Transportation
The way we travel and transport our goods is changing dramatically.
Smart cities and transportation networks are vital to the health of the economy, and essential to the way we travel and transport our goods, which is changing dramatically.
Our researchers are devising sustainable solutions for the movement of people, goods and services.
This discipline of engineering is largely concerned with road transportation, and networks, rail and subway systems, airports, and shipping ports.
Challenges: Sustainable solutions for the movement of people, goods, and services; designing smart cities around pedestrian and bicycle traffic.
Related Faculty
Dr. Lucian Balan
Assistant Professor
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology
Dr. Jennifer Bauman
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Hybrid and electric powertrain design and control; Power electronic converters; Advanced vehicle modeling; Smart-charging and EV integration into the smart-grid
Dr. Berker Bilgin
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Electric Machines and Energy Conversion Systems; Power Electronics and Electric Motor Drives; Acoustic Noise and Vibration Reduction in Electric Motor Drives; Electric and Hybrid Powertrains; Transportation Electrification
Dr. Dan Centea
Associate Director, Undergraduate
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Associate Professor
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Associate Member
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology
Dr. Ali Emadi
Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Transportation Electrification and Smart Mobility and NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Electrified Powertrains
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Transportation Electrification and Smart Mobility and NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Electrified Powertrains
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Transportation Electrification; Electrified Vehicles; Autonomous-Capable Vehicles; Electric and Hybrid Powertrains; Power Electronics and Electric Motor Drives; Electric Machines and Energy Conversion Systems; Renewable and Efficient Energy Systems; Energy and Sustainability
Prof. Qiyin Fang
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Biophotonics
Department of Engineering Physics
Associate Member
McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Member
School of Interdisciplinary Science
biophotonics, microscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy & imaging, intelligent sensing for point-of-care, aging-in-place, & environmental monitoring
Dr. Saeid Habibi
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Automotive Applications; Control Systems; Hybrid Vehicles; Mechatronics; Renewal & Sustainable Energy Systems
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. Mohamed Hussein
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Active modes of travel; enhancing road safety to support sustainability; application of innovation tools; AI; machine learning; computer vision; agent-based modeling to analyze road-user behaviour; Risk-based design of Highways and Transportation networks
Dr. Gordon Irons
Professor (Emeritus)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
materials processing; mathematical modelling of processes; steelmaking; transport phenomena
Michael Justason
Program Chair, Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Lecturer
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Civil Infrastructure Engineering Technology
Dr. Thia (Kiruba) Kirubarajan
Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Estimation: Target tracking ; Information fusion ; Signal processing ; Communications ; Sensor resource management ; System diagnosis and fault detection
Dr. Gail Krantzberg
Professor
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Public Policy; Great Lakes Science, Policy and Governance
Dr. Mark Lawford
Chair
Department of Computing and Software
Professor
Department of Computing and Software
Software Engineering, Safety Critical Systems
Dr. Vladimir Mahalec
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Associate Director of Graduate Programs
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
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. Joseph McDermid
Professor, Associate Chair - Undergraduate
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Associate Member
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Steel Research Centre
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Centre for Automotive Materials and Corrosion
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Physical Metallurgy of Advanced High Strength Steels, Microstructure-Property Relationships, High Temperature Oxidation, Continuous Galvanizing of Advanced Steels, Reactive Wetting, Electron Microscopy
Dr. Moein Mehrtash
Assistant Professor
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology; Mechatronics
Dr. Moataz Mohamed
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Systemic Impacts and Risk Analysis; Electrification of Transit Systems; Optimization Models and Adaptive Systems; Public Transit Modelling and Operation; Autonomous, Connected, and Electric Mobility; Multivariate Data Analysis; Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA); Intelligent Transportation Systems; Transportation Planning and Demand Modelling; Preferences and Choice Modelling
