BRIC, an abbreviation for Booth Research and Innovation Cluster, imbibes McMaster’s vision and mission of Impact, Ambition and Transformation through Excellence, Inclusion and Community: Advancing Human and Societal Health and Well-being. BRIC is a one stop shop for industry and community for their innovation challenges in the areas of AI/ML, Computational modeling, Biotechnology, eHealth, Environmental Excellence Robotics, and Automation. Our projects have a strong components of ethics, sustainability and social responsibility.
Our Guiding Principle: At BRIC we collaborate, innovate; and disseminate, with Excellence as the sole benchmark.
BRIC for the Society – In collaborating with a BRIC member, the community and industry/government partners will have access to diverse expertise and resources that BRIC can provide. Engaging with BRIC will help the partners explore and solve more challenging problems that require long-term financial and personnel commitments. This could happen by leveraging industry commitments with government and non-government funding opportunities.
BRIC for a Faculty –BRIC helps its members utilize the existing mechanism of building partnership with community members, evolve such relationships and entrench it via long-term commitments to solve larger problems. BRIC serves as a valuable support system to establish impactful research programs offering a diverse set of expertise to do society-focused multi-disciplinary research.
BRIC for a Student – Solving the community, government and industry partners’ problems, participating in the BRIC symposiums and clubs, and contributing to the bulletin, students can participate in a work-immersive environment, and have a transformational learning experience that will advance their careers.
