July 20, 2020 Students are making it easier and safer for patients to self-administer hemodialysis Can human-centred design improve how patients and their caregivers learn to administer hemodialysis at home? Three McMaster Engineering students are exploring how we might improve this experience.
(Opens in new window) July 13, 2020 Brighter World McMaster and Toyota Tsusho Canada collaborate to move pathogen-detecting food wrap from lab to market TTCI will contribute up to US$300,000 over two years to commercialize a bacteria-detecting patch that can signal when food has been spoiled by E. coli or other common food pathogens.
June 29, 2020 McMaster opens Centre of Excellence to advance personal protective equipment in Canada The Centre of Excellence in Protective Equipment and Materials is a network of engineers, clinicians, manufacturers and companies dedicated to improving personal protective equipment products and supply chains in Canada.
(Opens in new window) June 25, 2020 Brighter World McMaster scoops up $20M more for COVID-19 research McMaster University has received $20 million in new funding for 17 COVID-19 research projects from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and their funding partners.
June 19, 2020 McMaster Engineering PhD candidate recognized as Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar Moustafa Naiem is one of 50 recipients of this year’s scholarship awarded by NSERC, and one of five 2020 Vanier Scholars from McMaster University.
(Opens in new window) June 17, 2020 Brighter World 30 McMaster Engineering research projects awarded federal funding The funding announced by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) will support 83 McMaster researchers through the agency’s Discovery Grants program.
June 8, 2020 Can Smart Technology Improve How Patients Recover from Wounds? In partnership with St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH), professors with the W Booth School are exploring if smart technology can help the healing and treatment of patient’s wounds.
June 2, 2020 Rong Zheng and team awarded NSERC funding to improve mobility for the aging population As a winner of NSERC’s Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program, Zheng and team will receive $1.65M to advance research in smart mobility for older adults.
June 1, 2020 McMaster civil engineers win Roche Canada COVID-19 Open Innovation Challenge A project led by Zoe Li and Wael El-Dakhakhni received funding to further their research project, CityDNA, which can support decision makers in re-opening municipal facilities during COVID-19.
May 19, 2020 McMaster engineers to help physicians predict outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease Zahra Motamed and her team received $780,000 in NSERC funding to develop an in-vitro, patient-specific predictive tool and a regulatory testing machine for transcatheter heart valve replacement.
(Opens in new window) May 19, 2020 Brighter World Major investments in Great Lakes restoration and pollution prevention are paying off, report finds Canadian and American efforts to restore Areas of Concern (AOCs) throughout the Great Lakes – including Hamilton Harbour – have invested $22.8 billion US over the last 35 years.
May 13, 2020 McMaster Engineering embraces new world of remote undergraduate summer research The Faculty and student groups have come together to ensure undergraduate student researchers have an enriching research experiences this summer while working from home.
