May 12, 2020 David Latulippe awarded fellowship to promote membrane science and technology Latulippe is named inaugural Education Innovation Fellow by the North American Membrane Society.
May 1, 2020 How McMaster engineers are paving the way for new standards for medical masks in Canada Researchers at McMaster Engineering are rigorously testing surgical and N95 mask designs in innovative ways.
April 29, 2020 “We want to know we did everything we could”: How McMaster’s manufacturing experts shifted to respond to COVID-19 The McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) team has rallied to help the community design and manufacture protective gear and medical supplies.
(Opens in new window) April 13, 2020 Brighter World McMaster Engineers part of team working on home test for COVID-19 The COVID-19 self-diagnosis kit would be configured to detect the genetic material of the virus but would work in a manner similar to a home pregnancy test, generating a result on a test strip within 20 minutes.
(Opens in new window) April 8, 2020 Brighter World McMaster researchers rally to help Canadian company expedite new mask to meet urgent COVID-19 demand Engineering and medical researchers at McMaster University have been racing to assist Woodbridge Foam Corporation in getting a new made-in-Canada mask designed, tested and certified.
April 6, 2020 Undergraduate Summer Research programs continue amid COVID-19 Students will undertake research work remotely, which will include simulations, analytical work, mathematical modeling, literature reviews and development of hypotheses.
March 26, 2020 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 23, 2020 McMaster engineers pivot 3D cell printing technology to help COVID-19 research McMaster engineers hope to use their novel technology to help other researchers with disease modelling and drug screening.
(Opens in new window) March 12, 2020 Brighter World This isn’t your grandfather’s factory In the first year of the Bachelor of Technology program, every student is given the opportunity to get exposed to Industry 4.0 without leaving campus.
March 2, 2020 Detecting toxic chemicals in wastewater faster to improve the environment A team of McMaster chemical engineers have developed a technology to detect toxic compounds in wastewater up to 24 times faster than the industry standard.
(Opens in new window) February 14, 2020 CBC RADIO McMaster scientists engineer self-cleaning surface that can repel dangerous bacteria This material could help prevent bacterial contamination from spreading in the food and healthcare industries.
October 29, 2019 Working with Indigenous communities to improve water quality Charles de Lannoy and his team of researchers look for solutions to large environmental problems using very small materials.
