What Ontario’s State of Emergency and Stay at Home order mean for our research community

Department of Chemical Engineering 

Expertise: Green energy conversion; semicontinuous systems; process design; modeling; simulation and optimization

Covid-19 Research: Predictive mathematical model for Covid-19 vaccine immune response and protective immune memory

Department of Computing and Software 

Expertise: Digital & Smart Systems, Health & Bio-Innovation, Micro-Nano Systems

Covid-19 Research: Technology to support remote socially constructivist learning for children: software technology, Design Science, analytics and visualization.

Department of Civil Engineering

Expertise: Structural Engineering; Resilience and Sustainability of Infrastructure; Multi-hazard Risk Assessment; Resilience-based and Multi-Hazard Design; Risk Analysis of Interdependent Infrastructure; Structural Reliability and Optimization

Covid-19 Research: Risk Assessment and resilience of educational institutions exposed to airborne infectious diseases

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Expertise: Electron and ion-based imaging of materials, Nanomaterials, 3-D imaging

Covid-19 Research: Rigorously testing surgical and N95 masks to create better designs, Nanoparticle characterization for improved testing efficiency, 3-D imaging for Covid-Cell Wall interactions

W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology

Expertise: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Covid-19 Research: Use of Thermal Imaging for wave-form setting for pressure-controlled Ventilation in covid’19 patients, 

Department of Engineering Physics

Expertise: biomaterials; surface modification; protein and cell interactions; blood contacting medical devices; polymers

Covid-19 Research: Lab-on-a-chip device for testing antibodies to Covid-19

Department of Computing and Software 

Expertise: database systems; data quality; data privacy; data analytics; information extraction; text mining

Covid-19 Research: Develop a system which monitors seniors in long-term care homes remotely by using AI, big data and cloud computing, PRedicting the recovery path of Covid-19 Patients

Department of Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences

Expertise: Development of new computer-based systems and techniques for recording and analysing physiological signals in the basic research and clinical medical laboratories; Theoretical and in-vivo experimental response of motor neurons to different modes of stimulation of human compound nerves

Covid-19 Research:Testing and deciding on the best face shield design to mass manufacture for healthcare workers

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Expertise: Biosensors; Wearable health sensors; Smart sensors; Bioimagers; Bionanotechnology; Data Analytics

Covid-19 Research: Low-cost wearable smart sensor system for on-demand remote screening and monitoring of physiological parameters of COVID-19 quarantined or isolated persons (COVID-19 Sentinel); Wearable sensors for lung function monitoring; Data analytics and predictive modeling of COVID-19 patients lung function.

Department of Chemical Enigneering

Expertise: Functional surfaces and thin films, polymer nanocomposite materials, active membranes for desalination, water and wastewater treatment, fouling, membranes for gas separation, CO2 capture, nanosorbents

Covid-19 Research: Research on Rapid Testing-Validation of Alternative Materials for L3 and N95 facemasks

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Expertise:  Biomedical devices; Bio-sensing; Microfluidics; Bio-functional Interfaces, Bio-hybrid micro/nano-robots

Covid-19 Research: Developed a self-cleaning surface that can repel all forms of bacteria to prevent transfer of bacteria

Department of Computing and Software

Expertise: performance evaluation; stochastic models; data centres; scheduling

Covid-19 Research: Development of an allocation tool to support the CONCOR-1 clinical trial for convalescent plasma

McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering

Expertise: Biomedical signal processing; Human-computer interfacing (HCI); Machine learning for the augmentation, rehabilitation, and enhancement of human attributes

Covid-19 Research: Designing and testing a ventilator that can be made locally to help in the fight against COVID-19

W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology

Expertise: Advanced Manufacturing

Covid-19 Research: Modifying sleep apnea machines into ventilators for hospitalized COVID-19 patients requiring invasive ventilation

Department of Civil Engineering

Expertise: Complex Interdependent Networks & Systems Simulation; Data-driven Models; Systemic Risk & Resilience Quantification; Performance Prediction under Multi-hazard Scenarios.

