News from the department of Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering graduate Terry Fallis is an award-winning novelist, and a retired public affairs communications consultant and political strategist.

Harvest Systems Inc., a leader in sustainable energy solutions launched out of McMaster Engineering, has been recognized as one of Canada’s top 50 most investible clean tech companies by  Foresight CanadaForesight Canada.

A group of co-founders, including two McMaster University students, created the Lockin Inc. app to help users block social media on their phones and stop the scrolling cycle.

Associate professor of mechanical engineering, Andrew Gadsden, is collaborating with Canadarm developer to improve its accuracy and reliability.

A group of McMaster researchers who routinely work with bacteriophages — viruses that eat bacteria — had a pleasant and potentially very important surprise while preparing slides to view under a powerful microscope.

Keena Trowell, a professor of mechanical engineering, is tackling the big question of how we can easily store and transport renewable energy so it can get to communities in need.

Associate professor Andrew Gadsden is the recipient of a grant that will fund a new partnership with MDA Space.

Researchers are making sport safer by evaluating the protection of hockey neck guards – an overlooked area in the sportswear industry. 

Two McMaster students came together to create an app that pairs international students with professional mentors in the industry.

Shakirudeen Salaudeen, an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, is the recipient of a grant that will be leveraged to advance his research in agri-food waste.

Puisand Lai will be representing Canada on the women's wheelchair basketball team later this month

A team of medical and engineering researchers worked together to create a functioning model of intestinal cells to answer a crucial question about celiac disease, creating the potential to develop a treatment or cure.