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Accepting graduate students
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Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Overview
Dr. Cree’s research program explores innovative solutions for development of composite materials recovered from industrial waste streams. Interests are in applied/experimental research. Addressing the challenges of sustainability using waste as resources is a major area of research. Besides conventional manufacturing processes, his research team fabricate their own polymer composite blends of three-dimensional (3D) printer filaments. One of his current research areas is repurposing eggshells as partial replacements of mineral limestone in a variety of engineering applications such as fillers in biopolymers, in mortar/concrete and as sorbent materials.
Did you know?
Dr. Cree participates as a judge in the Quebec Aboriginal Science and Engineering Association science fair for Aboriginal high school students each year.
Dr. Cree joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McMaster University as an Associate Professor. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Concordia University, in Montreal in 2009 with a focus on production and characterization of an aluminum-silicon carbide foam metal matrix composite. He later went on to pursue a two-year National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario in the Civil Engineering department. He was then hired on a three-year contract (non-renewable) as an Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering department at Queen’s University. Prior to joining McMaster, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan (2014-2024). One of his key interests, both personally and professionally, is to mentor upcoming Indigenous students in the field of engineering.
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Concordia University (2009)
- M. Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, Concordia University (2003)
- B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, Concordia University (1999)
- Recipient of the Dreamcatcher Award for Education from the Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation (2014)
- Recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the category of Technology and Trades (2011)
- Implemented Aboriginal Access to Engineering (currently Indigenous Futures in Engineering) at Queen’s University (an initiative designed to encourage engineering as a career option for Indigenous students) (2011-2014)
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qNulZjYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra