McMaster Engineering: Annual Report 2019

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McMaster Engineering is pivoting.

It's time to transform engineering education and research. |

The urgent need for future-ready students is colliding with traditional engineering pedagogy, making a new, reimagined and redefined educational journey essential.

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Meanwhile, the need to conduct research with tangible impact has never been greater in order to better our world and to keep our economy strong. |

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With engineering more fully integrated into life than ever before, we must capitalize on our strengths as a university and as a faculty and ensure our students and researchers have the capacity to collaborate and thrive in this rapidly-changing environment.

To get there, we must disrupt ourselves and change direction by implementing a massive educational and research change: The Pivot.

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Ishwar K. Puri Dean, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University

Message from the Dean In 2019 we launched The Pivot, which represents the largest transformation of the student experience during the 61-year history of McMaster University's Faculty of Engineering by more closely coupling teaching and learning with research and extracurricular experiences.

We are enriching students’ learning and their experiences through the three interconnected pillars that define The Pivot – transforming our curriculum, reimagining the classroom and amplifying experiential learning.

The Pivot’s focus on project-based, teamwork-driven classes, undergraduate research, co-op, clubs and teams and co-curricular, community-minded activities will prepare our students to be global-ready, socially aware citizens in a fast-paced, dynamic world.

We recognize that this transformation must extend to our labs and the ways in which we conduct research. Mounting evidence indicates that collaborative, cross-discipline, impact-driven research leads to remarkable results, improved productivity and meaningful outcomes.

Many studies point out how academic teamwork produces a greater number of patents and more highly cited research papers, both being measures of impact.

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"We are enriching students’ learning and their experiences through the three interconnected pillars that define The Pivot."

That’s why we’ve committed to creating a culture of collaborative research that makes a difference to the world, with a particular focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, through the McMaster Initiative for Multidisciplinary Projects and Creative Transformation (IMPACT). This bold and ambitious plan will bring together researchers with key partners to work on grand challenges facing our planet.

It’s time for McMaster Engineering to Pivot.

Innovation from Excellence Woven throughout The Pivot is a focus on fostering a suite of key competencies we want to instill in our students, faculty members and staff: Global/Diverse, Integrate/Solve, Discover/Create, Business/Innovate and Citizen/Community.

These competencies have been at the heart of our Faculty and have served as guiding principles for the last six years through our Innovation from Excellence plan.

1. Global + Diverse: Considering cultural issues is mandatory to creating meaningful engineering solutions. We are committed to improving diversity, in particular gender diversity, by enhancing equity and inclusion. We understand that diversity drives the innovation that enables the Faculty’s global leadership in discovery, education and engagement.

2. Integrate + Solve: We improve our students’ success by offering them even greater support through enhanced curricular and extracurricular activities that create opportunities to define problems and pose solutions.

3. Discover + Create: We encourage research and innovation by ensuring that opportunities for collaboration, discovery and entrepreneurship are embedded into the student experience and our research culture. Our Faculty includes eminent scholars and our world-class facilities advance research in key areas like bio-innovation, smart systems and micro and nanotechnology.

4. Business + Innovate: We understand the importance of viable business models within engineering. We're committed to the professional development of our students by educating the whole engineer. We partner with alumni, industry and community representatives to offer mentorship, workshops, entrepreneurship and co-op experiences to undergraduate and graduate students.

5. Citizen + Community: We must deepen social consciousness to address societal problems. We foster a sense of community by recognizing that we must meet, greet and engage with each other.

Our community extends beyond campus borders to the communities that surround us, to our alumni and to our key industry and academic partners worldwide.

You will see evidence of these key goals and the successes we have had in these areas throughout this annual report.

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About McMaster University About McMaster Engineering Who We Are Reinventing Education Recruitment Engineering Co-op and Career Services

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Staying Connected: Alumni |

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Youth Outreach Staying Connected: Advancement People

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About McMaster University: Our impact transcends borders Building on our rich history, we’re an innovative education and research community committed to improving the world around us. We believe that human and societal health and well-being depends on creative and diverse thoughts and ideas.

Global Spotlight: Making impact In 2019, McMaster University proudly placed second in the world in the new Times Higher Education Impact Ranking, which is based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations and are designed to address the most serious challenges of our time. McMaster was recognized with the award for its deep commitment to good health and wellbeing, work and economic growth, building sustainable cities and communities, achieving gender equity and revitalizing global partnerships. More than 500 universities from 80 countries participated in the ranking.

#1

most research-intensive university in Canada Research Infosource

Winner of the 2018 Global Teaching Excellence Award Higher Education Academy

FAST FACTS • 33,147 students (28,290 undergraduate, 4,857 graduate) • 13% of all McMaster students in 2018 were international, representing 120 countries • 27% of the graduate student body represented by international students in fall 2018 • 44.7% of undergraduates registered with an admission average of 90% or higher in 2018

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• +195,000 alumni represent 162 countries • 1,011 full-time instructional faculty members

in the world Times Higher Education

• 114 endowed chairs • 70 Canada Research Chairs

Ranked in the Global

Top 100

for Graduate Employability QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2018

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• 13 endowed professorships • Six Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Industrial Research Chairs • Two Canadian Institutes of Health Research Chairs • Two Ontario Research Chairs • One Canada 150 Research Chair

Our location Hamilton: A global city with big ambition

Global City: Hamilton’s Immigration Council

The city’s hard-working heritage, combined with its current economic and cultural renaissance, has created an eclectic environment that attracts new digitally-focused businesses, as well as more traditional industries.

operates from within the Economic Development unit. Together, the city provides traditional settlement services, supports entrepreneurial

Hamilton is geographically central to the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, to its network of universities, research facilities, associations and leading industry partners and is a regional hub for air, land and water transportation.

immigrants and helps to address predicted labour shortages for existing businesses in the city.

With a rich legacy in research for advanced industries, Hamilton has the resources, talent and support systems in place to accommodate growth and innovation for cutting-edge business.

FAST FACTS Population • 536,917 in Hamilton • 747,545 in the Greater-Hamilton Area • 2 million employees within an hour radius of Hamilton • 25% residents born in another country • 9th largest metropolis in Canada and 4th largest in Ontario • Ranked in the top 25 communities in Canada to offer best quality of life | Maclean’s, 2019 • Ranked in the Top 7 Intelligent Communities in the World | Intelligent Communities Forum, 2018 • Ranked in the Top 2 for mid-sized cities of the Americas in connectivity | FDI Magazine, 2018 • #1 fastest growing mid-sized city in Canada for tech talent | CBRE, 2019

Ontario’s most connected port city: The Port of Hamilton is the busiest in all of |

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the Canadian Great Lakes and the Hamilton

Key Sectors

International Airport is the busiest overnight express cargo airport in the country. With readily

• Advanced Manufacturing

available options for both travel and shipping,

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• Digital & Technical Services • Education, Research and Innovation

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About McMaster Engineering SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES (SEAS) McMaster Engineering offers more than best-inclass degrees. Comprised of three schools that offer a diverse range of programs and degrees, students can customize their educational experiences to cater to their interests and career aspirations.

