News from the department of Mechanical Engineering

Zahra Motamed and her team received $780,000 in NSERC funding to develop an in-vitro, patient-specific predictive tool and a regulatory testing machine for transcatheter heart valve replacement.

A McMaster grad is heading a team using thermal imaging to scan large groups of shoppers at the door.

Longan Vision, a company made up of engineering alumni and current students, has created a scanning device based on temperature-sensing technology.

A tight-knit group of friends, classmates, faculty and staff members gathered at Hamilton Waterfront’s Pier 4 on Friday, Jan. 17 to honour McMaster PhD students Iman Aghabali and Mehdi Eshaghian with a flower offering ceremony.

Top researcher Ali Emadi explains why electrified vehicles are the future and describes his love for mentoring students.

This year, McMaster Engineering is celebrating International Women’s Day by honouring nine women who are supporting each other through mentoring relationships.

This year, McMaster Engineering is celebrating International Women’s Day by honouring nine women who are supporting each other through mentoring relationships.

The sensor can track the movement and location of a person in a burning building, a mineshaft or other hazardous environment, alerting someone outside if the movement ceases.

McMaster researchers are making discoveries that promise to keep Canadian troops safer and healthier in years to come.

The surface coatings can repel everything, such as bacteria, viruses and living cells, but can be modified to permit beneficial exceptions.

Cheryl Quenneville has been awarded the $25,000 Petro-Canada-McMaster University Young Innovator Award.

Professor Ravi Selvaganapathy and a team of McMaster researchers are developing a new way to use additive manufacturing to create artificial tissues.