products, using technology that can be printed inside containers
Researchers have developed a test to reveal bacterial contamination in dairy products well before they have a chance to reach anyone’s lips.
June 28, 2021 / Department News
NSERC awards 14 McMaster Engineering researchers
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 11 McMaster Engineering researchers through its Discovery research program, and three others have been awarded funding through the Research Tools and Instruments grants program (RTI) and Joint Canada-Germany Projects
May 19, 2021 / Department News
Kathryn Grandfield wins prestigious Human Frontier Science Program grant
Kathryn Grandfield, associate professor of biomedical engineering and materials science and engineering, has received a prestigious grant worth more than $1.3 million for research that could lead to better understanding of — and treatments for — illnesses related to bone density.
October 14, 2020 / Department News
Microscopic bone discovery holds promise for implants and bone diseases
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at McMaster University have discovered a structural feature of human bone that has never been studied before under a microscope, bringing scientists closer to advancing bone implants and treatments for bone diseases.
August 12, 2020 / Department News
Making surfaces repellent to bacteria and viruses with Repel Wrap
In Episode 3 of the Big Ideas for a Changing World podcast, Leyla Soleymani and Tohid Didar share the latest on their bacteria and virus repellent plastic wrap and its potential use during the pandemic.
March 7, 2019 / Department News
International Women's Day: Zeinab Hosseini-Doust and Azucena González Gómez
This year, McMaster Engineering is celebrating International Women's Day by honouring nine women who are supporting each other through mentoring relationships.
March 4, 2019 / Department News
15 questions with Heather Sheardown
Chemical Engineering professor Heather Sheardown, who has been elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineers (AIMBE), answers 15 questions in this rapid-fire interview.
November 26, 2018 / Department News
Fresh Faces: Li Xi
In 2013, Li Xi landed his dream job as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster. In his Fresh Faces spotlight he discusses his upbringing in Suzhou, China, the rewards of connecting with students and decoding experiments on polymer materials.
November 6, 2018 / Department News
Fresh Faces: André Phillion
Welcome to Fresh Faces. In this series, we’re highlighting over 40 engineering faculty members, all hired in the last five years, who are doing interesting and innovative things in the lab and the classroom.
October 24, 2018 / Department News
Researchers design “smart” surfaces, creating promise for safer implants and more accurate diagnostic tests
Researchers at McMaster University have solved a vexing problem by engineering surface coatings that can repel everything, such as bacteria, viruses and living cells, but can be modified to permit beneficial exceptions.
September 13, 2018 / Department News
McMaster engineering professor named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Gianluigi Botton, an engineering professor in the department of Materials Science and Engineering and director of the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
January 23, 2018 / Department News
Making water testing more affordable
Ravi Selvaganapathy's sensors will be useful to others outside of First Nations communities: hydrologists who need a way to monitor rivers, watersheds and reservoirs, for example, or mining companies that want to monitor the integrity of their tailing ponds.
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).
June 28, 2017 / Department News
#InsidetheLab: New ideas sprout from nanotechnology
Can innovations in nanotechnology improve plant growth for crop-based farming?