Advanced Manufacturing
The future of manufacturing is in higher levels of intelligent automation enabled by a systems-based approach.
McMaster’s research within the manufacturing sector is diverse, spanning high-performance manufacturing processes to additive manufacturing, and Industry 4.0 technologies targeting emerging opportunities in electrified and autonomous vehicles and biomedical devices. It’s this combination of reputation, experience, and scientific discovery that appeals to industry. We have a long tradition of working with industry in the manufacturing sector, dating back to the 1970s.
Our manufacturing research draws together advancements in materials science, traditional manufacturing processes, emerging additive / hybrid technologies and industry internet of things ‑ big data ‑ artificial intelligence to realize practical solutions for industry.
McMaster is labouring hard to dismantle the very idea of the ivory tower. We still revere the value of pure scientific research, but believe strongly that real progress is only made when disparate voices and perspectives gather to work together.
“Research is important for its scientific content, but also for its translational content, which helps our economy and grows the well-being of our society,” says Ishwar K. Puri, McMaster's Dean of Engineering. “It’s very important for universities to work with their local business communities and Canadian industry. We also need to work with other universities and with the government. If we’re going to build prosperity, it has to be a project that includes many players. Collaboration must be our core value.”
Our Mission: To provide advanced, robust and implementable solutions for manufacturers across all industry sectors.
Related People:
Stephen C. Veldhuis
Professor, Director (MMRI) and Braley-Orlick Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering
Related Faculty
Dr. Thomas Adams
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Associate Chair (Graduate)
Department of Chemical Engineering
green energy conversion; semicontinuous systems; process design; modeling; simulation and optimization
Dr. John Bandler, OC
Professor Emeritus
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Optimization technologies for engineering modeling and design; modeling and electromagnetics-based design optimization of devices, circuits and systems in the radio-frequency, wireless, and microwave arenas; space mapping methodologies and exploitation of surrogates; technical and nontechnical presentation and communication skills
Dr. Nabil Bassim
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Structure-Processing-Property Relationships, Electron Microscopy, Focused Ion Beam Microscopy, Nanomaterials, 2-D materials, Image Processing, Beam-Sample interactions
Dr. Gary M. Bone
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Robotics; Collaborative Robots; Control Systems; Computer Vision; Machine Vision; Computer-Aided Manufacturing; Manufacturing Automation
Dr. Gianluigi Botton
Professor, Associate Chair - Undergraduate
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
nanostructures; energy materials; battery materials; fuel cells; light-emitting diodes; plasmonics; oxides electronics; corrosion; structure of alloys
Dr. Chan Y. Ching
Associate Chair, Graduate
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Heat Transfer; Multi-phase Flow; Turbulence
Dr. Ken Coley
Associate Dean, Academic
Reaction Kinetics, materials processing, pyro-metallurgy, slags, oxygen steelmaking, ladle metallurgy.
Dr. Charles de Lannoy
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Functional surfaces and thin films, polymer nanocomposite materials, active membranes for desalination, water and wastewater treatment, fouling, membranes for gas separation, CO2 capture, nanosorbents
Dr. Tohid Didar
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Biomedical devices; Bio-sensing; Microfluidics; Bio-functional Interfaces, Bio-hybrid micro/nano-robots
Dr. Neslihan Dogan
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
High temperature materials processing, primary and secondary steelmaking, reaction kinetics
Dr. Mo Elbestawi
Director
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Manufacturing
Prof. Qiyin Fang
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Biophotonics
Department of Engineering Physics
Associate Member
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Associate Member
School of Interdisciplinary Science
biophotonics, microscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy & imaging, intelligent sensing for point-of-care, aging-in-place, & environmental monitoring
Dr. Zhen Gao
Assistant Professor
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Automation Engineering Technology
Dr. Kathryn Grandfield
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
biomaterials; osseointegration; electron microscopy; mineralized tissues; electron tomography; atom probe tomography
Dr. Harold Haugen
Professor
Department of Engineering Physics
Femtosecond Laser Ablation and Micromachining, Electron Microscopic Studies of Ytterbium-Doped Optical Fibres, Applications of THz Radiation
Dr. Drew Higgins
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Electrochemistry; Catalysis; Nanomaterials; Energy Conversion and Storage; Sustainable Energy Technologies; Fuel Cells; Solar Fuels; Artificial Photosynthesis.
Dr. Mukesh K. Jain
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Materials processes and systems; Manufacturing processes and systems; Metal forming; Metallurgy; Microscopy; Plasticity & formability; Process modelling & simulation; Steel research; Automotive applications; Finite element analysis; Materials & microstructural engineering; Product design & manufacturing; Theoretical mechanics; Solid mechanics
Dr. Kamil Khan
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Deterministic global optimization, batch and semi-batch systems, sensitivity analysis and optimization for discrete/continuous systems
Dr. Joey Kish
Professor, Associate Chair - Graduate Studies
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Corrosion prediction and protection of structural materials in the automotive, aerospace, energy generation and chemical processing industries.
