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Monique Beech

Manager, Strategic Communications

Monique leads communications and marketing efforts for the Faculty of Engineering in key strategic areas, including research, reputation enhancement and external relations.

January 16, 2020 / Department News

Driving Diversity event inspires the next generation of female automotive engineers

The second annual Driving Diversity event, held at the McMaster Automotive Resource Centre (MARC), brought together over 70 female high school students and representatives from McMaster’s vehicle teams.

January 13, 2020 / Department News
Source: Daily News

iBioMed student wins prestigious global innovation award

Third-year biomedical and mechanical engineering student Lianna Genovese has won the U21 RISE Award for innovation for Guided Hands, a device that enables people with limited hand mobility to write, paint and use a tablet.

January 9, 2020 / Department News
Source: Daily News

‘To have their dreams cut short is tragic:’ McMaster mourns plane crash victims

McMaster’s Iranian students have organized a vigil Friday, Jan. 10, to commemorate those who died in this week’s plane crash in Tehran.

January 8, 2020 / Department News
Source: Daily News

McMaster students believed to be among those killed in air crash

It is with great sadness that we share with our university community that it appears that members of the McMaster family were among those killed in the airplane crash in Iran on Wednesday morning.

January 2, 2020 / Department News
Source: Daily News

Four McMaster leaders appointed to the Order of Canada

McMaster Engineering Physics graduate Donna Strickland, who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2018, has been named a Companion of the Order of Canada among 120 Canadian leaders.

December 19, 2019 / Department News

McMaster Engineering’s Top 10 Stories of 2019

From delving into the history of McMaster's giant iron ring, to 3D printing tumour cells and celebrating startups founded by McMaster engineering students, here are the top stories of 2019.

December 19, 2019 / Department News

McMaster research engineer creates world's tiniest gingerbread house

Using an electron microscope at the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University, Travis Casagrande made a microscopic gingerbread house that's making international headlines.

December 13, 2019 / Department News
Source: Fireside with the Dean

Dean's blog: It will be a Happy New Year!

In September 2020, we will welcome a first-year engineering cohort into The Pivot, a massive transformation of the McMaster Engineering undergraduate experience. Reflecting on the past year, Dean Puri shares why he is optimistic for the year ahead.

December 13, 2019 / Department News
Source: CNN

McMaster Engineers develop superbug-resistant, self-cleaning plastic wrap

CNN reports: McMaster Engineers have developed a self-cleaning plastic wrap that repels bacteria -- and could be used to prevent the transfer of antibiotic resistant superbugs, and other forms of dangerous bacteria.