April 22, 2026 Rising to the challenge: Engineering a future of flood preparedness Paulin Coulibaly, a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and the School of Earth, Environment & Society, talks about how engineers are working to safeguard Canadians during floods.
April 17, 2026 Postdoc Fellows in Focus: Turning CO₂ emissions into solutions Chemical Engineering Postdoctoral fellow Reza Eslami is bridging academia and industry through electrochemical innovations. His work advances scalable CO₂ conversion technologies to reduce emissions and support sustainable production of everyday materials.
(Opens in new window) April 17, 2026 Let's Talk Science In the media: A sandbox for innovation: Engineering a faster, more affordable future for cancer immunotherapy Chemical Engineering professor David Latuilippe discusses how his lab safely experiments with biotherapeutic production methods aimed at improving efficiency and lowering costs, with the goal of expanding access to cancer immunotherapies.
(Opens in new window) April 16, 2026 McMaster Research & Innovation McMaster researchers awarded funding for quantum science projects Materials Science and Engineering researchers Nabil Bassim, Maureen Lagos and Oleg Rubel received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) G7 Countries Alliance International Catalyst Quantum grants program.
(Opens in new window) April 15, 2026 McMaster's Faculty of Science Professor launches next phase of national project to help safeguard Canadians during floods Civil Engineering professor Paulin Coulibaly has secured a second round of federal and industry funding to continue a McMaster-based national research network focused on strengthening flood forecasting across Canada.
(Opens in new window) April 9, 2026 McMaster News 4 McMaster Engineering researchers awarded $960,000 to lead studies on small modular reactors Faculty of Engineering researchers James Cotton, Stephen Veldhuis, Benzhong Zhao and Alan Wassyng were each awarded a $240,000 NSERC grant to lead studies on SMRs.
(Opens in new window) April 9, 2026 McMaster News Inside the black box: McMaster, Adastra team up to create better AI systems The partnership explores rapidly evolving areas of AI — explainable AI and agentic AI — with the goal of creating intelligent systems that are not only capable, but also transparent and reliable.
(Opens in new window) April 8, 2026 McMaster News Researcher Niko Hildebrandt earns prestigious Human Frontier Science Program research grant Hildebrandt and an international team of collaborators will explore the application of a complex non-linear optical process for biosensing and bioimaging.
April 2, 2026 To the moon: The mechanical engineering behind the Artemis II launch Mechanical Engineering Professor Andrew Gadsden brings an expert perspective to the Artemis II launch, breaking down how mechanical engineers are key to rocket launches and why the Artemis II's mission is so important to space travel.
March 16, 2026 Advancing safety-critical software: McSCert student receives global award Federico Formica, a McMaster University PhD student with the Centre for Software Certification (McSCert), has earned a major international honour: the ACM SIGSOFT–SIGBED Frank Anger Memorial Award.
(Opens in new window) March 13, 2026 McMaster News Three McMaster research projects awarded $35M in federal funding Three McMaster research projects, including one led by Materials Engineering professor Nabil Bassim, have been awarded a combined $35.6M in federal funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund, supporting cutting-edge nuclear, materials and archaeological science research.
March 6, 2026 Two McMaster Engineering-connected companies pitch on a special episode of CBC’s Dragons’ Den Two women-led businesses affiliated with McMaster University Engineering stood before a panel of investors in a special Full Circle episode of CBC’s Dragons’ Den that aired on March 5.