Covid-19 Research: Integrating machine learning to aid Canada’s crisis response, Research on the Effectiveness of Masks in Limiting Covid-19 Transmission

Department of Civil Engineering

Expertise: Earthquake Engineering; Reinforced Masonry Systems; Dynamic Testing; Resilient Infrastructure Systems; Risk Assessment; Data Analytics

Covid-19 Research: Optimizing 3D Printing for Face Shields, SPIDeR: Virtual Reality-enabled System , Developing a Covid-19 web portal for Research, Industry and Policymakers Eco-system, Machine learning approach for Performance Predictions, A Network-of Networks Analysis and Decision Support

Department of Engineering Physics, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Expertise: biophotonics, microscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy & imaging, intelligent sensing for point-of-care, aging-in-place, & environmental monitoring

Covid-19 Research: Modifying sleep apnea machines into ventilators for hospitalized COVID-19 patients requiring invasive ventilation, Developing a high content confocal microscope for Covid-19 research

Department of Chemical Engineering

Expertise: We create engineering solutions for a healthier society: thermal stabilization of vaccines, enzymes, antibodies, and phage; application of functional nucleic acids for biosensing including the development of materials able to detect pathogenic bacteria.

Covid-19 Research: Creating a test kit that people can use from the comfort of their homes,  Create and validate a process to thermally stabilize the key reagents used in reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of Covid-19

W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology

Expertise: Biotechnology

Covid-19 Research: High-Throughput Genomics research to develop “smart” antibodies against COVID-19 

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Expertise: biomaterials; osseointegration; electron microscopy; mineralized tissues; electron tomography; atom probe tomography

Covid-19 Research: Modifying sleep apnea machines into ventilators for hospitalized COVID-19 patients requiring invasive ventilation

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering 

Expertise: computer architecture; embedded systems; cyber-physical systems; hardware verification; systems-on-chip; digital design; verification; security; Internet-of-Things

Covid-19 Research: Limiting COVID-19 Widespread by Intelligently Managing Public Transportation: A Research Proposal, IoT for remote patient monitoring

Department of Chemical Engineering

Expertise: nanotechnology, interfacial engineering, biomaterials engineering, polymer science, pharmaceutical science

Covid-19 Research: Testing mask prototypes and refining the technology needed for new medical masks, Sprayable coatings enabling long-acting viral deactivation on high touch surfaces, Delivery of anti-inflammatory drugs for acute pulmonary inflammation

Department of Chemical Engineering

Expertise: Bacteriophage Biotechnology, Bacterial Biofilms, Phage Antimicrobials, Targeted Antimicrobial Delivery, Biohybrid Systems

Covid-19 Research: Rigorously testing surgical and N95 mask designs to create better masks,  Investigating PPE Filtration/Barrier Efficiency Againts Aerosloized Bacteria 

Department of Civil Engineering

Expertise: Active modes of travel; enhancing road safety to support sustainability; application of innovation tools; AI; machine learning; computer vision; agent-based modeling to analyze road-user behaviour; Risk-based design of Highways and Transportation networks

Covid-19 Research: IntelliEye: A Vision-based Machine Learning System for Detecting Risky Behaviors in Ontario Healthcare Facilities

Department of Chemical Engineering

Expertise: tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, immune and inflammatory responses to biomaterials, host remodelling of implanted constructs

Covid-19 Research: Optimizing online collaboration with other universities for Covid-19 research, Impact of covid-19 return to work on women

Department of Engineering Physics

Expertise: silicon optical circuits; silicon integrated optics

Covid -19 Research: Developing a Bio-Sensor for Covid-19

W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology

Expertise: Public Policy; Great Lakes Science, Policy and Governance

Covid-19 Research: Assess and build resiliency in our city infrastructure to deal with emerging global threats 

Department of Chemical Engineering

Expertise: separation processes for water/wastewater treatment, biopartitioning and purification, microscale processing for high-throughput studies,unit operation modeling and optimization

Covid-19 Research: Rigorously testing surgical and N95 mask designs to create better masks

Department of Civil Engineering

Expertise: Uncertainty Analysis; Risk Management; Stochastic Modelling; Water Resources Management; Climate Change Impacts; Environmental Systems Analysis

