News from the department of Mechanical Engineering

At a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the entombment of Canada’s Unknown Soldier in Ottawa, graduating Mechanical Engineering students Shashank Sharma, Thivean Uthayaharan and Ahees Yokkumar proudly carried and presented The Canadian Remembrance Torch — a powerful symbol of gratitude and remembrance that they helped design.

Enedym, a technology start-up company from McMaster University founded by professor Ali Emadi, is developing an electric motor with the same power and reduced noise level as the permanent magnet version, but which uses only electrical steel, copper and iron.

The McMaster University and Mohawk College team was charged up at the Battery Workforce Challenge Final Year Expo in Indiana when they were named first-place winners of the 2024-2025 season. 

It was the HAAMR (High-Altitude Aircraft Mounted Robotic) telescopic mount’s time to shine at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Centre in California, where the air-LUSI mission launched under the late-March moonlight.

Bonny Ibhawoh, vice-provost, International, facilitates a discussion on sustainability, climate change and planetary health with panellists Léa Ravensbergen, assistant professor of sustainable cities, School of Earth, Environment & Society; Dave Cano, director, sustainability, McMaster University; and Jim Cotton, professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

This Earth Day, we're celebrating the members of our Fireball Family who are at the forefront of engineering a brighter planet.

Three professors and two teaching assistants were honoured at the 2025 McMaster Student Union (MSU) Teaching Awards on April 2.

McMaster Engineering professor and students collaborate with NASA and other partners on lunar observation mission.

Capstone Expo 2025 is an opportunity to experience the groundbreaking projects of McMaster Engineering students on the brink of their professional journeys.

Nour Abdallah, Erin Chillingworth, Michael Holden, Puisand Lai, Jared Montgomery and Ryan Neudorf placed first out of 27 teams.

Meet YWCA award recipient, Shelby Amponsah, and nominees Jocelyn Kuntsi and Dr. Shari van de Pol.