Dr. Greig Mordue
ArcelorMittal Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Policy
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Associate Professor
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Public Policy
Dr. Babak Nahid-Mobarakeh
Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Micro Grids; Transportation Electrification; More Electric Aircraft; Electric Vehicles; Renewable Energy Systems; Stability and Stabilization of Power Conversion Systems; Control of Power Converters; Fault-Tolerant Power Conversion; Power Converters Fault-Detection; Motor Control; AC Drives
Dr. Mehdi Narimani
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Associate Member
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Power Electronics ; High-Power Conversion ; Medium-Voltage Motor Drives ; Application of Power Electronics in Power Systems ; Modeling and Control of Power Electronic Converters ; Renewable Energy Systems
Dr. Saiedeh Razavi
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Chair in Heavy Construction
Department of Civil Engineering
Director of McMaster Institute for Transportation & Logistics
Department of Civil Engineering
Associate Member of the School of Geography and Earth Sciences
McMaster University
Construction; Transportation; Construction Work Zone; Smart Construction; Intelligent Transportation Systems; Safety; Mobility; Connected Vehicle; Autonomous Vehicle; Smart Cities; Infrastructure Management; Logistics; Sensing; Automation; Data Fusion; Risk Analysis; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning
Dr. Shahin Sirouspour
Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
robotics; control systems; energy systems; optimization
Dr. Seshasai Srinivasan
Program Chair, Software Engineering Technology
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Associate Member
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Member
McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering
Mathematics, Programming
Silvie Tanu Halim
Lecturer
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Dr. Ratnasingham (Thamas) Tharmarasa
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Target Tracking; Resource Management; Multisensor Fusion; Performance Prediction; Radar Signal Processing; Image and Video Processing
Dr. Susan Tighe
Provost and Vice-President, Academic
Department of Civil Engineering
Transportation; Pavement Engineering and Management; Infrastructure Management; Resilient Infrastructure; Life Cycle Assessment; Geotechnical Engineering; Construction Work Zone Safety; Automated Distress Collection
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. Fengjun Yan
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Automotive applications; Control systems; Hybrid vehicles; Mechatronics; Combustion
Dr. Hao Yang
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Autonomous Driving; Congestion Mitigation; Urban Transportation; Human Mobility; Energy Efficiency
Dr. Bosco Yu
Assistant Professor (CLA)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Solid mechanics, impact mechanics, hybrid materials (cellular lattices, fibre composites, metal/metal hybrids), material selection, finite element methods, and rapid prototyping/additive manufacturing
Dr. Timber Yuen (P.Eng.)
Program Chair, Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Assistant Professor
W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology
October 26, 2020 / Department News
Smart Freight Centre research partnership receives major funding award
A new research initiative from the Smart Freight Centre has received a major funding award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Associate professor Saiedeh Razavi is part of the multi-disciplinary research team.
October 21, 2020 / Department News
In the Media: Digital infrastructure is the new frontier
We need today’s sporadic initiatives to be more interoperable, cohesive, and national. This can start with the federal government, in collaboration with the provinces and private partners, says Saiedeh Razavi in an op-ed for The Hill Times.
July 31, 2020 / Department News
"It's great to be back:" Researchers return to the McMaster Automotive Resource Centre
Ali Emadi’s research group has transitioned back to some in-person research activities, getting back on track with both industry and student-led projects. Here’s what the transition looked like.
April 7, 2020 / Department News
“This is our contribution to the community”: McMaster engineers help shape transit services amid COVID-19 crisis
As transit services in many countries may come to a halt in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of McMaster engineers are using data to advocate for an accessible City of Hamilton
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.
November 29, 2019 / Department News
Each of these trailers can remove the equivalent of 7 cars from the road
McMaster students work with Westhill Innovation to develop a solar power system for refrigerated transport trailers.
August 7, 2019 / Department News
Why Canada leads the way to an autonomous future
At McMaster and other universities across Canada, the future of transportation is taking shape.
July 10, 2019 / Department News
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.
April 10, 2019 / Department News
McMaster Engineering announces new faculty appointments spring 2019
We are pleased to announce the following new appointments to the Faculty of Engineering.
