August 8, 2025 A vision for change: iBioMed student Kobe Li earns Terry Fox Humanitarian Award At just 19, iBioMed student Kobe Li is helping expand access to vision care through his nonprofit, 20/20 Mission. His efforts recently earned him national recognition as a recipient of the Terry Fox Humanitarian Award.
July 28, 2025 A day of empowerment: Design Like a Girl 2025 What does it mean to “Design Like a Girl”? This summer, a group of passionate, women-identifying high school students gathered at McMaster University to find out – through a full day of hands-on STEM exploration.
June 23, 2025 Alumni Blueprints: Transforming cancer-screening technology Tina Mahmoudi '20 is the Lead Engineer at Asima Health, a female-founded startup developing rapid cancer screening technology.
June 11, 2025 Wonder Guard: PhD student's new device aims to halt progression of UTIs Biomedical engineering PhD student Manak Bajaj was named the 2025 winner of a $10,000 grand prize for his pitch focused on an innovative way of detecting and predicting Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs).
June 4, 2025 Balancing student life and startup success: Power of Play co-founders share their story McMaster students Deena Al-Sammak and Rooaa Shanshal are balancing academics and entrepreneurship as they grow Power of Play, a startup transforming pediatric rehabilitation. Along the way, they discovered the power of collaboration, determination, and community.
May 14, 2025 First-year iBioMed students learn the process of developing healthcare solutions in “Bench to Market” course The Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Innovation: Bench to Market" course is a project-based, integrated course that tracks the journey of healthcare solutions from the lab to the market, blending essential concepts in biology with clinical and business insights.
April 30, 2025 Winged Wheelchairs student invention aims to support wheelchair users with limited hand mobility Co-founders Mary England, Patrick Clarkin, and Troy Gonidis developed Winged Wheelchair out of a first-year project.
March 25, 2025 iBioMed students mentor local I-STEM high school students in entrepreneurship and design iBioMed students recently supported high school students from Blakelock High School, one of three schools in the Halton District School Board participating in I-STEM – an innovative regional program for Grades 9 to 12.
March 20, 2025 March Break-ing into the experience of a Mac Eng student More than ninety future Engineering, Bachelor of Technology, and Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (iBioMed) students had an immersive experience at Mac Eng during March Break.
March 5, 2025 “Solutions that last” the focus of McMaster student-hosted Ontario Engineering Competition The Ontario Engineering Competition (OEC) 2025 brought together 322 representatives from 18 engineering schools across the province at McMaster University’s campus.
(Opens in new window) February 10, 2025 The Conversation In the Media: Using smart technologies and artificial intelligence in food packaging can reduce food waste More than 30 per cent of the world’s food is wasted each year, and associate professor Tohid Didar explains how developing smart food packaging technologies can address this challenge.
November 21, 2024 A semester in Singapore opens a world of opportunity for an iBioMed student Biomedical and chemical engineering student Rosalie Wang shares her experience of travelling across the world to Singapore to complete a semester abroad.
