July 10, 2019 Engineering and electrifying the next generation of cars Top researcher Ali Emadi explains why electrified vehicles are the future and describes his love for mentoring students.
March 4, 2019 International Women’s Day: Megan Wood and Colleen Jenkins 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 International Women’s Day: Cheryl Quenneville, Julia de Lange and Marisa Kohut This year, McMaster Engineering is celebrating International Women’s Day by honouring nine women who are supporting each other through mentoring relationships.
March 1, 2019 McMaster engineers create a fireproof sensor to track firefighters, miners, oil workers in high-risk situations The sensor can track the movement and location of a person in a burning building, a mineshaft or other hazardous environment, alerting someone outside if the movement ceases.
November 7, 2018 Engineering Tomorrow’s Military Successes McMaster researchers are making discoveries that promise to keep Canadian troops safer and healthier in years to come.
October 24, 2018 Researchers design “smart” surfaces, creating promise for safer implants and more accurate diagnostic tests The surface coatings can repel everything, such as bacteria, viruses and living cells, but can be modified to permit beneficial exceptions.
June 19, 2018 Professor recognized for fostering undergraduate research Cheryl Quenneville has been awarded the $25,000 Petro-Canada-McMaster University Young Innovator Award.
(Opens in new window) April 20, 2018 Brighter World Overcoming challenges in 3-D printing artificial tissue Professor Ravi Selvaganapathy and a team of McMaster researchers are developing a new way to use additive manufacturing to create artificial tissues.
April 12, 2018 Big Ideas: Getting to the ‘pointe’ Mechanical Engineering & Society student and ballerina, Lacey Wice, examines the mechanics of ballet and how the dance has helped her become the ‘whole engineer’.
August 31, 2017 #InsidetheLab: Fusing engineering and medicine to improve healthcare Today’s Inside the Lab Instagram story spotlights an undergraduate student research team who put their hearts into their work.