We offer multi-faceted educational experiences that help create global-ready, socially-aware citizens through project-based classes, flexible co-op work terms, research opportunities and dozens of clubs and teams.

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) comprises our seven core departments, with offerings at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING MASc Chemical Engineering

BEng Chemical Engineering

PhD Chemical Engineering

BEngBiosci Chemical & Bioengineering**

CIVIL ENGINEERING MASc Civil Engineering

BEng Civil Engineering

MEng Civil Engineering PhD Civil Engineering COMPUTING & SOFTWARE MASc Software Engineering

BASc Computer Science**

MEng Computing & Software

BEng Mechatronics Engineering

MSc Computer Science

BEng Software Engineering

MSc eHealth***

Degree+ Options: Unique five-year undergraduate programs Our flexible five-year programs offer students a world-class engineering education with departments and other Faculties across the University such as Health Sciences and Business.

Engineering & Biomedical Engineering (BEngBME) • Offered in the Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences program (iBioMed) with entry throughout the common first year IBEHS I • Not available to Computer Engineering or Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering Engineering & Management (BEngMgmt) or Engineering & Society (BEngSociety) • Offered in Engineering with entry through the common first year Engineering I • Not available to Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering

PhD Computer Science PhD Software Engineering MEng Computer Science, Mechatronics, Software Engineering or Virtual Systems Design* ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING MASc Electrical & Computer Engineering

BEng Computer Engineering

MEng Electrical & Computer Engineering

BEng Electrical Engineering

MEng Electrical & Biomedical Engineering PhD Electrical & Computer Engineering ENGINEERING PHYSICS MASc Engineering Physics

BEng Engineering Physics

MEng Engineering Physics MEng UNENE Nuclear Engineering GDip UNENE Nuclear Engineering PhD Engineering Physics MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING MASc Materials Engineering

BEng Materials Science & Engineering

MSc Materials Science PhD Materials Science & Engineering PhD Materials Engineering MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MASc Mechanical Engineering PhD Mechanical Engineering

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BEng Mechanical Engineering

WALTER G. BOOTH (W BOOTH) SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING PRACTICE AND TECHNOLOGY (SEPT)

The W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology (SEPT) is an innovative school that blends academic theory with engineering practice. Through a unique partnership with Hamilton’s Mohawk College, undergraduate BTech students gain hands-on education and transferable skills to become engaged graduates with expertise tailored to industry’s needs.

GRADUATE PROGRAMS MEEI/MTEI Engineering/Technology Entrepreneurship & Innovation MEPP Engineering & Public Policy MEng Engineering Design MEng Manufacturing Engineering McMaster-Mohawk Combined Degree/Diploma Programs UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS BTech Automation Engineering Technology BTech Automotive & Vehicle Engineering Technology BTech Biotechnology DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAMS BTech Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology BTech Power & Energy Engineering Technology BTech Manufacturing Engineering Technology BTech Software Engineering Technology

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The School of Biomedical Engineering is a joint graduate program offered by the Faculties of Engineering and Health Sciences offering three programs.

SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING MASc Biomedical Engineering MD/PhD Biomedical Engineering |

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PhD Biomedical Engineering

* Program effective for students from September 2017 or earlier ** All undergraduate programs can be combined with an Engineering and Management degree (BEngMgmt) or Engineering and Society degree (BEngSociety) except the specified program *** Offered jointly by Faculties of Engineering, Health Sciences and the DeGroote School of Business

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McMaster Engineering 2018-19 BY THE NUMBERS

STUDENTS

5,096

undergraduate students (4,314 domestic | 782 international) 15.4% international 4,075 SEAS 1,021 SEPT

1,014

graduate students (413 domestic | 601 international) 59.3% International 810 SEAS (440 PhD | 313 MASc | 57 MEng) 204 SEPT (MEng)

FACULTY & STAFF

174

faculty members (149 SEAS | 25 SEPT)

181

administrative + technical staff

ALUMNI

20,988

19,699 North America (18,141 Canada | 1,516 USA | 20 Mexico | 21 Caribbean | 1 Central America) 107 Africa | 757 Asia | 185 Europe | 70 Oceania | 34 South America | 136 Unknown

residing in 86 countries

RESEARCH WITH IMPACT

$41.5M

$278,424

33

20

external research funding

in research intensity*

research chairs

major engineeringaffiliated research centres and institutes

• 13 Canada Research Chairs • 14 Named and Endowed Chairs • Six NSERC Industrial Research Chairs

KEYS TO HAMILTON’S ECOSYSTEM

$27.8M

122

$26M

82

in new industrial projects

active corporate partnerships

raised by investors for startups at The Forge

startups at The Forge are engineering-driven

*Research intensity = funding per tenure & tenure-track faculty member

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Ishwar K. Puri DEAN, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, MCMASTER UNIVERSITY

This year’s rankings are a reflection of the creativity of our faculty members and the impact of their research, the support provided by our staff and our thriving culture of engaged students who translate ideas into innovations‌Due to robust partnerships with industry and startups, the research intensity of the Faculty is among the highest in Canada.

RANKINGS Our commitment to academic and research excellence continues to be reflected in global rankings.

