(Opens in new window) July 28, 2026 McMaster News McMaster hosts international meeting of the minds on sustainable policy leadership The U21 School for Sustainable Policy Leadership brought international postgraduate students from diverse academic backgrounds to McMaster for an immersive experience focused on sustainability, leadership and policy innovation.
(Opens in new window) July 14, 2026 Oil & Gas 360° Aegis Launches Next-Generation High-Power Energy Storage Platform with McMaster University, Targeting AI Infrastructure, Port Electrification and Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems Aegis and McMaster University have launched a research partnership to develop next-generation energy storage systems for AI infrastructure and advanced nuclear energy applications.
July 7, 2026 McMaster researcher Sumanth Shankar recognized for advancing innovation in materials engineering Sumanth Shankar, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded the 2026 MetSoc Engineer in Materials Innovation Award.
(Opens in new window) July 2, 2026 CBC Hamilton In the media: Could Hamilton, other cities recycle heat produced by data centres? This McMaster prof says yes James Cotton, mechanical engineering professor, said reusing waste heat — or energy harvesting — is "an excellent decarbonization strategy" and "something that you're going to see an awful lot of" in relation to data centres.
June 15, 2026 McMaster Engineering’s Spring 2026 Grads to Watch 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.
(Opens in new window) June 15, 2026 Faculty of Health Sciences From the classroom to California: McMaster students launch hearing care startup Amano 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.
May 25, 2026 My experience working in partnership with NASA 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.
(Opens in new window) May 13, 2026 McMaster News Ten McMaster researchers named Canada Research Chairs 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.
(Opens in new window) May 11, 2026 McMaster News Tohid Didar named Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering 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
May 4, 2026 Ingenuity and innovation on display at annual Capstone Expo 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.
(Opens in new window) April 20, 2026 The Hamilton Spectator In the media: Award-winning McMaster knife is out of this world 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.
(Opens in new window) April 9, 2026 McMaster News Inside the black box: McMaster, Adastra team up to create better AI systems 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.
