Advanced Manufacturing – Faculty of Engineering

Overview

McMaster’s research within the manufacturing sector is diverse, spanning high-performance manufacturing processes to additive manufacturing, and Industry 4.0 technologies targeting emerging opportunities in electrified and autonomous vehicles and biomedical devices. It’s this combination of reputation, experience, and scientific discovery that appeals to industry. We have a long tradition of working with industry in the manufacturing sector, dating back to the 1970s.

Our manufacturing research draws together advancements in materials science, traditional manufacturing processes, emerging additive / hybrid technologies and industry internet of things in big data and artificial intelligence to realize practical solutions for industry.

Three people stand by advanced manufacturing machinery.

McMaster is labouring hard to dismantle the very idea of the ivory tower. We still revere the value of pure scientific research, but believe strongly that real progress is only made when disparate voices and perspectives gather to work together.

“Research is important for its scientific content, but also for its translational content, which helps our economy and grows the well-being of our society,” says Ishwar K. Puri, McMaster’s Dean of Engineering. “It’s very important for universities to work with their local business communities and Canadian industry. We also need to work with other universities and with the government. If we’re going to build prosperity, it has to be a project that includes many players. Collaboration must be our core value.”

Our Mission: To provide advanced, robust and implementable solutions for manufacturers across all industry sectors.

Code	Title	Instructor	Outline	Info
CHEM ENG 720 Graduate	Six Sigma [FALL 2022 & WINTER 2023]	Sessional Instructor: Guerino Sacripante		More
CHEM ENG 761 Graduate	Multivariable, Stochastic and Adaptive Control of Chemical Processes [FALL 2021]	Mhaskar		More
CHEM ENG 786 Graduate	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Fundamentals [FALL 2022 & WINTER 2023]			More
CHEM ENG 787 Graduate	Machine Learning Class. Models [FALL 2022 & WINTER 2023]			More
ENGPHYS 2CM4 Undergraduate	Computational Multiphysics	Minnick	Outline	More
ENGPHYS 3NM4 Undergraduate	Numerical Methods for Engineering	Sessional Instructor: Mahmoud Ahmed	Outline	More
ENGPHYS 3SM3 Undergraduate	Statistical Mechanics	Lewis	Outline	More
ENGPHYS 4PP3 / 6PP3 Graduate	Plasma Physics Applications	Buijs	Outline	More
ENGPHYS 4QC3 / 6QC3 Graduate	Introduction to Quantum Computing	Lewis	Outline	More
IBEHS 3H03 Undergraduate	Research Project		Outline	More
IBEHS 3I06 A/B Undergraduate	Research Project		Outline	More
MECH ENG 2Q04 (Fall 2023) Undergraduate	Engineering Mechanics: Kinetics and Dynamics (For Mechanical Engineering Students Only)	Ng	Outline	More
MECH ENG 3C03 (Fall 2023) Undergraduate	Manufacturing Engineering	Sessional Instructor: Dr. Emily He	Outline	More
MECH ENG 4D03 (Winter 2024) Undergraduate	Manufacturing Processes (Metal Removal)	Koshy		More
MECH ENG 4DD3 (NOT OFFERED IN 2023-2024) Undergraduate	Introduction to Surface Engineering in Manufacturing			More
MECH ENG 4J03 (Winter 2024) Undergraduate	Introduction to Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer	Hamed	Outline	More
MECH ENG 4Q03 (Fall 2023) Undergraduate	Mechanical Vibrations	Sessional Instructor: Dr. Golam Mostofa	Outline	More
MECH ENG 4Z03 (Winter 2024) Undergraduate	CAD/CAM/CAE	Sessional Instructor: TBD		More
MECHENG 4CC3 Technical Elective	Experimental and Computational Biomechanics	Quenneville	Outline	More
SFWRTECH 4AI3 Undergraduate	Artificial Intelligence		Outline	More

Featured News

Minister Vic Fedeli tests out Guided Hands, an invention by McMaster engineering student Lianna Genovese.

Minister Fedeli tours MMRI with demonstration from award-winning Mac Eng student

February 17, 2022

Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, visited the McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) to explore the cutting-edge innovation in advanced manufacturing at the university.

The new grasper (right) is easier to use than forceps (left).

Hamilton virology lab gets a 'grasp' on COVID-19 testing

January 14, 2022

The Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, together with the McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute — directed by Stephen Veldhuis — and Coreprint Patterns, created a grasping tool to confront global supply-chain shortage on forceps and keep up with the demand of COVID-19 tests.

McMaster researchers team up with Sartorius to advance biomanufacturing processes with next-generation technologies

August 24, 2021

A four-year partnership between chemical engineering researchers at McMaster and Sartorius, a global leader in biomanufacturing, will improve manufacturing processes of antibody and virus-based treatments for diseases like COVID-19, cancers and genetic disorders.