Shanghai World University Rankings

Ranked 90th

29th

48th

in the world, 3rd in Canada in Civil Engineering

in the world, 2nd in Canada in Metallurgical Engineering

76th

110th

79th

in the world, 7th in Canada in Transportation, Science & Technology programs

in the world, 7th in Canada in Computer Science & Engineering

in the world, 5th in Canada in Water Resource Programs

in the world overall (McMaster University)

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Who We Are Total enrolment (FTE) 6000

11%

GROWTH IN UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION 2014-15 to 2018-19

5,096.2

5000

4,577.0

4000 Graduate FTE enrolment

3000

22%

GROWTH IN GRADUATE STUDENT POPULATION 2014-15 to 2018-19

SEAS % international

2000

SEPT % international

13.7%

827.9

1000

15.8%

14.8%

12.7%

11.2%

10.7%

Undergraduate FTE enrolment

1,014.0

11.4% 9.1% 7.3%

6.5%

0

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

Undergraduate international enrolment (FTE) SEPT % international

SEAS % international

12.7%

11.2%

10.7%

15.8%

14.8%

13.7% 11.4% 9.1%

6.5%

7.3%

400

417

3,343

3,296

577

643

3,454

3,311

3,432

54

62

84

111

140

780

786

843

857

882

2014-15

12

503

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

SEPT Dom

2018-19

SEAS Dom

SEAS Intl

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503

577

643

3,454

3,311

3,432

3,343

3,296

SEPT Intl

Undergraduate male/female-identified distribution (FTE) SEPT % female

SEAS % female

18.9%

12.4%

19.5%

20.3%

13.8%

14.8%

21.8%

23.1%

14.8%

15.3%

942

709

725

802

847

3,034

2,989

3,155

3,033

103

117

137

143

156

731

731

790

812

836

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

SEAS Male

SEAS Female

SEPT Male

709

725

802

847

3,034

2,989

Undergraduate enrolment by degree (FTE) 3,155

3,522.7

942

3,033

3,121 BASc

BTech

117

137

143

156

731

790

812

3,605.2 836

2015-16

2500 SEAS Male

2018-19

SEPT Female

BEng BME

BEng (Incl. Mgmt & Society)

4500 103 4000 731 3500 2014-15 3000

3,121

2016-17

SEAS Female

2017-18

SEPT Male

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2000 1500

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1000

834.0

500

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237.7 232.1

121.4

0 2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

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Total graduate enrolment (FTE) SEPT

SEAS

900

809.7

756.3

800 700 600

SEPT % international

SEAS % international

500

63.4%

400 59.1%

75.3%

70.7%

300

79.3%

204.3

200

71.6

48.5% 100

53.1%

49.1%

48.7%

54.3%

0

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

Graduate international enrolment (FTE) SEPT % international

SEAS % international

59.1%

63.4%

48.5%

48.7%

367

389

49.1%

338

42 29

356

2014-15

55 32

367

338

42 29

356

55 32

75 31

79.3%

53.1%

54.3%

366

2016-17

107 35

75 31

366

370

162 42

2018-19

SEPT Intl

439

415

341

354

439

2017-18

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354

75.3%

415

341

2015-16

SEAS Dom

14

70.7%

107 35

370

162 42

Graduate male/female-identified distribution SEPT % female

SEAS % female

36.7%

32.3%

29.6%

33.6%

25.9%

25.2%

26.6%

24.1%

191

566

180

185

514

510

21 50 2014-15

21 66

2015-16

SEAS Male

27.4%

26.0%

203

272

578

2016-17

2017-18

SEPT Male

SEAS Female

538

52 90

34 72

56 148

2018-19

SEPT Female

Graduate enrolment by degree (FTE) MASc

PhD

191

500

MEng

180

185

514

510

203

272 440.1

450 385.7

566400

350 21 50 300

SEAS159.7 Male

2016-17

SEAS Female

2017-18

SEPT Male

56 148 313.0

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2015-16

250 150

538

52 90

34 72

282.5

2014-15

200

21 66

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2018-19

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2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

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Female-identified undergraduate students by department Level I

Upper Years

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

First Year Engineering (Includes Engineering I and Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences)

19.5%

20.9%

21.9%

24.2%

27.1%

Chemical Engineering

32.2%

32.7%

37.6%

39.6%

43.7%

Civil Engineering

21.4%

22.7%

23.6%

22.9%

25.5%

Computing & Software*

11.7%

13.2%

14.5%

15.8%

13.1%

Electrical & Computer Engineering**

19.0%

18.0%

18.1%

19.5%

19.2%

Engineering Physics

11.6%

10.8%

11.3%

19.4%

18.3%

Materials Engineering

28.7%

26.2%

24.3%

25.6%

24.4%

Mechanical Engineering

11.5%

13.3%

12.7%

14.2%

13.5%

Integrated Biomedical Engineering (*Started in 2017)

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-

-

-

59.5%

Bachelor of Technology (Includes all programs & levels)

9.7%12.4%

14.8%

15.3%

10%

13.8% 10% 14.8%

*Includes Mechatronics, Software Engineering and Computer Science **Includes Electrical, Electrical & Biomedical and Computer Engineering

9% 8%

% degrees awarded to international students

Undergraduate degrees awarded 2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

9.7%

10%

10%

9% 8% 1000 800 600

% degrees awarded to international students

2014

2015 876

2016 890

494

505

200

600 16

169

29 31

2014 772 BTech

123

36

102

521

37

213 890 2016

182 876 2015 BASc

BEng & Society 505

494

124

35

124

35 48

55

33

41

207 979

226 954

2017

2018

BEng & Mgmt 558

521

124

124

BEng

430

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113 200

558

430

113

800

954 2018

772

400

1000 0

979 2017

29 31

123

36

102

37

213

207

35 48

55

33

41

35

226

Women in Engineering 2018-19

2018-19

SEAS

SEPT

Engineering Undergraduate Level I

323

43

Undergraduate Level 2 - 5

619

113

Graduate Students

272

56

Faculty Members

25

3

58.3% % degrees awarded to international students

41.2%

50.8%

40.8%

37.0%

Total graduate degrees awarded 2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

58.3% % degrees awarded to international students

41.2% 350

2014 273

250

54

200

100 50 0 350 300 250

97

100

311 2015 63

119

292 2016

307 2017

74

81

101

113

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61

51

27

65

68

66

86

104

2014

311 2015

2017 307

326 2018

273 SEPT-MEng

63

54 97 57

119

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200 150

40.8%

37.0%

300

150

50.8%

2016 292 SEAS-MEng

MASc

74

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Reinventing Education: Preparing students for a rapidly changing world to meet challenges not yet imagined McMaster Engineering is Pivoting We are combining complex problem solving, critical thinking, adaptability and creativity to prepare students for a world of constant change. Our goal? To ensure every student graduating from McMaster Engineering is a resilient, calculated risk-taker who is intellectually curious and unfazed by failure. To get there, we must disrupt ourselves and change the direction of our educational approach by implementing a massive educational change: The Pivot.

The Pivot will be the first program of its kind to intensely focus on our engineering students and their learning, not the specific projects they will tackle. Design thinking, an innovation mindset and entrepreneurship will be embedded in all programming.

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We are redesigning our curriculum, combining courses and changing our approach to teaching and experiential learning to create an integrated educational experience.

