News from the department of Mechanical Engineering

Convocation is a time for reflection and celebration. To mark the occasion, we asked 15 graduating students to share their stories, reflect on how they built themselves at McMaster Engineering over the course of their degrees and get a glimpse at what’s on the horizon for them.

What started as a side project between classes has taken three McMaster University students across the continent – and into a growing global conversation about access to healthcare.

Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate Alex McCafferty-Leroux shares his journey in robotics research and his work with NASA and NIST on the air-LUSI mission deploying airborne lunar calibration systems.

Several Faculty of Engineering faculty members are among the newly appointed or renewed CRCs, while others are recipients of the New Frontiers in Research Fund.

Tohid Didar, professor and Canada Research Chair in Nano-biomaterials, enters rare territory with the appointment, already being a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Marking the culmination of a full year of applied learning, research and industry‑inspired problem solving, the annual Expo, held on the last day of classes, highlights how classroom theory translates into real‑world engineering solutions.

Using a hammer and anvil, the team forged a space-ready knife akin to the one included in a survival kit aboard the Apollo 11, the 1969 mission that first landed humans on the moon.

The partnership explores rapidly evolving areas of AI — explainable AI and agentic AI — with the goal of creating intelligent systems that are not only capable, but also transparent and reliable.

Mechanical Engineering Professor Andrew Gadsden brings an expert perspective to the Artemis II launch, breaking down how mechanical engineers are key to rocket launches and why the Artemis II's mission is so important to space travel.

Six McMaster Engineering students and one graduate share what the Iron Ring means to them and why they selected their family member as a presenter. 

The annual Co-op Student of the Year Awards recognized and celebrated 13 outstanding co-op students whose workplace contributions and leadership highlight the impact of the experiential learning.

The MacSmiths forged the Astroknife, a blade inspired by those carried aboard NASA’s Apollo missions, and received second place at an international bladesmithing competition in San Diego.