June 2, 2020 Rong Zheng and team awarded NSERC funding to improve mobility for the aging population As a winner of NSERC’s Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program, Zheng and team will receive $1.65M to advance research in smart mobility for older adults.
June 1, 2020 McMaster civil engineers win Roche Canada COVID-19 Open Innovation Challenge A project led by Zoe Li and Wael El-Dakhakhni received funding to further their research project, CityDNA, which can support decision makers in re-opening municipal facilities during COVID-19.
May 19, 2020 McMaster engineers to help physicians predict outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease 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.
(Opens in new window) May 19, 2020 Brighter World Major investments in Great Lakes restoration and pollution prevention are paying off, report finds Canadian and American efforts to restore Areas of Concern (AOCs) throughout the Great Lakes – including Hamilton Harbour – have invested $22.8 billion US over the last 35 years.
May 13, 2020 McMaster Engineering embraces new world of remote undergraduate summer research The Faculty and student groups have come together to ensure undergraduate student researchers have an enriching research experiences this summer while working from home.
May 12, 2020 David Latulippe awarded fellowship to promote membrane science and technology Latulippe is named inaugural Education Innovation Fellow by the North American Membrane Society.
May 1, 2020 How McMaster engineers are paving the way for new standards for medical masks in Canada Researchers at McMaster Engineering are rigorously testing surgical and N95 mask designs in innovative ways.
April 29, 2020 “We want to know we did everything we could”: How McMaster’s manufacturing experts shifted to respond to COVID-19 The McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) team has rallied to help the community design and manufacture protective gear and medical supplies.
(Opens in new window) April 13, 2020 Brighter World McMaster Engineers part of team working on home test for COVID-19 The COVID-19 self-diagnosis kit would be configured to detect the genetic material of the virus but would work in a manner similar to a home pregnancy test, generating a result on a test strip within 20 minutes.
(Opens in new window) April 8, 2020 Brighter World McMaster researchers rally to help Canadian company expedite new mask to meet urgent COVID-19 demand Engineering and medical researchers at McMaster University have been racing to assist Woodbridge Foam Corporation in getting a new made-in-Canada mask designed, tested and certified.
April 6, 2020 Undergraduate Summer Research programs continue amid COVID-19 Students will undertake research work remotely, which will include simulations, analytical work, mathematical modeling, literature reviews and development of hypotheses.
March 26, 2020 McMaster engineers using machine learning to aid Canada’s crisis response Imagine being able to test decisions on a “digital twin” of a city, see its likely impact, and better understand what will help Canada during times of crises.