Our students will learn in the context of grand challenges and be encouraged to view these complex problems with a multidisciplinary lens. Self-directed and group learning activity will be amplified by robust problem-solving skills and integrated experiences applied to real-world problems.

Through The Pivot, we are presenting our students with a challenge and guiding them to define what they need to learn in order to meet the challenge.

Pivot Pillar 1

Transforming the Curriculum: We are introducing a redesigned Engineering I course (1P13) in fall 2020 that integrates four courses together for one seamless, project-based learning experience, modelled after our Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences Program.

Transform the curriculum

Objectives: • Project-based learning to enhance breadth and depth of knowledge • Current, industry-relevant projects bringing flexibility to our curriculum • Teamwork and communications skills integrated throughout all levels

The new common first year will incorporate a curriculum that offers a more self-directed approach to skills training and will contain a design spine throughout the program. In their first year, students will be exposed to a series of industry-relevant design projects and will work in teams — just like in the workplace — to develop solutions to real-life problems.

Core technical skills + durable competencies Relevant projects determined based on emerging industry trends Foundational courses + challenge-based experiences

Students will complete a project-based course in every year of their program through to their final year capstone course.

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Discover + Create Mentored research or project experience

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Integrate + Solve

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Business + Innovate Understand importance of viable business models in engineering

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Citizen + Community

Understand that considering Deepen social consciousness cultural issues is mandatory to address societal problems in engineering solutions

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Pivot Pillar 2 Reimagining the classroom: Changing how we teach means changing where and how we deliver it.

Reimagine the classroom

We will provide spaces suited for teamwork and inspiring creativity, integrate activities inside and outside the classroom into curriculum and plan to complement lecture halls with a large startup-inspired space, dubbed the Design Hub. The Hub will be at the centre of activity related to our first year Engineering courses and project-based classes through to finalyear capstones.

Objectives: • Develop spaces suited for teamwork and inspiring creativity • Integrate activities inside and outside the classroom • Showcase our new approach to engineering education

“One of the things I love most about McMaster Engineering is the countless opportunities they provide for their students. There are tons of students ready and willing to create different clubs, teams, and, if it's not there, you're free to create it.”

Lacey Wice, Engineering & Society student

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Pivot Pillar 3 Amplify experiential learning

Objectives: • Experiential education enhancements: residence programming, co-curricular programs • More undergraduate research opportunities • Increased participation in co-op • More support for clubs and teams • New ways to credential out-of-class experiences

“I started a club at McMaster called Mac Design League in my second year; inspired by the success of this club we started a company called National Design League. The idea was to take these Designathons from McMaster to universities that are in Ontario and hopefully the world.”

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Amplifying experiential learning: McMaster Engineering has a long history of putting students at the |centre of their learning by offering co-op mcmaster.ca mcmaster.ca opportunities, community-focused co-curricular activities, supporting clubs and teams and offering Canada’s largest undergraduate research program. We want to ensure even more of our students have these worthwhile, work-integrated learning opportunities, which are instrumental to a student’s future success.

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One way we have achieved this is by offering credentials to students for their out-of-class experiences, including offering traditional course credit and digital credentials using blockchain technology.

Shreyas Gangwani, Engineering & Management student

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Cultivating the Whole Engineer: Learning by doing More than

250 students participated in undergraduate research in 2018-19

The Undergraduate Student Research in Engineering club (USRE) works with staff to offer a robust program that is open to all student researchers on campus to supplement their learning and professional development.

Engineering Research Program We are proud to host Canada’s largest cohort of undergraduate student researchers. Awards like the NSERC Research Experience Award and Dean’s Excellence Awards enable students with top grades to spend their summers working in labs with professors, researchers and entrepreneurs across campus, giving them a headstart in developing their skills and career paths.

McMaster Engineering’s clubs and teams enrich student life and contribute to student social development and academic success.

Jenna Harris, Engineering Physics and iBioMed student

George Padeigis, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering student “As an NSERC undergraduate researcher in Carlos Filipe (Chemical Engineering)’s chemical and bioengineering laboratory, I have had the privilege of developing biomedical devices to help the most underserved people. Working on projects from low cost biosensors to ensure drinking water is safe, to point-of-care diagnostic tools accessible to those who need them most, I was faced with diverse challenges and the opportunity to refine the skills most important to innovation. These very same skills in electronics and software development are what I will be taking with me to face the pressing issues of the day in Silicon Valley. I will be applying everything I know in hardware and software to the wideranging endeavours at Tesla HQ.”

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Jenna spent her summer working with Ishwar K. Puri (Mechanical Engineering) on a project to 3D bioprint cells, which is necessary for drug development and tissue growth.

“My goal is to make healthcare more accessible. The thing I love most about my program is being able to combine engineering, physics and healthcare.”

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Clubs and Teams Technical Non-Technical

42%

Committees Program & Departmental Societies Engineering-Affiliated

18%

There are more than Non-Technical 50 engineering clubs and teams with Committees Programmore & than Departmental Societies 1,400 members Engineering-Affiliated Technical

13% 42%

12% 15%

Sa'ida Shdaifat, Chemical Engineering student, Engineers Without Borders (EWB) member “Leadership roles are where I excel. This is what McMaster helped me realize.�

EWB pursues positive social change through engineering programs around the world and in communities across Canada, including First Nations communities.

DeltaHacks In January 2019, more than 650 participants converged in a 24 hour-long competition where teams of students tackle a real-world problem and create solutions related to the environment, health, inequality, education and more.

DeltaHacks is organized by PhaseOne, a club for learning, building and experimenting with different computer and coding languages.

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Students from the 4EX3 course in 2018/19

Offering credit for out-of-class experience Course credit for involvement with clubs and teams The new Experiential Learning in Complementary Studies (3CX3) course offers credit for being involved in non-technical clubs and teams or for those in non-technical roles on technical teams (e.g. as team managers or administrative leads). The course is structured to maximize the skills students learn through extracurriculars to develop and better articulate additional relevant skills.

Students can shape their own education and can choose from different deliverables that align with their goals and extracurricular activities through participation in workshops, creating a learning portfolio and honing skills in ways meaningful to them. This follows the 2017 launch of Experiential Learning Course Credit (4EX3), which provides credit for involvement in technical extracurriculars.

Digital diplomas and micro-credentials: A first in Canada More than 940 undergraduate engineering, Bachelor of Technology and computer science students received the institution’s first-ever digital diplomas the week following McMaster’s spring convocation ceremonies.

