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Four students answer your research and entrepreneurship questions

December 1, 2020 /  Department News

Four students answer your research and entrepreneurship questions

Want to know more about student research or working with a startup but don’t know where to begin? Four McMaster Engineering students who attended last week’s Engineering Research & Entrepreneurship Fair can help.

In the Media: Reproduction problems in male river otters linked to oilsands contaminants in new study

November 30, 2020 /  Department News
Source: CBC

In the Media: Reproduction problems in male river otters linked to oilsands contaminants in new study

Cheryl Quenneville, mechanical engineering associate professor, contributed to research that shows weaker penile bones in river otters are linked to oil sands contaminants.

Education research projects to help students thrive in future leadership roles

November 25, 2020 /  Department News

Education research projects to help students thrive in future leadership roles

Two years after accepting the Educating the Engineer of 2025 (EtE-25) funding awards for education research projects, four McMaster Engineering faculty members share their findings and successes.

Six McMaster Engineering startups to watch

November 19, 2020 /  Department News

Six McMaster Engineering startups to watch

In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, we are recognizing six thriving startups founded by McMaster Engineering students and alumni.

McMaster inventors of pathogen-repelling wrap earn top prize in global innovation competition

November 12, 2020 /  Department News
Source: Brighter World

McMaster inventors of pathogen-repelling wrap earn top prize in global innovation competition

McMaster Engineering's Leyla Soleymani and Tohid Didar, who led the team that created RepelWrap, have been named grand prize winners in the 2020 Create the Future design contest, organized by engineering-design news provider Tech Briefs, the company announced today from New York.

McMaster-FCA partnership wins NSERC award for advancing the electrified car of the future

November 10, 2020 /  Department News

McMaster-FCA partnership wins NSERC award for advancing the electrified car of the future

Today, Ali Emadi accepts the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Synergy Award for Innovation for McMaster's ongoing collaboration with Fiat Chrysler Auto to develop the next generation of electric and hybrid vehicles.

The road to making one million face shields: MMRI partners with Whitebird

October 21, 2020 /  Department News

The road to making one million face shields: MMRI partners with Whitebird

In episode six of the Big Ideas for a Changing World podcast, hear how the McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) and Hamilton-based packaging company, Whitebird, teamed up to swiftly produce face shields for thousands of Canadian frontline workers during the pandemic.

To measure the severity of COVID-19, researchers create a tool that can pull an elusive marker from human blood

October 20, 2020 /  Department News
Source: Brighter World

To measure the severity of COVID-19, researchers create a tool that can pull an elusive marker from human blood

It is the latest application of smart-surface technology to emerge from the laboratory of Tohid Didar, a mechanical engineering professor at McMaster.

New faculty and postdoctoral fellows join McMaster Engineering

October 19, 2020 /  Department News

New faculty and postdoctoral fellows join McMaster Engineering

This fall, one new faculty member has joined the Faculty of Engineering along with seven adjunct faculty members, five associate members and 26 post-doctoral fellows.

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