To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, here is a sampling of stories showcasing the women of Mac Eng.
Three Fireball Family Members Nominated for YWCA Hamilton-Halton Women of Distinction Awards
Mac Eng alumni Lisa Brown (pictured left) and Julie Wedzinga (right) have been nominated for a YWCA Hamilton-Halton Women of Distinction Award.
Current Chemical and Biomedical Engineering student Shayna Earle (middle) has been nominated for the Young Trailblazer Award.
Strength in diversity: 5 women reflect on advancing the future of mobility
The Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence and Smart Mobility is a partnership between Cubic Corporation’s Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) business division and McMaster University.
McMaster University’s Vera Pantelic, Maryam Alizadeh, Sarah Jumah, and Hanna Haponenko as well as Cubic’s Kathy Amell reflect on the ways they’re contributing to smarter, more accessible and sustainable innovation in this story.
Nobel Laureates Donna Strickland and Myron Scholes honoured at street naming event
On October 4, Donna Strickland, Eng Phys alumna and Nobel laureate, returned to campus to celebrate the naming of Strickland Way.
Strickland Way runs from A.N. Bourns Science Building to the Gerald Hatch Centre and Scholes Way runs from the David Braley Athletic Centre to Togo Salmon Hall.
Learn more about Strickland’s visit and legacy.
Walking the walk: Talking sustainability and climate action with COP27 observer Paris Liu
Paris Liu, a fourth-year civil engineering student at McMaster, is the co-president of Zero Waste McMaster, a club dedicated to promoting an accessible, low-waste lifestyle to students on and off campus. She is a member of LIFT Church and uses her faith to inform the work she is doing to address climate change.
Before Liu attended COP27, she shared why responding to climate change is so important and how people can take action to make their everyday lives more sustainable in this Daily News story.
Engineering physics student Arielle Ainabe reaches for the stars
Ainabe, a third-year engineering physics student, was picked for the prestigious Caltech Space Challenge – a five-day design challenge for 32 of the world’s brightest aspiring space engineers in 2022.
One of two McMaster engineering students named as Schulich Leaders in 2019, she has been on shooting star mode for years now. But she credits her Grade 7 math and science teacher Ms. Yu for helping with her launch.
Learn more about her science journey.