The pilot project marks a first for any Canadian university and follows in the footsteps of a handful of notable American universities, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Using a free app called BlockcertsÂŽ, a digital credentialing system built by MIT that is anchored by bitcoin blockchain technology, students who opted into the pilot project can carry and securely validate their credentials via an app on their cellphones.

Digital diplomas marked the second time the faculty has used digital credentials. In April, students in the co-curricular student program MacChangers, which is run in concert with the MacPherson Institute, received the University's first digital micro-credential for participating in an activity outside of class.

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Co-curricular programs with societal impact MacChangers is a co-curricular program that focuses on the UN Sustainable Development Goals to build a more resilient Hamilton community. Over the school year, multidisciplinary teams are paired with community partners to propose innovative solutions to their local challenges and, in doing so, develop professional and transferable skills through workshops such as human-centred design, financial viability of solutions, prototyping, communication, teamwork, leadership and problem-solving. In 2018-19, 39 students worked in 10 teams to take on challenges related to mobility and transportation in the City of Hamilton.

“I got involved with MacChangers because I love giving back to the community. I like taking what I’ve learned and applying it to my surroundings. It’s how we benefit society that’s the most important thing.”

Mariam ElSheikh, Engineering Student

McMaster Grand Challenges Scholars Program: Announced in 2019, the McMaster Grand Challenges Scholars Program is an initiative aiming to enhance graduates’ ability to drive real, sustainable change in the face of 21st century challenges.

Following a framework developed by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the Grand Challenges Scholars Program is offered at more than 60 American universities, including MIT, Duke and Georgia Tech.

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Innovation Minor: In response to overwhelming demand across the University, the new minor has expanded to accommodate interest from students across the University. The jointly-run program, launched in 2018 in partnership with The Forge, is an opportunity for all McMaster students to enhance their understanding of entrepreneurship, risk-taking and how to transform ideas into startup businesses.

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INNOVATE 1X03 WINTER 2019

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Arts & Science

1

0

1

Business

41

84

66

Engineering

24

38

12

Health Sciences

2

0

2

Humanities

3

4

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Science

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3

2

Social Science

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16

8

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“I view the job as professor of engineering as a vocation – it’s allencompassing. My work and my life and my students and my family are all woven together.”

Teaching and Learning for a Brighter World SPOTLIGHT

Silo Smasher: André Phillion, McMaster Engineering Faculty Leadership Fellow André Phillion (Materials Science & Engineering) is the 2018-19 McMaster Engineering Leadership Fellow and is spearheading an optional multidisciplinary capstone design project that enables students from different engineering disciplines to work together in order to solve an industry-driven engineering problem.

Phillion’s plan is to start with student teams focused on three key areas: advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence and challenges posed by different technical societies.

As well, Phillion organized the first faculty-wide capstone expo in April to showcase the work of final year students from all departments.

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Phillion also spearheaded the seed fund competition, Educating the Engineer of 2025, which occurred as part of the Faculty’s Big Ideas Pitch Week held in October 2018. The competition invited proposals for innovative research in education and pedagogy and awarded four interdisciplinary teams with $25,000 each to carry out their work.

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Teaching and Learning for a Brighter World Our guiding principles encourage us to inspire exemplary citizen scholars who will transform the world. We have embedded this into our curriculum and encourage our faculty and students to make meaningful change in our local and global community.

W Booth School teams up with Community Living Hamilton Students from the W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology are working with Community Living Hamilton on a project that aims to develop a new respite centre for people of all ages with developmental disabilities. The facility is intended to relieve pressure felt by families and individuals who care for people with complex disabilities such as autism and Down syndrome. Under the supervision of associate professor Robert Fleisig, the team used an iterative design process and met with stakeholders to identify, understand and manage unique considerations related to accessibility and safety, natural light, ventilation and landscaping to model a multi-purpose environment to accommodate needs ranging from physical exercise and rehabilitation to group learning. The work culminated in a detailed design report for use in next steps.

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Thomas Adams (Chemical Engineering) 2018 University Scholar Adams’ work focuses on creating chemical processes for sustainable energy systems, in particular converting one form of energy to another to reduce the environmental impact of creating and using energy. His research looks at everything from water and health impacts to the ozone layer and industrial pollution. Adams has received the prestigious Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering’s Lectureship Award and was named to the international Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research’s 2018 Class of Influential Researchers.

The University Scholar Appointment recognizes international scholars that have demonstrated a commitment to the discovery, communication and preservation of knowledge, excellence in education and pedagogy and to serving local and global communities.

Robert Fleisig (W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology) was named one of Ontario’s most outstanding university teachers by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) at the OCUFA 2018 award ceremony in October 2018.

Kathryn Grandfield (Materials Science and Engineering) and Colin McDonald (Director, Engineering I) are true champions of undergraduate education. At the 2018-19 Applause and Accolades gala, both were jointly awarded the Faculty of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, in recognition of their collaborative work in developing the transformational aspirations for our undergraduate curriculum excellence and for leading the groundwork for The Pivot and the new Engineering I.

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Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences students win national design award for accessibility Lianna Genovese, Laura Carter and Alex Yeh were among five student groups that took top prizes at the 2018-19 Universities Canada Innovative Design for Accessibility (IDeA) competition for their project, The Painter's Guide, an assistive tool that makes painting easier for people living with dystonia, a neurological movement disorder that causes muscle contractions.

The tool was developed in the group’s first year Health Solutions Design Projects I class in which students were challenged to solve an open-ended, real-world problem with a design solution. Solutions were created for their fellow colleagues registered with McMaster’s Student Accessibility Services. The team received $2,000 and are working to create a patented version of their design.

Student capstone protects museum collections Two Civil Engineering & Society students helped reduce waste on campus with the Bring Your Own Container (BYOC) initiative.

Natalie Ciancone and Stefania Abbatangelo, who are also pursuing an interdisciplinary Minor in Sustainability, started the project as part of their Implementing Sustainable Change course (SUSTAIN 3S03). The course connects student teams with community partners to tackle local sustainability challenges through experiential learning.

Ciancone and Abbatangelo partnered with the University’s hospitality services and launched a pilot last November where students received a 25-cent discount on their meal just by bringing a reusable container.