Dr. Andy Knights
Associate Chair, Undergraduate
Department of Engineering Physics
Professor
Department of Engineering Physics
silicon optical circuits; silicon integrated optics
Dr. David Latulippe
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
separation processes for water/wastewater treatment, biopartitioning and purification, microscale processing for high-throughput studies,unit operation modeling and optimization
Dr. Vladimir Mahalec
Associate Director, Graduate Studies
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Design, Control, Optimization, Supply Chain Management
Dr. Vladimir Mahalec
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Optimization of plant operations (production planning, scheduling, real-time optimization) and supply chain management; integration of planning, scheduling, RTO, and control; reduced size hybrid models for optimization; energy recovery from low temperature sources
Dr. Peter Mascher
Vice-Provost, International Affairs
McMaster University
Professor
Department of Engineering Physics
William Sinclair Chair in Optoelectronics
Department of Engineering Physics
Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy; Point Defects in Materials; Thin Film Technology; Silicon Nanostructures; Silicon Photonics; Luminescence; Rare Earth Doping; PECVD; Optical Characterization; Ellipsometry
Dr. Joseph McDermid
Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Associate Member
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Prashant Mhaskar
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
process control, nonlinear Lyapunov-based and model predictive control, fault-tolerant control, control of hybrid systems
Dr. Matthew Minnick
Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering Physics
MEMS; Robotics; Micromachining; Resonance; Fluid-Structure Interactions; FEM; Automation
Dr. Eu-Gene Ng
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Machining processes and systems; Manufacturing processes and systems; Metal forming and cutting; Finite element analysis
Dr. Dave Novog
Professor and NSERC Industrial Research Chair
Department of Engineering Physics
nuclear safety, reactor physics, thermalhydraulics, multiphysics reactor analysis, nuclear fuel and fuel cycles, severe accident modelling, emergency accident response and mitigation
Dr. Robert Pelton
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
polymer colloids, water soluble polymers, interfacial engineering, flocculation, and latex's
Dr. Andre Phillion
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Solidification of Engineering metals; Mathematical modelling of materials and Processes; X-ray tomographic imaging; 4D materials science
Dr. John Preston
Associate Dean, Research and External Relations
Pulsed Laser Deposition, Self-Assembly of Epitaxial Nanostructures, Photovoltaics
Dr. Ishwar K. Puri
Dean of Engineering
Transport Phenomena; Heat Transfer, Energy Storage; Fluid Mechanics; Self Assembly & Nanostructure Synthesis; Combustion & Pollutant Airborne Emissions; Mathematical Biology; Bioinspired Computational Biology
Dr. P. Ravi Selvaganapathy
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Biomicrofluidics
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor
McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering
Micro/Nanofabrication; Bioprinting; Biomedical Microdevices; Microelectromechanical Systems; Microfluidics; Medical and Environmental Sensors; Smart Textiles; Artificial Organs
Dr. Shahin Sirouspour
Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor
McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering
robotics ; telerobotics & haptics; medical robotics; aerial robotics; control of UAVs and drones; energy management in smart grid; mechatronics; control systems; optimization
Dr. Christopher Swartz
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
operations optimization, integration of design and control, mathematical modeling, scheduling and supply chain optimization
Dr. Michael Thompson
Associate Dean (Graduate Studies)
Department of Chemical Engineering
Particle and polymer processing, manufacturing.
Dr. Stephen C. Veldhuis
Professor, Director (MMRI) and Braley-Orlick Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Manufacturing; Machine tools; Precision machining; Ultra precision machining; Manufacturing process modeling & simulation; Tribology; Nano indentation; Surface engineering; Hard wear protective coatings; Process optimization
Dr. David Wilkinson
Distinguished University Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Ductile fracture of metals and alloys; lightweight materials for fuel efficient vehicles; advanced high strength steels.
Dr. Peidong Wu
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Metal forming, cutting and removal; Plasticity & formability; Finite element analysis; Materials and microstructural engineering; Mechanics of engineering materials & composites; Robotics; Solid mechanics; Biomechanics
Dr. Li Xi
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Soft matter and complex fluids, polymer materials, non-Newtonian fluids, rheology, turbulence, computational fluid dynamics, molecular modeling, multiscale simulations.
Dr. Boyang Zhang
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Tissue engineering, biomaterials engineering, microfluidics, organ-on-a-chip engineering, advanced biofabrication, regenerative medicine, high-throughput drug screening
Dr. Shiping Zhu
Distinguished University Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Polymer reaction engineering and materials, polymer synthesis and characterization, smart polymers, polymer biomaterials, polymer microelectronics, surface modification and interfacial engineering, polymerization modeling, industrial data analysis and process trouble shooting.
