Mechanical Engineering – Faculty of Engineering
Two students work on machinery in Dr. Andrew Gadsden's lab.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Applying principles of physics for analysis, design, manufacturing and maintenance of mechanical systems.

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Designing, developing, building and testing, mechanical engineering is focused on movement, whether that of machines or the human body.

Statistics

  • 3

    Canada Research Chairs

  • $19M

    research funding awarded in 2024-2025

  • 84%

    of graduating undergraduates had a co-op experience

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  • Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah headshot

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

    “It comes down to the people that share your path, and that’s why McMaster University is more than the sum of its labs and buildings and institutes.”
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    Alison Tyndall, BEng Management’11(Mechanical Engineering)

    “Realize that your purpose at Mac is to learn how be curious, how to learn quickly and how to apply that to a real-world problem.”
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