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Fall 2018

Fall 2017

Highlights

Fall 2019

• 18% increase in overall Level I applications in the past three years • 23% increase in applications from international students in the past three years 546 • 27% increase in applications from females in the past three years

Distribution of applications received by program 13,394

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BTech

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of first-year engineering students were women in 2018, up 5% from 2017

FAST FACTS: • 126 students volunteered more than 1,450 hours for recruiting activities • 545 campus tours offered in 2018-19, up from 124 in 2016-17 • 116 prospective students attended the Day in the Life event • 2,438 prospective graduate studies students engaged via email, online webinars, phone calls and events • 14 graduate studies events • $1M awarded in scholarships and research awards, including Schulich Leader Scholarships, FIRST and DECA Alumni Entrance Scholarships and Research Experience Awards • 40 scholarship winners awarded Engineering Research positions in labs across the faculty

International Recruitment Highlights • #1 most diverse Faculty at McMaster • 15% of 4,800 undergraduate students in the Faculty of Engineering were international in 2018, from 60 countries

Increase in applications received from international students 2017-19

Increase in applications received from international students by program 2017-2019

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Level I entrance averages Program

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2018

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2015-16 94.2% 3011

Engineering I

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Male

9801

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2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

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97.4%

89.0%

91.3%

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Partnerships with student organizations Last year, McMaster Engineering expanded its partnerships with two key student organizations, DECA and FIRST Robotics, and attended major competitions in the United States.

FIRST ROBOTICS CHAMPIONSHIP: Detroit, Michigan

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McMaster Engineering staff and students headed to the World Championships in Detroit, Michigan to talk to about 26,000 students, parents, mentors and teachers about their experiences with FIRST Robotics and McMaster Engineering. “I like science, technology and math, so it’s really hard to pick just one program that could encapsulate all of the different things I’m interested in. That’s what drew me to [McMaster’s] Biomedical Engineering program…It takes all of my interests and passions into one cool program.”

– MacKenzie Keeler, Grade 12 student, FIRST participant FIRST Robotics District Competition, McMaster University Marking the third time as host, the Faculty of Engineering drew more than 1,200 competitors, parents, volunteers and sponsors to campus for the district event April 5-7th, 2019.

The Destination: Deep Space-themed event challenged two competing alliances to create robots to collect samples on a game course designed to resemble a planet.

FINDING INSPIRATION AT DECA 2019: Orlando, Florida The Faculty joined more than 18,000 high school students, advisors, business professionals and alumni at DECA’s International Career Development Conference.

DECA participant Steven Wang applied to McMaster Engineering because of its reputation to "always lead in doing new things... It prepares people really well for the real world…to be able to combine [business and engineering] is really important for the development of our economy...[and] Donna Strickland, the Nobel Prize winner, went to McMaster for her undergrad, and now look at her. It shows how well McMaster prepares students for their life, wherever it takes them."

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McMaster also sponsors several of DECA Ontario’s regional competitions, including a new GRIT tank event at the provincial competition. The event challenged students to create a solution to retrofit an existing home for accessibility and barrier-free living.

Meet our 2018-19 Schulich Leaders:

Emelyn Kupinski, Engineering I Co-op

“ I was drawn to McMaster primarily because of the innovative programming and state-of-the-art engineering facilities, which I believe will prepare me well for a career as a professional engineer. I also value the opportunity to enhance my studies through McMaster’s flexible co-operative education program for engineers.

In addition, the small campus community and the opportunity to get involved in a variety of clubs and teams ranging from the McMaster Women in Engineering Society to synchronized swimming is what ultimately cemented my decision to become a Marauder.”

Nikola Petrevski, Engineering I Co-op

“ McMaster, for me, has always been the goal from day one of high school.

It is a fantastic establishment with an extraordinary history of success, especially considering their research opportunities. Having a sibling that is currently attending McMaster, I have heard nothing but great things about the fantastic student community that makes you feel welcome.”

* Fifty Schulich Leader Scholarships are awarded annually to high school graduates enrolling in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math program at 20 partner universities across Canada. Twenty-five are valued at $100,000 for engineering scholarships.

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Graduate Recruitment Working together with partner institutions McMaster Engineering is part of the Canadian Engineering Graduate Consortium, which is comprised of top schools from across Canada, including McMaster University, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, McGill University, Queen’s University, University of Alberta and University of British Columbia.

Each fall, members travel across the country to visit partner institutions and to meet prospective graduate students at each respective recruitment fair.

In September 2018, partner institutions as well as McMaster departments connected with prospective students at McMaster’s University Club.

32% increase

The event gave over 170 attendees the opportunity to connect with faculty, students and admissions experts and explore their graduate studies options.

in attendance at the McMaster stop on the 2018-19 Canadian Graduate Consortium Tour over the last year

One of the main goals of the tour is to highlight how a graduate degree in engineering can help solve today’s most complex technical, social and environmental challenges.

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“ My PhD is going to be about four to five years, and I’m finishing up my first year now. The fun thing about research is you have no clue where it’s going, you suddenly discover that one thing works really well and you go off on a tangent and you can do something new from there.

You can learn tons of new things and go to places you’ve never thought before.”

The Vanier program provides Canadian and international doctoral students with highly prestigious scholarships valued at $50,000 per year for three years.

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UNDERGRADUATE CO-OP FAST FACTS

Engineering Co-op and Career: Giving students the experience they need to succeed The Engineering Co-op Program provides undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to gain valuable work experiences around the globe before they graduate.

3,376 postings available to students in 2018-19 • 105% increase over last five years • 39% increase over 2017-18 4,305 opportunities available to students in 2018-19 • 77% increase in opportunities over last five years • 31% increase in opportunities over 2017-18

Meet our 2018-19 Co-op Student of the Year award winners For the first time, McMaster Engineering gave co-op students an award that recognizes their excellence both academically and professionally.

Noelle Wilton, Chemical & Bioengineering | BioMarin Pharmaceuticals Wilton worked as a research assistant at BioMarin Pharmaceuticals in Marin County, California on a year-long co-op experience before returning to complete her fifth year of her degree in Chemical and Bioengineering.

Wilton was recognized as a Co-op Student of the Year 2018 for her outstanding workplace and academic achievements and contribution to McMaster Engineering co-operative education and the greater community.

"I have learned to apply the skills gained in my schooling to real-life problems and in turn have experienced the rewards of using your skills to benefits others.”

2,940 undergraduate work terms completed in 2018-19 • 60% increase over last five years • 13% increase over 2017-18 • 586 females participated (93% increase over last five years, 16% increase over 2017-18) 258 international students in 2018-19 • 50% increase over last five years • 3% increase over 2017-18 35+ million CAD in total estimated earnings

by McMaster Co-op students in 2018-19 • $21.24/hour average hourly wage for McMaster Engineering Co-op students • 240% increase over five years

Abraham Omorogbe, Software Engineering & Management | Microsoft Omorogbe was awarded Co-op Student of the Year 2018 for his co-op position as program manager intern at Microsoft in Bellevue, Washington.

