March 10, 2025 Mechanical Engineering students win top prize at MCAA Competition in Austin, Texas Nour Abdallah, Erin Chillingworth, Michael Holden, Puisand Lai, Jared Montgomery and Ryan Neudorf placed first out of 27 teams.
March 6, 2025 Meet McMaster Engineering’s YWCA Young Trailblazer Award winner and nominees Meet YWCA award recipient, Shelby Amponsah, and nominees Jocelyn Kuntsi and Dr. Shari van de Pol.
March 3, 2025 Revving up electric vehicle manufacturing capacity: McMaster Automotive Resource Centre’s bold vision for an electrified future Researchers at McMaster Engineering believe that it will take the ingenuity of engineers and innovators to fully unlock the potential of an electrified future.
(Opens in new window) February 27, 2025 Hamilton Business Review Pedal to the metal: Enedym's revolutionary electric motors are set to drive future innovation Ali Emadi, professor, CERC laureate and founder of Enedym Inc., sees limitless potential for their new motors that don't require the use of rare earth minerals.
February 11, 2025 McMaster Engineering and MathWorks collaborate to extend EV battery lifespans and reduce waste McMaster’s Faculty of Engineering is collaborating with software company MathWorks to extend battery life of electric vehicles and reduce waste.
(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.
January 31, 2025 Mechanical Engineering grad students gain invaluable experience showcasing their research in conference-style setting The Department of Mechanical Engineering hosted a full-day graduate student seminar for students to gain valuable experience showcasing their research.
December 10, 2024 Enginuity: The best laid change of plans Mechanical engineering graduate Terry Fallis is an award-winning novelist, and a retired public affairs communications consultant and political strategist.
November 25, 2024 McMaster Engineering startup Harvest Systems ranked among top investible clean tech companies in Canada 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.
November 14, 2024 Get rewarded to focus: McMaster students’ app helps users hit pause on mindless scrolling 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.
(Opens in new window) October 24, 2024 Hamilton Spectator In the Media: McMaster University researcher on mission to improve robotic arms used in space Associate professor of mechanical engineering, Andrew Gadsden, is collaborating with Canadarm developer to improve its accuracy and reliability.
(Opens in new window) October 22, 2024 Brighter World Flower power: Researchers coax bacteria-eating viruses into floral shapes that boost antimicrobial strength 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.