Covid-19 Research: Integrating machine learning to aid Canada’s crisis response

Engineering 1

Expertise: Engineering Education; Interdisciplinarity; Biomechanics; Musculoskeletal Imaging

Covid-19 Research: 3D Printing and Testing of Face Shield Designs for Healthcare Workers

Department of Civil Engineering

Expertise: Systemic Impacts and Risk Analysis; Electrification of Transit Systems; Optimization Models and Adaptive Systems; Public Transit Modelling and Operation; Autonomous, Connected, and Electric Mobility; Multivariate Data Analysis; Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA); Intelligent Transportation Systems; Transportation Planning and Demand Modelling; Preferences and Choice Modelling

Covid-19 Research: Autonomous Drones for Las-Mile Delivery: System Design & Simulation

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Expertise: Medical devices, Medical imaging; Diagnostic, Intervention-predictive and intervention-optimization tools

Covid-19 Research: Monitoring COVID-19 patientes and predict catastrophic events such as heart faulure and heart attack, Developing a motor driver card to the needs of fans for maximum performance of ventilation capacities.

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering 

Expertise: Power Electronics ; High-Power Conversion ; Medium-Voltage Motor Drives ; Application of Power Electronics in Power Systems ; Modeling and Control of Power Electronic Converters ; Renewable Energy Systems

Covid-19 Research: Developing a motor driver card to the needs of fans for maximum performance of ventilation capacities

McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering

Expertise: Assessment of normal and diseased tissue microstructure and the resultant modulation of tissue metabolism using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy ; Diseases of interest include cancer, musculoskeletal disorders and traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Covid-19 Research: 3D Printing and Testing of Face Shield Designs for Healthcare Workers

Faculty of Engineering

Expertise: Pulsed Laser Deposition, Self-Assembly of Epitaxial Nanostructures, Photovoltaics

Covid-19 Research: Rigorously testing surgical and N95 mask designs to create better masks

Faculty of Engineering

Expertise: Transport Phenomena; Heat Transfer, Energy Storage; Fluid Mechanics; Self Assembly & Nanostructure Synthesis; Combustion & Pollutant Airborne Emissions; Mathematical Biology; Bioinspired Computational Biology

Covid-19 Research: Developing a home-based Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Covid-19, rapid bioprinting of ring structures for drug screening

W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology

Expertise: Biochemical Engineering; Biosensors; Separation Processes; CFD

Covid-19 Research: Point of Care Diagnostic Device to Detect SARS-CoV in Saliva

Department of Civil Engineering 

Expertise: Construction; Transportation; Construction Work Zone; Smart Construction; Intelligent Transportation Systems; Safety; Mobility; Connected Vehicle; Autonomous Vehicle; Smart Cities; Infrastructure Management; Logistics; Sensing; Automation; Data Fusion; Risk Analysis; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning

Covid-19 Research: Assessing the Logistics of Employment in Ontario during and after Covid-19

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Expertise: Statistical signal processing, including blind signal separation, blind deconvolution, image processing, and applications of numerical Bayesian estimation (MCMC) techniques

Covid-19 Research: Using machine learning to perform epidemic spread prediction for Covid-19 in Canada

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Expertise: Materials modeling; density functional theory; solar cells; lasers; LEDs; quantum materials; 2D materials

Covid-19 Research: Paint with COVID-19 antiviral properties 

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Expertise: biomaterials; surface modification; protein and cell interactions; blood contacting medical devices; polymers

Covid-19 Research: Lab-on-a-chip device for testing antibodies to Covid-19

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Expertise: Micro/Nanofabrication; Bioprinting; Biomedical Microdevices; Microelectromechanical Systems; Microfluidics; Medical and Environmental Sensors; Smart Textiles; Artificial Organs

COVID-19 Research: Scientific Lead on development, design and testing of PPE including surgical and N95 masks, Research on the use of plasma treatment technology for sterilization of personnel protective equipment such as masks,  Lab-on-a-chip device for testing antibodies to Covid-19

Department of Chemical Engineering

Expertise:  biomaterials, tissue engineering, mathematical modeling of physiologic processes, ophthalmic drug delivery

Covid-19 Research: anti-inflammatory and anti-viral drug therapies for lung-related COVID-19 illness.

