/engineering/taxonomy/term/52/all en /engineering/article/news/doom-spiral-risk-public-transit-post-pandemic-era <p>A new study from ƻ����Ժ warns that cutting public transit service could lead to a "doom spiral" resulting in a collapse of the system.</p> <p>The researchers describe a vicious circle in which service cuts brought on by budget deficits drive transit users away; this drop in ridership triggers additional service cuts, which lead to further declines in usage.</p> Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:07:41 +0000 Keila DePape 9176 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/mcgill-project-awarded-17-million-mitigate-housing-crisis-and-climate-change <p>As Canada faces the dual challenges of contending with a housing crisis at the same time as facing the impacts of severe climate change, the need to find innovative and practical solutions remains one of the nation’s highest priorities. ƻ����Ժ’s Professor Daniele Malomo was recently awarded $1.7 million by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) for a proposed solution that addresses both problems.</p> Fri, 31 May 2024 14:52:06 +0000 Keila DePape 9172 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/battery-breakthrough-could-usher-greener-cheaper-electric-vehicles <p>The global shift to electric vehicles is gaining momentum, yet the extraction of battery materials has a significant environmental footprint that comes with high costs.</p> <p>Now, two groundbreaking studies led by ƻ����Ժ researchers offer hope in the search to manufacture cheaper and greener lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs).</p> <p>Their findings unlock the potential to produce batteries using more sustainable and less costly metals, known as disordered rock-salt-type (DRX) cathode materials.</p> Fri, 31 May 2024 15:04:00 +0000 Keila DePape 9173 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/clearing-air-wind-farms-more-land-efficient-previously-thought <p>Wind power is a source of energy that is both affordable and renewable.</p> <p>However, decision-makers have been reluctant to invest in wind energy due to a perception that wind farms require a lot of land compared to electric power plants driven by fossil fuels. Research led by ƻ����Ժ and based on the assessment of the land-use of close to 320 wind farms in the U.S. (the largest study of its kind) paints a very different picture.</p> Mon, 06 May 2024 14:44:08 +0000 Katherine Gombay 9158 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/batteries-electricity-storage-and-alternative-fuels <p>With Quebec’s promise to fully electrify transport, heating, and part of its industrial sector by 2050, the province is firmly committed to making the transition to renewable energy. The government and multinational corporations are investing billions to develop a battery production industry. Hydro-Québec has shared its 2035 action plan, with aims to achieve carbon-neutrality by 2050.</p> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:30:54 +0000 Jean-Benoît Nadeau 9094 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/pushing-speed-limit-what-will-future-internet-look <p>More people rely on the Internet to work, play, shop, and connect with others, growing the demand for global data traffic by 40% every year. To keep pace with the drive for more bandwidth, ƻ����Ժ Professor and Canada Research Chair David V. Plant and his team are working on pushing the speed limits of the Internet by making data transmission quicker, more efficient, and greener. Recently, they set a world record by achieving a 1.6 Terabits per second data transmission over a distance of 10 kilometers – about a thousand times faster than common household Internet speeds.</p> Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:19:39 +0000 Shirley Cardenas 9001 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/new-diagnostic-platform-uses-nanotechnology-and-machine-learning-identify-infectious-diseases <p>Infectious diseases and respiratory infections in particular are a leading cause of global mortality. As such, there is an urgent need for rapid, large-scale diagnostic tools that can detect these diseases early, something which doesn’t currently exist. To address these problems, ƻ����Ժ Professor of Bioengineering <a href="/bbme/sara-mahshid">Sara Mahshid</a>’s lab has developed an <a href="https://www.mahshidlab.com/">all-in-one detection platform (QolorEX) </a>that can deliver test results in just 13 minutes.</p> Thu, 06 Jul 2023 19:02:41 +0000 Claire Loewen 9006 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/significant-reductions-global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-still-possible <p>About a quarter of the world’s electricity currently comes from power plants fired by natural gas. These contribute significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions (amounting to 10% of energy-related emissions according to the most recent figures from 2017) and climate change.</p> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 19:43:49 +0000 Katherine Gombay 8923 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/inspired-nature-design-materials-future <p>The threats that bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella can pose to humans are widely understood, but what of their potential to engineer new materials? This is one of the questions Noémie Dorval Courchesne is exploring as the winner of the Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award for Engineering. Dorval Courchesne is an assistant professor in ƻ����Ժ’s Department of Chemical Engineering and a Canada Research Chair in Biologically Derived Materials.</p> Fri, 09 Dec 2022 14:30:43 +0000 Meaghan Thurston 8890 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/penguin-feathers-may-be-secret-effective-anti-icing-technology <p>Ice buildup on powerlines and electric towers brought the northern US and southern Canada to a standstill during the Great Ice Storm of 1998, leaving many in the cold and dark for days and even weeks. Whether it is on wind turbines, electric towers, drones, or airplane wings, dealing with ice buildup typically depends on techniques that are time consuming, costly and/or use a lot of energy, along with various chemicals. But, by looking to nature, ƻ����Ժ researchers believe that they have found a promising new way of dealing with the problem.</p> Fri, 28 Oct 2022 17:41:53 +0000 Katherine Gombay 8847 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/channels/event/canadian-graduate-engineering-consortium-269877 <h2>Engineering Graduate School Fair</h2> Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:12:13 +0000 michael.cardillo@mcgill.ca 7208 at /engineering /engineering/article/news/minister-jean-yves-duclos-praises-lifesaving-work-done-mcgill-engineering-team <p>The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, the federal Health Minister, visited the McConnell Engineering Building on Monday, April 25 to tour the wastewater surveillance program.</p> Fri, 29 Apr 2022 14:19:06 +0000 Richard Deschamps 8784 at /engineering