/engineering/taxonomy/term/349/all en /engineering/channels/news/professor-jeffrey-bergthorson-granted-tier-1-canada-research-chair-crc-364505 <p>Congratulations to Prof. Jeffrey Bergthorson on being granted a Tier 1 CRC in Carbon-Free Circular Fuels!</p> <p>Read more: <a href="/research/channels/news/eleven-new-or-renewed-canada-research-chairs-awarded-mcgill-364279">Eleven new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to 大发彩票平台</a></p> Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:25:43 +0000 admin 9508 at /engineering /engineering/channels/news/academic-staff-posting-tenure-track-position-department-mechanical-engineering-362776 <p>大发彩票平台's Department of Mechanical Engineering invites applications for one tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. Areas of interest: (1) Thermal energy systems, and (2) Combustion and alternative fuels.</p> <p>For more information and how to apply, please visit the <a href="/mecheng/people/jobs">Department's Employment page.</a></p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:47:56 +0000 admin 9509 at /engineering /engineering/channels/event/roles-design-and-manufacturing-sustainability-research-and-path-forward-364002 <h2>The Roles of Design and Manufacturing in Sustainability Research and the Path Forward</h2> <h4>Date: April 16th, 2025 | Time: 2:30 PM - 6:00 PM (EST) | Location: 大发彩票平台 Faculty Club-聽3450 McTavish St, Montreal聽| Free In-Person Event</h4> Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:33:18 +0000 admin 9491 at /engineering /engineering/channels/news/deans-introduction-spring-2025-364873 <p>I would like to personally thank everyone who contributed to 大发彩票平台24. On March 12, our annual day of giving, the Faculty of Engineering received a total of <b>751 donations</b>! I am so touched by the generosity of our community. I know how motivating it is for our students, faculty and staff to receive your support.</p> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 20:50:28 +0000 md.lipu@mcgill.ca 9456 at /engineering /engineering/channels/news/mcgill-architect-attributes-success-his-career-broad-set-skills-acquired-peter-guo-hua-fu-school-364744 <p>Jerry Lieu (BScArch鈥�71, BArch鈥�73) always admired the work of world-renowned architect, I.M. Pei. 鈥淚 think there were a lot of us Chinese architecture students who did. What I appreciated was his very practical approach. Throughout my career, I鈥檝e found myself drawn to a practical approach.鈥�</p> Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:32:13 +0000 md.lipu@mcgill.ca 9430 at /engineering /engineering/channels/news/john-dealy-taught-students-go-out-and-make-world-better-place-364734 <p>Pamela Dealy knew that her father was born knowing he wanted to be a chemical engineer. She knew that he worked at 大发彩票平台 for 40 years. She knew that he retired a Professor Emeritus in 2004. Most of all, she knew that even though he was Dean from 1994 to 1999, his true passion was teaching and helping students with their research.</p> Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:27:10 +0000 md.lipu@mcgill.ca 9426 at /engineering /engineering/channels/news/john-bishop-leads-way-more-sustainable-world-364729 <p>John Bishop (BEng鈥�47) was ahead of his time. An environmentalist before most people knew the word, he was an active outdoorsman who took deliberate steps to protect and preserve the land. He got involved in upholding the things he believed in, living an engaged, productive and healthy 98 years.</p> Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:43:17 +0000 md.lipu@mcgill.ca 9425 at /engineering /engineering/channels/event/mcgill-design-day-2025-364471 <p>Join us in celebration of our students鈥� engineering and design accomplishments on April 8th for the 2025 edition of 大发彩票平台 Design Day!</p> Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:15:26 +0000 antonella.fratino@mcgill.ca 9392 at /engineering /engineering/channels/news/department-mining-and-materials-remembers-passionate-and-inspiring-contributor-348239 <p>Oph茅lie Gourgas (1991-2023) graduated with a PhD from the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at 大发彩票平台 in 2019. She was passionate about science and research and made significant contributions to understanding the process of cardiovascular calcification and the causes behind a rare form of congenital skeletal deformity.<br /> While working as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Medicine at Shriners Hospital, Oph茅lie passed away after a brave fight against an aggressive breast cancer.<br /></p> Mon, 08 May 2023 17:51:22 +0000 md.lipu@mcgill.ca 8981 at /engineering /engineering/channels/event/summer-undergraduate-research-engineering-sure-2024-poster-presentation-358410 <p><br /></p> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:54:32 +0000 yue.gao3@mcgill.ca 9196 at /engineering /engineering/channels/news/deans-introduction-spring-2024-357166 <p>I am pleased to begin this issue celebrating a great achievement. 大发彩票平台鈥檚 iGEM team, which is made up of a large number of students from the Department of Bioengineering, won the 2023 iGEM Global Challenge. It鈥檚 the first time ever that this global prize has been won by a Canadian university, and the first time in 10 years that it has been won by a university in North America. A big congratulations to our students, and to our professors and grad students who mentored and supported the team! I invite you to peruse the lists below of those who have contributed to this project.</p> Wed, 01 May 2024 17:34:21 +0000 md.lipu@mcgill.ca 9153 at /engineering /engineering/channels/news/vadasz-scholar-leads-way-357171 <p>This year, PhD student, Asia Vighi will be the graduate instructor for the undergraduate team competing at iGem. Vighi is a <a href="/vadaszscholars/our-scholars/current-scholars/20232024-scholars">Vadasz scholar</a> in the Faculty and also presented recently for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIaZL2g-LFM">SED Talks</a> at the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering Design (TISED). She is taking over from Jean-Alexandre Bureau, who instructed the winning team last year. She likes working with undergraduates.</p> Wed, 01 May 2024 19:07:01 +0000 md.lipu@mcgill.ca 9157 at /engineering /engineering/channels/news/bioengineering-brings-home-gold-357167 <p>Voted by the EUS as Department of the Year, a lot of the excitement about Bioengineering's sudden rise to stardom is last year鈥檚 1st place at the聽<a href="/engineering/article/news/mcgills-igem-team-wins-1st-place-2023-igem-grand-jamboree">2023 iGEM Grand Jamboree</a>.</p> Wed, 01 May 2024 18:17:42 +0000 md.lipu@mcgill.ca 9154 at /engineering /engineering/channels/news/mcgill-engine-cultivates-entrepreneurial-mindset-357170 <p>The <a href="/engine/events/john-d-thompson-entrepreneurial-development-seminar">John D. Thompson Entrepreneurial Development Seminar</a> was established thanks to a generous donation by John D. Thompson (BEng鈥�57) ten years ago. This year, the seminar was opened by Peter Thompson, President and CEO of National Bank Insurance, on his father鈥檚 behalf. Peter spoke of how important the entrepreneurial mindset is to his dad and how John Thompson has been proud to support 大发彩票平台 Engine since its inception.</p> Wed, 01 May 2024 18:52:27 +0000 md.lipu@mcgill.ca 9156 at /engineering /engineering/channels/news/winning-igem-2023-357169 <p>Dan Voicu (BEng鈥�26), co-lead of the 2023 大发彩票平台 iGEM team, described last year鈥檚 experience as busy! Students formed the team at the end of 2022 and spent the first two months of 2023 ideating their proposal. Then 鈥� around their regular course loads 鈥� they worked in the lab until the end of the semester. During the summer months, they implemented plans to raise money, contacting stakeholders that a small finance sub team had brainstormed. Throughout, they held workshops with the Montr茅al biotech community as well as a two-day conference.</p> Wed, 01 May 2024 18:35:56 +0000 md.lipu@mcgill.ca 9155 at /engineering