He has served as president of the National Society of Black Engineers (McMaster) for two years, where he was able to grow student engagement, increase funding and introduce new events like The Hunt, a career development event for students.

“I sincerely believe the knowledge I have gained and skills developed through my co-op experiences have begun my path to becoming a successful entrepreneur. The co-op program was my compass to successfully achieving these goals.”

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• 25% increase over 2017-18

GRADUATE CO-OP FAST FACTS • 28 graduate work terms completed in 2018-19 • 126 students enrolled in the Graduate Co-op Prep Course • 219 students booked appointments for career consultation services

Employer of the Week:

"You learn very quickly that nothing big can be done on your own, because of that, you have to collaborate. Having people skills and strong communication skills is just as important as your technical skills. You won't be able to get very far without those."

Launched in 2018, the Employer of the Week series features a new employer every week to engage with our students, both on and off campus. Activities include site tours, information panel sessions, mock interviews and more. Recently we’ve welcomed Google, ArcelorMittal Dofasco, IBM, Global BioTech, and Apotex.

Graduate Spotlight: Google: Employer of the Week activities included: resume critique, mock interviews, writing Google-ready resumes and an information booth featuring McMaster students who have worked at the tech giant, in addition to a Q&A with Google staff.

Taking a bite out of Apple: Tara Majdi, PhD, Engineering Physics Tara’s research focuses on engineering thermal conduction for application to thermal rectifiers and thermoelectric devices. Her research led her to a six-month work experience with Apple Inc. at its Cupertino, California headquarters, where she worked with a research and development team. She joined Apple at its headquarters as a research and development engineer in September 2019.

2018-19 Employer of Excellence Awards: In recognition of organizations that have hired the greatest volume of McMaster Engineering co-op students over the past five academic years: • • • • • •

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) Callisto Integration IBM Canada Lakeside Process Controls Liburdi Turbines Services Ontario Power Generation (OPG)

Top Employer 2018:

IBM

McMaster Engineering is a top choice for recruitment at Tesla

(176 opportunities)

Tesla visited McMaster twice in 2018 to meet and recruit Engineering students.

"On co-op at Microsoft, after my first year, I got to work on a project that I felt was very visible and very applicable to the real world. Not only did I gain a lot of real world experiences as a software engineer, but I was also able to really figure out what I want to do | in the future."

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" The student clubs are very hands-on, which was exciting for me to see. The projects they're working on are very relevant to the trends in the auto industry right now."

Maanav Dalal, Software Engineering, Year 2

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Research with Impact Our researchers collaborate across disciplines and are continuing to push the boundaries of discovery to create solutions to global grand challenges.

Inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, we are committed to tackling the world’s complex problems through impactful, collaborative research and through meaningful engagement with our community and industry partners in priority areas such as micro-nano technology, smart systems and bio-innovation.

McMaster Engineering research clusters (on left in diagram): From applied science to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (icons on right)

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A Bold and Ambitious Plan: Initiative for Multidisciplinary Projects and Creative Transformation (IMPACT) The Faculty of Engineering is introducing a new multidisciplinary strategy that will offer a $1M investment annually to fund doctoral and undergraduate scholar grants and travel and supply awards to researchers to better embed the educational experience within the research experience.

Successful teams will work collaboratively within a set of research clusters and will propose an engineering solution to a grand challenge problem, such as a Sustainable Development Goal. Teams will embed the education and training of highly qualified personnel within their work, which will include a pathway and timeline for private partner support or entrepreneurship.

Our researchers are working towards achieving a healthier, more sustainable world for all.

Jim Cotton (Mechanical Engineering) is taking climate action by developing integrated community energy systems that simultaneously optimize heating and electrical needs. The result: greater energy resiliency and lower carbon emissions.

Zeinab Hosseini-Doust (Chemical Engineering) is improving our well-being by designing alternative antimicrobials based on bacteriophages as an effective approach to combating antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Qiyin Fang (Engineering Physics) is helping to make communities more sustainable by creating a smart home where older adults can live safely and independently.

Sarah Dickson (Civil Engineering) is providing clean water to remote Indigenous communities by leveraging her expertise in hydrogeology and groundwater to create systems that work in the local environment.

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40,000,000 35,000,000 30,000,000 $45,000,000 25,000,000 40,000,000 20,000,000

Research fast facts

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$278,424 in research intensity*

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2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2015-16

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2018-19

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

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$27.8M 122

35,000,000 15,000,000

Total Installments 30,000,000

active corporate partnerships

patent disclosures and applications

$60,000,000 30,000,000 50,000,000 20,000,000 40,000,000 10,000,000 $60,000,000 30,000,000 50,000,0000 20,000,000 40,000,000 10,000,000 30,000,000 0 20,000,000 10,000,000

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research chairs

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13 Canada Research Chairs 14 Named & Endowed Chairs 6 NSERC Industrial Research Chairs

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250,000 100,000 200,000 50,000 $350,000 150,000 300,0000

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100,000 250,000 50,000 200,000 150,0000

Sponsor

Canadian Federal

Corporate Not-for-Profit Ontario Provincial

Other Sources

Sponsor Classification Federal Tri-Councils Federal CRC Federal CFI Federal Centres of Excellence Federal Government Corporate Not-for-Profit Ontario Government Ontario Centres of Excellence Hospitals / Universities Regional Other Provincial Government Government Other Sources

Awarded Installment Total $15,870,325 $1,960,000 $997,979 $546,333 $169,725 $9,377,498 $1,174,006 $7,023,466 $2,469,571 $1,737,039 $56,925 $50,000 $29,990 $22,381

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HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT:

Ali Emadi In May 2018 Ali Emadi (Mechanical Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering) was awarded the Faculty of Engineering’s Research Award at Applause and Accolades, the Faculty’s annual awards gala, in recognition of his formidable research program and mentorship of students. In 2018-19, Ali received an NSERC Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) grant valued at $5M for his work with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and another $1.5M from Eaton Corporation for aerospace electrification research.

In 2018, Emadi was named Canada Research Chair in Transportation Electrification and Smart Mobility and NSERC/Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles Industrial Research Chair in Electrified Powertrains. In addition to running a robust research program, Ali is also the Lead Faculty Advisor for the EcoCAR 4 Team and mentors its more than 80 members.

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Highlights Chris Swartz (Chemical Engineering) was awarded $2.7M by the Ontario Research Fund: Research Excellence for his work on enhancing the competitiveness of industrial process operations through responsive, flexible and cleaner production.

