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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.

April 1, 2020 / Department News

MacEng arms the frontlines with masks: Faculty, students create protective equipment for healthcare workers

McMaster engineers, physicians, students and industry partners join forces to create timely solutions to the high demand for more personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline workers. In the first part of the "MacEng arms the frontlines" series, we take a look at masks.

April 1, 2020 / Department News

The Forge Student Startup Competition awards 9 McMaster Engineering startups

On March 30, winners of the annual Forge Student Startup Competition were announced. Of the 12 finalists, 9 McMaster Engineering startups received prizes, 4 took home top prizes.

March 31, 2020 / Department News

Meet the 2019 co-op students of the year and future leaders

McMaster Engineering students Areeba Aziz and Mitchell Wong have been recognized for making an exceptional contribution to co-operative education.

March 30, 2020 / Department News

Students leverage big data to track the spread of COVID-19

Maanav Dalal, a second year software engineering student at McMaster, is part of a team of more than 25 students who are working on FLATTEN.ca, a free online platform that helps to track the spread of COVID-19.

March 27, 2020 / Department News

Celebrating McMaster Engineering's Class of 2020 through video messages from our faculty and industry

While this year's Kipling Ceremony is postponed until further notice, we still wanted to take a moment to celebrate our graduating class.

March 26, 2020 / Department News

McMaster engineers using machine learning to aid Canada’s crisis response

Imagine being able to test decisions on a "digital twin" of a city, see its likely impact, and better understand what will help Canada during times of crises.

March 24, 2020 / Department News
Source: Brighter World

McMaster helps arm health-care providers in the battle against COVID-19

The Faculties of Engineering, Health Sciences and Science are donating masks, gloves, goggles, sanitizer and other vital medical supplies from labs across McMaster to help local hospitals combat COVID–19.

March 23, 2020 / Department News

McMaster engineers pivot 3D cell printing technology to help COVID-19 research

Joining the global mission to find treatments for people with COVID-19, McMaster engineers hope to use their novel technology to help other researchers with disease modelling and drug screening.

March 21, 2020 / Department News

McMaster Engineers to provide health care workers with critical gear

McMaster Engineers are offering help to combat COVID-19 by building ventilator prototypes and creating masks and other necessary protective gear for frontline health care workers.