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Expertise: Visual Communications ; Image and Video Compression ; Image/Video Indexing and Retrieval ; Robust Video Transmission over Error Prone Networks ; Image and Video Processing ; VLSI Architectures for Real-Time Signal and Image Processing ; Multimedia Hardware Architectures ; Ultrasonic Imaging

Covid-19 Research: Using machine learning to perform epidemic spread prediction for Covid-19 in Canada

Department of Engineering Physics

Expertise: biosensing, point-of-care diagnostics, lab-on-a-chip, DNA detection, health monitoring, nanofabrication, wrinkling, rapid prototyping

Covid-19 Research: Developed a self-cleaning surface that can repel all forms of bacteria to prevent transfer of bacteria, RepelWrap for viruses, Developing a DIY Covid-19 test 

Department of Civil Engineering

Expertise: Structural Dynamics; Structural Monitoring; Retrofit of Structures; Rehabilitation of Structures; Tuned Liquid Dampers; Tuned Liquid Column Dampers; Tuned Mass Dampers; Blast Loading

Covid-19 Research: Modelling Covod-19 Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics to Develop Decision-Making Framework for Ontario

Department of Engineering Physics

Expertise: degradation at interfaces in organic electronics; classification of spatial order for 2D objects; modelling and tailoring of organic thin film morphology; nanoparticle synthesis; photovoltaics; surface and interface physics

Covid-19 Research: Anti viral nanoparticles for surfaces

Department of Mechanical Engineering 

Expertise: Manufacturing; Machine tools; Precision machining; Ultra precision machining; Manufacturing process modeling & simulation; Tribology; Nano indentation; Surface engineering; Hard wear protective coatings; Process optimization

Covid-19 Research: The MMRI is working with Whitebird to produce high volumes of PPE and McMaster / HHS / St. Joe’s Healthcare to design and develop full scale manufacturing plans to produce “critical supplies” for COVID-19 protection and test kits.

W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology

Expertise: Automation Engineering Technology

Covid-19 Research: Develop a system which monitors seniors in long-term care homes remotely by using AI, big data and cloud computing

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Expertise:  Biomechanics

Covid-19 Research: Modifying sleep apnea machines into ventilators for hospitalized COVID-19 patients requiring invasive ventilation

Department of Civil Engineering

Expertise: degradation at interfaces in organic electronics; classification of spatial order for 2D objects; modelling and tailoring of organic thin film morphology; nanoparticle synthesis; photovoltaics; surface and interface physics

Covid-19 Research: Efficacy of Masks in reducing the spread of COVID-19

Department of Chemical Engineering

Expertise:  computing in chemical engineering; polymers; fluid mechanics; rheology; molecular simulation; computational fluid dynamics; process modeling

Covid-19 Research: Antiviral polymers as surface coating materials for curbing the spread of COVID-19

Department of Engineering Physics

Expertise: bacterial sensors; biomedical lasers for diagnosis and treatment; periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN); PPLN related devices; lasers (solid, fibre, semiconductor); optical sensors and sub-systems; laser applications

Covid-19 Research: Research and development on rapid and accurate on-site SARS-CoV-2 antibody test based on microflow cytometry immunoassay (MCIA)

Department of Civil Engineering 

Expertise: Prestressed Concrete Bridges; Structural Application of Novel Materials; Damage Mitigation; Accelerated Bridge Construction; Seismic Resiliency and Sustainability; Large-scale Structural Testing; Nonlinear Structural Analysis; Reinforced Concrete Structures

Covid-19 Research: Assessing the COVID-19 Hospital Exhaust Dispersion and its Consequence on Public Safety

Department of Civil Engineering

Expertise: Autonomous Driving; Congestion Mitigation; Urban Transportation; Human Mobility; Energy Efficiency

Covid-19 Research:  Developing Multi-Modal On-demand Services to support Ontario Public Transportation During and After COVID-19

Department of Chemical Engineering

Expertise: Tissue engineering, biomaterials engineering, microfluidics, organ-on-a-chip engineering, advanced biofabrication, regenerative medicine, high-throughput drug screening

Covid-19 Research: testing mask prototypes and refining the technology needed for new medical masks.