(Opens in new window) May 23, 2018 Brighter World McMaster researchers working to make roadside drug detection easier Two McMaster researchers have received a three-year research contract with Eye3 Concepts Inc. to help keep Ontario’s roads safe from impaired drivers.
May 11, 2018 Keeping Canada’s Manufacturing Sector Competitive Millions of dollars. Jobs. Entire industries. Tiny variations in industrial processes can mean the difference between a multi-million-dollar contract for a Canadian company and watching local jobs and opportunities vanish to overseas vendors.
May 8, 2018 Big Ideas: Attention to detail Professor Gianluigi Botton’s microscopy research shows that little things mean a lot.
May 8, 2018 McMaster Engineering celebrates ‘Big Ideas’ at 60th Anniversary Celebration The event honoured 60 years of engineering excellence and big ideas in areas such as diversity, entrepreneurship, education, research, and leadership.
(Opens in new window) May 4, 2018 Daily News McMaster-made satellite to be launched as part of Canadian Space Agency program A satellite designed and built by researchers at McMaster University has been chosen as one of 15 projects that will be launched into space as part of the Canadian CubeSat Project.
May 1, 2018 Chemical engineering professor receives prestigious NSERC fellowship A McMaster Engineering professor has been recognized with a prestigious award given to outstanding chemists and research leaders.
April 24, 2018 Big Ideas: Pump up the volume Clarinet in hand, electrical engineering PhD student Larissa Taylor is working on making music sound sweeter to people wearing hearing aids.
(Opens in new window) April 20, 2018 Brighter World Overcoming challenges in 3-D printing artificial tissue Professor Ravi Selvaganapathy and a team of McMaster researchers are developing a new way to use additive manufacturing to create artificial tissues.
April 18, 2018 Clean and safe access to water for health and wellbeing Sarah Dickson's research focuses on groundwater in the context of water security from a local perspective, particularly in rural, remote, and marginalized communities.
(Opens in new window) March 26, 2018 CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS McMaster prof featured at American Chemical Society national meeting Among the meeting’s highlights, Emily Cranston of McMaster presented her research on developing hybrid cellulose nanocrystal materials for emulsions, injectable hydrogels, and cross-linked aerogels.
March 26, 2018 McMaster civil engineer studying Hamilton transit The team involved in the new project will undertake a systematic review of Hamilton’s transit network to re-envision the HSR.
(Opens in new window) March 25, 2018 THE CONVERSATION How smartphones are heating up the planet Smart phones are rarely recycled, and that’s just one reason tech devices are increasing our carbon footprints.