/engineering/taxonomy/term/226/all en /engineering/article/news/jianyu-li-named-recipient-presidents-prize-outstanding-emerging-researchers <p>Since 2013, ƻ����Ժ has honoured 30 early-career researchers who have distinguished themselves by their exceptional contributions to research through the <a href="/researchhonours/presidents-prize">President’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers</a>. Among this year’s recipients is Jianyu Li, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Canada Research Chair in Biomaterials and Muscoskeletal Health (Tier II).</p> Mon, 03 Jun 2024 19:00:04 +0000 Eunillyne Lazado 9174 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/studying-clean-tech-running-award-winning-startup <p>Three ƻ����Ժ students didn’t just learn about clean tech —they launched their own startup to market a new technology developed during their graduate studies.</p> <p>“We arrived on the scene at the right time and place,” says Samson Bowen-Bronet (BEng’17, MEng’21).</p> Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:57:23 +0000 Allyson Rowley 9145 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/harnessing-natures-secrete-weapon-bio-inspired-bandage <p>Next time you get a cut or scrape with significant bleeding, it is quite unlikely you would want to apply a mollusk to the wound. But before you dismiss such a treatment, you might want to check with Mechanical Engineering <a href="/mecheng/jianyu-li">Professor Jianyu Li</a>.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:12:10 +0000 Charlotte Bawol and Junji Nishihata 9040 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/defining-challenge-our-time <p>"The defining challenge of our time is solving the climate crisis,” says Professor Jeffrey Bergthorson, William Dawson Scholar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at ƻ����Ժ.</p> <p>He founded the Alternative Fuels Laboratory to focus on that goal. “This is research with purpose,” says Bergthorson. “We’re aiming to solve the problem of de-carbonizing society.”</p> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:36:05 +0000 Allyson Rowley 8959 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/flatworm-inspired-medical-adhesives-stop-blood-loss <p>Every year around 2 million people die worldwide from hemorrhaging or blood loss. Uncontrolled hemorrhaging accounts for more than 30% of trauma deaths. To stop the bleeding, doctors often apply pressure to the wound and seal the site with medical glue. But what happens when applying pressure is difficult or could make things worse? Or the surface of the wound is too bloody for glue? Drawing inspiration from nature, researchers from ƻ����Ժ have developed a medical adhesive that could save lives, modeled after structures found in marine animals like mussels and flatworms.</p> Fri, 28 Oct 2022 17:44:04 +0000 Shirley Cardenas 8848 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/halo-mif-award-lights-way-more-success-nano-scale-project <p>Call it the halo effect. But after securing an award from the <a href="/innovation/mcgill-innovation-fund/">ƻ����Ժ Innovation Fund</a> (MIF) in the winter of 2021, Professor Changhong Cao’s project on nano-scale measurements has been going from strength to strength.</p> Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:11:47 +0000 Junji Nishihata 8793 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/mechanical-engineering-prof-set-epic-cyclingrecycling-tour <p>Larry Lessard says he has two passions in life – cycling and recycling. For the next year, the mechanical engineering professor will be using both to fuel a trip of a lifetime.</p> <p>Lessard is just days away from a cycling tour that will take him around the world. Starting in Paris, France on July 1, Lessard will ride for a year or more, rolling into Montreal sometime next summer. By trip’s end, Lessard will have covered over 20,000 kilometres and traversed 28 countries through three continents.</p> Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:13:46 +0000 Neale McDevitt 8794 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/marco-amabili-wins-2022-guggenheim-fellowship <p>Marco Amabili, Canada Research Chair in Mechanical Vibrations in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been named a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. This year, the Foundation honoured <a href="https://www.gf.org/news/foundation-news/announcing-the-2022-guggenheim-fellows/">180 artists, writers, scholars, and scientists</a> from across the United States and Canada. Selected from a pool of nearly 2,500 applicants, the Fellows were appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise.</p> Fri, 22 Apr 2022 17:48:47 +0000 Neale McDevitt 8777 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/synthetic-tissue-can-repair-hearts-muscles-and-vocal-cords <p>Combining knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering, scientists from ƻ����Ժ develop a biomaterial tough enough to repair the heart, muscles, and vocal cords, representing a major advance in regenerative medicine.</p> Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:12:57 +0000 Shirley Cardenas 8711 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/mark-driscoll-mark-driscoll-receives-hommage-emergence-prize-his-professional-accomplishments <p>Engineer Mark Driscoll received the Hommage Émergence award, which recognizes the professional achievements of an OIQ member who is 35 years of age or younger. Mr. Driscoll, a professor at ƻ����Ժ, sets himself apart through his numerous contributions to biomechanical engineering and spinal column engineering. At 35, he is already a co-applicant of 23 spinal column-related patents and has successfully commercialized 3 spinal column medical devices which are used in over 15 countries. One of them was also honoured in 2014 for being the best diagnostic device.</p> Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:26:17 +0000 Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec 7776 at /engineering