March 8, 2018 International Women’s Day: 4 women in engineering who are changing the world McMaster Engineering celebrates International Women’s Day by honouring four women who are making a big impact on the world through their engineering research.
March 7, 2018 Big Ideas: Engineering is for everyone Disease detective Leyla Soleymani builds sensors that make finding disease faster, easier and more accurate.
(Opens in new window) March 6, 2018 Brighter World Special delivery Heather Sheardown has developed a way to deliver microscopic “packets” of medicine inside micelles, sphere-shaped fatty molecules that stick to the eye’s mucous layer.
March 5, 2018 Sarah Dickson named Philomathia Chair 2018 The Philomathia Foundation supports innovative, forward-thinking individuals and ideas, and established this research Chair to support a professor with expertise in Engineering and Global Water Policy.
February 28, 2018 Study shows smartphones harm the environment Data centres and smartphones will be the most damaging information and communications technologies to the environment by 2040, according to new research from W Booth School’s Lotfi Belkhir.
February 15, 2018 Big Ideas: Saving lives, one radar technology at a time Natalia Nikolova is finding new ways to detect breast cancer and concealed weapons through microwaves.
February 15, 2018 McMaster researchers boost business of Ontario manufacturers McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute improves productivity of Burlington automotive parts company.
February 9, 2018 McMaster University engineers make drug testing more efficient and affordable McMaster University engineers have devised a way to make testing for new drugs more efficient and affordable, and reduce the time for helpful medications to reach the public.
(Opens in new window) January 22, 2018 Brighter World Engineering professor and Canada Research Chair Emily Cranston explores exciting possibilities for nanocellulose A focus on sustainability has been part of Cranston’s life since her undergraduate days studying chemistry.
December 8, 2017 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.
November 30, 2017 Transforming Technology Leaders in Artificial Intelligence (AI) recently gathered for the McMaster.AI Workshop.
November 28, 2017 Zoe Li awarded grant to develop improvements in wastewater treatment plants Li will be working to develop an integrated influent forecasting toolset to help improve the simulation, optimization, and management of wastewater treatment plants.