March 6, 2019 / Department News
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.
February 25, 2019 / Department News
What makes Mac Eng students stand out? We asked employees of one of the world's best auto makers.
During their latest visit, Tesla shared their thoughts on what skills they look for when recruiting and what makes Mac Eng students unique.
February 21, 2019 / Department News
Student wins Women in Transportation Award
Anastasia Soukhov, a fourth-year Engineering and Society student at McMaster University, was honoured by the Undergraduate Women in Transportation Award.
January 4, 2019 / Department News
McMaster Engineering announces new faculty appointments
We are pleased to announce the following new appointments to the Faculty of Engineering.
October 22, 2018 / Department News
Materials engineering professor wins prestigious steel industry award
Joseph McDermid, materials science and engineering professor, has won the 2018 Dale CH Nevison Award, which recognizes a person in the galvanizing field who has made a significant contribution to the industry.
October 1, 2018 / Department News
Fresh Faces: Jennifer Bauman
Welcome to Fresh Faces. In this series, we’re highlighting over 40 engineering faculty members, all hired in the last five years, who are doing interesting and innovative things in the lab and the classroom.
September 14, 2018 / Department News
McMaster Engineering researchers awarded funding to advance software safety for next-generation vehicles
McMaster Engineering researchers have initiated a $2 million project to work with General Motors Canada (GM Canada) to develop methods to help ensure the safety and reliability of autonomous and electrified vehicles.
March 24, 2018 / Department News
Engineering profs earn teaching awards
The McMaster Students Union handed out its annual teaching awards, honouring the best and most engaging educators on campus. The Merit Award went to Civil Engineering assistant professor Moataz Mohamed. Mechanical Engineering's Eu-gene Ng earns teaching excellence award.
December 8, 2017 / Department News
Two McMaster Engineering researchers earn grants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
McMaster Engineering researchers were awarded more than $5M in funding to create innovative technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
December 1, 2017 / Department News
Transforming Technology
Leaders in Artificial Intelligence Gather for McMaster.AI Workshop
March 8, 2017 / Department News
Five young women in Engineering to watch
In recognition of International Women's Day, which celebrates and recognizes the achievements of women, as well as promoting gender equality, McMaster Engineering is highlighting five top female student leaders.
September 13, 2017 / Department News
McMaster earns gold standard for integrating industry software into engineering curriculum
McMaster University was recently recognized for integrating industry software and skills into engineering curriculum with a PACE Gold Certification award. McMaster is one of a few universities outside of the U.S. to receive the prestigious award.
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).
July 1, 2017 / Department News
Dr. Saiedeh Razavi Appointed Director of the McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics (MITL)
The Department of Civil Engineering is very pleased to announce that Dr. Saiedeh Razavi has been appointed Director of the McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics.
May 25, 2017 / Department News
Finding fault key to engineering professor's success
Sitting in a car stuck in traffic in Beijing, idling vehicles billowing out fuel emissions all around him, Saeid Habibi couldn’t help but think about his research.
July 22, 2015 / Department News
Engineer launches company aimed at making hybrid cars more efficient, affordable
A new McMaster University start-up company has plans to produce ‘game changing’ technology to make the next generation of vehicles more efficient and affordable.
December 13, 2016 / Department News
Hybrid powertrain expert named Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
Ali Emadi of McMaster University’s Faculty of Engineering has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
July 17, 2017 / Department News
McMaster Engineering welcomes nine new faculty
"With the addition of our new faculty members, we will continue to strengthen our reputation as one of the top engineering schools in Canada and worldwide while building a brighter world." -Ishwar K. Puri, Dean of Engineering
August 9, 2016 / Department News
Clone of Clone of B.Tech. graduate discusses research, design, and prototype of bracket to be used at World Cup and possibly Rio 2016 Olympics
Canada’s track cyclists are making their final preparations for competition at the Rio Olympic Velodrome, and those preparations could include adding a part developed at the University of Waterloo to their bikes.
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 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.