Dr. Samir Ziada
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Flow induced vibrations & noise; Aeroacoustics; Turbulent flows
Dr. Hatem Zurob
Professor, Chair
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Microstructural evolution in engineering materials and the effect of microstructure on mechanical properties
May 17, 2018 / Department News
McMaster advanced manufacturing forum highlights collaboration
More than 350 industry representatives, academics and students gathered to learn about the latest in advanced manufacturing during the sixth annual McMaster Manufacturing Forum.
May 11, 2018 / Department News
Keeping Canada's Manufacturing Sector Competitive
Stephen Veldhuis, director of the McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute and a mechanical engineering professor, caught the manufacturing bug early in his engineering career, machining parts at a summer job as an undergraduate.
May 8, 2018 / Department News
Big Ideas: Attention to detail
Professor Gianluigi Botton’s microscopy research shows that little things mean a lot.
February 15, 2018 / Department News
McMaster researchers boost business of Ontario manufacturers
McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute improves productivity of Burlington automotive parts company
December 1, 2017 / Department News
Transforming Technology
Leaders in Artificial Intelligence Gather for MacMaster.AI Workshop
November 30, 2017 / Department News
McMaster supports high-tech steel in Hamilton and beyond
How Hamilton, Ont., is an international centre for research into material innovation in steel production because of McMaster Engineering.
November 10, 2017 / Department News
#InsidetheLab: The diverse research areas of advanced manufacturing
Students working at the McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) are enhancing productivity, improving quality and increasing the lifespan of materials used in various manufacturing industries.
October 2, 2017 / Department News
Shaping the Next Generation of Canadian Manufacturing Excellence
McMaster University understands the importance of connecting academia and the manufacturing industry. Learn about their collaboration.
September 12, 2017 / Department News
Learning Factory at W Booth School Delivers for Edson Packaging
A global leader in high performance packaging equipment has turned to the W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology as a select partner in innovation.
August 15, 2017 / Department News
Engineering researchers receive $1.9 million in federal funding
Six McMaster researchers have been awarded more than $1.9 million combined for infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).
McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute
JHE 109, 112
The McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) facility is designed to meet the sophisticated research and development needs of leading manufacturers in the automotive, aerospace, biomedical and consumer goods industries, along with the manufacturing tooling, coatings-surface engineering, die and mold support industries. Special focus is placed on tool selection and development as well as process optimization for light weight material casting, machining, metal forming, polymer processing, heat treatment processes, robotics, automation and metrology/inspection.
Director(s)
Dr. Stephen C. Veldhuis
Professor, Director (MMRI) and Braley-Orlick Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy
ABB B161
The Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy(CCEM) provides world-class electron microscopy capabilities and expertise to Canadian researchers and industry working in a broad range of fields. Our vision is to be one of the leading electron microscopy facilities in the world for the quality of the scientific research, to be the go-to provider of electron microscopy services to Canadian industry and to play a leading role in promoting interactions amongst researchers in various fields nationally and internationally.
Director(s)
Dr. Gianluigi Botton
Professor, Associate Chair - Undergraduate
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Kathryn Grandfield
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
The Centre for Automotive Materials and Corrosion
MARC
The Centre for Automotive Materials and Corrosion's original mandate focused on weight reduction of automotive structures, with a particular emphasis on Mg-alloys. Currently, while the Mg-alloy research does continue, the Centre's current focus is on the deployment and development of Al-based alloys and advanced high-strength steels for automotive weight reduction and safety applications, with an emphasis on corrosion prevention, microstructure-property relationships, metal forming and joining.
McMaster Steel Research Centre
JHE 213/D
The Steel Research Centre develops research leading to commercially relevant new approaches to ironmaking, steelmaking process control, waste processing, steel product design and metal forming technologies. It also trains highly qualified personnel to provide the means of transferring new technology to the steel industry and develops continuing education for steel industry engineers to enhance the receptor capacity for innovation.
Director(s)
McMaster Automotive Resource Centre
McMaster Innovation Park
The McMaster Automotive Resource Centre is one of Canada’s leading research facilities in electric and hybrid vehicles where researchers, students and industry professionals are working to resolve the issues facing the automotive industry. Together, these teams of engineers, scientists, social scientists and their students are developing sustainable solutions for the industry including the development of hybrid and electric powertrains, building highly efficient and cost-effective powertrain components and identifying light materials to make cars more fuel efficient.
Director(s)
Dr. Ali Emadi
Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Hybrid Powertrain
Department of Mechanical Engineering
