/channels/taxonomy/term/4442/all en /channels/channels/event/2021-sed180-sustainable-engineering-and-design-event-335452 <h2><strong>Join us on December 14th, 2021, 12:05 PM - 2: 05 PM</strong></h2> <p>Watch as 平特五不中 Engineering, Architecture and Urban Development graduate students deliver a 180-second virtual talk on their sustainability research.</p> Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:52:26 +0000 webfull 175441 at /channels /channels/news/place-top-10-241005 <p>Research led by Prof Fran莽ois Barthelat in the Department of Mechanical Engineering earned a spot on聽Quebec's list of top 10 scientific discoveries in 2014. Inspired by natural structures like seashells, Barthelat and his team developed a technique to strengthen glass. They were able to make glass 200 times more resistant to breakage by engraving micro-cracks in wavy configurations on its surface. The pattern of micro-cracks guided larger cracks and absorbed impact energy.</p> Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:35:24 +0000 webfull 107410 at /channels /channels/event/special-seminar-dr-martin-schiemann-256010 <p>Dr Martin Schiemann from the Department of Energy Plant Technology at Ruhr-University Bochum will present a talk entitled "Lithium as energy storage material."聽</p> <p><strong>A鈥媌stract</strong></p> Wed, 07 Oct 2015 22:59:19 +0000 webfull 113186 at /channels /channels/news/one-person-two-new-roles-charge-toward-sustainable-engineering-and-design-241132 <p>Professor Jeffrey Bergthorson in the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been named the first Panda Faculty Scholar in Sustainable Engineering and Design at the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED). Also recently appointed Associate Director of TISED, Prof Bergthorson began a 3-year term in both roles on January 1, 2015.</p> Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:15:39 +0000 webfull 107559 at /channels /channels/news/quirks-quarks-features-bergthorson-research-257970 <p>Don't miss the January 15, 2016, edition of CBC Radio's <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/quirks-quarks-for-jan-16-2016-1.3405565/alternative-energy-enters-the-iron-age-1.3405891" target="_blank">Quirks and Quarks</a>聽to learn how聽Prof Jeff Bergthorson and colleagues are finding ways for energy to be stored and transported via聽iron and other metals, a novel and potentially important method for delivering fossil-fuel-free power.</p> Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:31:30 +0000 webfull 115333 at /channels /channels/news/museum-time-lessard-team-250048 <p>Musical instruments created by students Steven Phillips and Ajith Damodaran, under the supervision of Prof Larry Lessard, were displayed at the Design Museum in Ghent, Belgium, during the month of April 2015. An exhibition called 鈥淜unststof Natuurlijk,鈥� or 鈥淪ynthetic by Nature,鈥� showcased 50 objects made from flax, hemp, bamboo and other biocomposites. Natural fiber composites are gaining interest in engineering design, and this exhibit featured the state-of-the-art and future possibilities for these materials.</p> Wed, 06 May 2015 08:58:08 +0000 webfull 109893 at /channels /channels/news/cover-biomaterial-breakthrough-258139 <p>Research led by Dr Hossein Heris of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Dr聽Jamal Daoud of the Department of聽Biomedical Engineering聽is featured on the cover of the journal <em>Advanced Healthcare Materials</em>. Their article聽describes the successful adhesion of聽human fibroblast cells to a scaffold biomaterial composed of hyaluronic acid and聽gelatin composite microgels.</p> Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:06:23 +0000 webfull 115576 at /channels /channels/news/microdevice-papers-gathering-accolades-251521 <p>Students Pengfei Song, Weize Zhang and Alexandre Sobolevski, under the supervision of Professor Xinyu Liu, won the Best Paper Award in the Microfluidics Symposium at the 2014 ASME IMECE conference. The team developed a microfluidic device for on-chip culture, chemical perfusion and phenotype identification of the nematode worm C. elegans, a promising development for worm-based, high-throughput chemical testing. The device can house single worms in microfluidic chambers, the chemical environment of which can be adjusted according to experimental needs.</p> Sat, 16 May 2015 07:52:29 +0000 webfull 110032 at /channels /channels/news/games-ingural-graduate-student-research-day-260475 <p>In honour of National Engineering Month, the Graduate Association of Mechanical Engineering Students at 平特五不中 (GAMES-平特五不中) contributed to National Engineering Month through the organization of a Graduate Research Day, an inaugural event of this type for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/mecheng/files/mecheng/channels/attach/pages_from_20160330_graduate_research_day-_expense_report_0.pdf">Read more.</a></p> <p><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/mecheng/games">View gallery</a>.</p> Thu, 05 May 2016 14:37:57 +0000 webfull 118685 at /channels /channels/news/mecheng-alum-featured-mcgill-dans-la-ville-253347 <p>Department of Mechanical Engineering alumnus Kieran Humphries is featured, along with electrical engineer Diego Mascarella, in the May 2015 edition of 平特五不中's French-language publication 平特五不中 <em>dans la ville</em>. "Diego and Kieran are both young and bright 平特五不中-trained research engineers," said Prof Benoit Boulet, who supervises their work on the e-drivetrain APC project, which engages industry partners such as Linamar, TM4, Infolytica and Purolator.</p> Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:10:58 +0000 webfull 110502 at /channels /channels/event/renewable-energy-policy-interactions-and-role-engineers-236718 <h2><b>Renewable energy, policy interactions, and the role of Engineers: A talk by Dr. Kristina Johnson</b></h2> Wed, 21 May 2014 13:30:12 +0000 webfull 102909 at /channels /channels/news/parade-honours-253483 <p>The 2015 Wighton Fellowship Award was awarded to Dr Amar Sabih for his exceptional and innovative contribution to the instruction of laboratory-based, undergraduate engineering courses in Canada. The fellowship is funded by a generous endowment from the late Dr J.L. Wighton, a professor with a commitment to the laboratory component of engineering curricula. In cooperation with the National Council of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science (NCDEAS) and the Sandford Fleming Foundation, the fellowship was formed in 1986.</p> Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:06:50 +0000 webfull 110641 at /channels