Overview
Ranked among the world’s top engineering schools, the Faculty of Engineering plays a significant role in helping McMaster University earn its reputation as one of Canada’s most innovative universities.
Our Faculty of Engineering enjoys strong links with industry in Canada, across North America and around the world. A range of strategic partnerships with industry, including joint funding of industrial research chairs, sharing of research equipment, transfer of intellectual property and consulting, providing industry with ideas, products and skilled people, and give faculty and students a way to stay on top of industry needs and to address the grand challenges facing our world.
We Support Industry Innovation and Commercialization
- Get a first-hand opportunity to recruit fresh talent trained to work with the newest technologies
- Apply fresh perspectives and expertise to your design and manufacturing challenges
- Explore new processes without shutting down operations
- Gain privileged access to unique facilities and state of the art equipment
- Obtain exclusive access to licensing of emerging technology development
McMaster Engineering Industry Innovation: In the News

Academic and Industry Powerhouses Combine Forces to Rethink the Future of Inclusive Mobility
February 1, 2022

Celebrating Black Excellence – February 2022
January 26, 2022

Global Engineering Design Studio offers experiential learning opportunities for students across the globe
January 7, 2022
Industry Partners – Innovation
McMaster has a long history and a respected reputation for working with the local Hamilton community and Canadian Industry. Our focus on experiential, problem-based learning and our inter-disciplinary approach to collaboration results in smarter insights and ground-breaking ideas that enable us to push the boundaries of discovery while exploring emerging areas and technologies that provide our connected businesses with greater competitive advantage in local and international markets.
Our collaborative approach enables us to connect industry with state of the art equipment, expertise and highly-skilled students. And it allows our students to jump start their careers by putting them in direct contact with industry ahead of graduation.
“Nobody wants to miss the next Uber or the next Airbnb…We’re seeing it already. VC’s will fly to…Hamilton to make sure they don’t miss the next giant…If you have a fresh idea, try it. Because that fresh perspective could be what disrupts industry.”
Brandon Lee, Consul General to Canada in Silicon Valley, McMaster Alumnus ’99
Engineering Solutions for Industry
Our emerging talent and seasoned experts collaborate with governments, the private sector, and other institutions to discover, design and commercialize tomorrow’s most innovative technologies.
Learn how we are supporting key sectors in Canada and across the globe.
Industry Partners – Making Impact
Industry and Innovation: In the News
Our researchers and students continue to make impact with our local and international industry partners, through use of our facilities, training highly qualified personnel, and collaborating on research and development projects. Below are some examples of the various ways that our researchers are supporting industry, and how industry is enriching our students’ experiential education.

McMaster researchers team up with Sartorius to advance biomanufacturing processes with next-generation technologies
August 24, 2021

Powering a new paradigm
July 23, 2021
Our researchers help industry realize their ideas and maximize their efficiencies.
Infrastructure Learn More
Civil Engineer Saiedeh Razavi develops and tests high-tech and smart sensor-based solutions that help save lives in construction zones by detecting hazards near workers, equipment operators and vehicles in work zones.She is sharing her expertise with Dufferin Construction Co. and Fortran Traffic Systems Ltd.
Health & Bio-innovation Learn More
Mechanical Engineer Ravi Selvaganapathy is developing reactive inks for use in applications ranging from contact lenses to computer keyboard springs. The project involves Structur3d Printing, Silcotech and Siltech.
Energy Learn More
Mechanical Engineer Jim Cotton is helping Pizza Pizza find ways to gather energy by harvesting heat from pizza ovens. With $3.8 M in funding from Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Research Fund, Cotton is developing integrated energy systems for small-scale industrial processes
For more about how our researchers are making impact for industry, click to learn about our research clusters & entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Industry Partners – Engage
McMaster Engineering is committed to engineering solutions through collaboration. Our researchers are eager to collaborate with government, the private sector, and other institution to discover, design, and commercialize innovative new technologies and materials for today’s markets. We are also committed to immersing our students in industry, to boosting their entrepreneurial drive, and to giving them new opportunities with start ups and seasoned industry leaders.