Cheryl Quenneville (Mechanical Engineering) is the 2018-19 recipient of the Petro-Canada-McMaster Young Innovators award, which provides a $250,000 endowment that is matched by McMaster, in recognition of student engagement in her research on injury biomechanics and biomedical engineering.

Tom Wanyama (W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology) was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship for Advanced Scholars and is applying his expertise in artificial intelligence for manufacturing to address issues around drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Uganda to improve the health of mothers and babies.

High impact research centres and institutes The world-renowned Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy (CCEM) celebrated its 10th anniversary in November 2018 with a day-long workshop that invited researchers from around the globe to examine the future of microscopy techniques and discuss future projects. The CCEM, led by Gianluigi Botton (Canada Research Chair in Electron Microscopy of Nanoscale Materials) currently serves more than 35 universities as well as major industry and research centres around the globe, such as IBM Research in Zurich and the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories.

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and colleagues Tom Maibaum and Alan Wassyng (Computing & Software) were awarded $2M from NSERC, OCE and GM Canada to develop methods to help ensure the safety and reliability of autonomous and electrified vehicles. McSCert is a world leader in the development and evaluation of safetycritical embedded software systems, whose partners are active in markets where software failure can have serious consequences, such as automotive, medical device, financial and nuclear power industries.

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Research: Seeding Big Ideas with impact In honour of the Faculty’s 60th anniversary in 2018, we created Seeding Big Ideas, an internal competition that awarded faculty members with more than $600,000 in seed funding to hire students, to strengthen collaborations for new creative applications across disciplines and to catalyze high-risk, high-reward research that tackles today’s global grand challenges.

While faculty members vied for $100,000 each, undergraduate and graduate students competed for cash prizes by delivering Three-Minute Thesis-styled pitches during a week-long event held in October 2018. The competition resulted in a final Big Ideas Pitch night, which brought together faculty members and students who shared their ideas with an esteemed panel of judges and an audience of more than 200 people.

The judging panel included alumnus Stephen Elop, renowned tech leader and former Microsoft executive; alumnus Nitin Chopra, Partner at Shasta Ventures; alumna Angela Pappin, Chief Transformation Officer at ArcelorMittal Dofasco; Lorna Somers, AVP, Development at McMaster; and Katie Porter, Director Research and Administration, Hamilton Health Sciences.

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Some of our faculty winners: Zeinab Hosseini-Doust (Chemical Engineering): Engineering the next generation of cancer nano-immunotherapy The Big Idea: To employ phage display to explore a new combination strategy to activate and focus a patient’s immune cells selectively at the tumor site.

“This is an excellent initiative to fund ground-breaking and high-risk, high-reward research that otherwise might not get funded...it is a critical support for new faculty to help jumpstart new research platforms.”

Hosseini-Doust and her research team specialize in developing engineering solutions for infectious disease. They developed an anti-bacterial gel from viruses called bacteriophages (phages) that can be targeted to attack specific forms of bacteria. The versatility of the gel makes it beneficial for applications in medicine and environmental protection among other purposes. The work was published in Chemistry of Materials in 2018.

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3D printed organs The Big Idea: To develop the technology and methods to manufacture organs for applications as tools for drug discovery, as artificial implantable bioreactors and ultimately as replacement organs.

“This funding has enabled us to hire dedicated students who actively collaborate in brainstorming new ideas and integrating enabling technologies from each lab. Without the Big Ideas funding, the combined expertise of bioprinting (Ravi Selvaganapathy, Mechanical Engineering), new bioink development (Todd Hoare, Chemical Engineering) and tissue engineering (Boyang Zhang, Chemical Engineering) would have been substantially more difficult to integrate, particularly given the complexity of the processes and biological challenges being tackled.”

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Some of our faculty winners: Leyla Soleymani (Engineering Physics) Kathryn Grandfield (Materials Science & Engineering): Smart surfaces for combating antibiotic resistance The Big Idea: To build the foundation for developing a preventative surface engineering solution to repel and mitigate the spread of bacteria, for applications against antibiotic resistant bacteria and for biofilm and bio-fouling challenges in medical devices, sensors, water treatment and marine environments.

“The funding has directly supported [student] training and experiments that have shown potential for high-impact in the imaging of cells and bacteria, which has led to the successful submission of two peer-reviewed publications...We anticipate the program to grow substantially with the recruitment of a Vanier scholar to this project.”

Tohid Didar (Mechanical Engineering): Tackling food waste with biosensing platforms The Big Idea: To develop food monitoring technologies similar to a barcode that can be used by all participants within a food supply chain and to broaden the technology’s functionality for various surfaces, such as kitchen counters or deli slicers, so that any user can “build” their own sensor into any surface of interest.

“The funding allowed us to hire a research assistant and undergraduate researchers specifically to this project, to help accelerate the delivery of results to partners and to facilitate new funding opportunities…We have secured a long-term industrial partner, generated five patents and one publication and are in talks with the University of Guelph, Health Canada and the National Research Council about new, future applications for our technology.”

Earlier this year, Didar’s team developed a smart surface that can repel everything, such as bacteria, viruses and living cells. The discovery shows great potential for medical and other applications, such as in greatly reducing false positives and negatives in medical tests by eliminating interference from non-target elements in blood and urine, or for grafting. The researchers are now working to move their discovery into clinical use. The work was published in ACS Nano in October 2018.

Igor Zhitomirsky (Materials Science & Engineering): Advanced electronics for sustainable energy consumption The Big Idea: To explore the application of new techniques in printed and flexible electronics research and commercialization for the fabrication of supercapacitors for energy storage and biosensors.

“The funding has supported the development of advanced colloidal technologies and the development of energy storage devices and sensors, and fundamental experimental and theoretical investigations in the fields of surface modification of materials. Preliminary results showed that advanced supercapacitor devices with high capacitance and high power-energy characteristics can be printed using new inks. To date, seven journal papers have been published.”

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HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT:

Zoe Li (Civil Engineering) Risk prediction for climate change The Big Idea: To pilot a climate-resilient smart city at McMaster using hydrological modeling.

Li and her research group for hydrological modeling provide decision support for climate adaptation and for managing the risks associated with climate change.

Li’s models, known as probabilistic forecasting, can analyze circumstances to predict, for example, the amount of water in a river and the rate at which it flows.

With her Seeding Big Ideas funding, Li has developed an Ontario-wide project that gathers all collected climate and weather data from various sources and, through machine learning, offers customized projections for a specific area.

Applying a robust algorithm to data accumulated for the simulation models allows Li to develop real-world optimization models to help guide decisionmaking related to environmental challenges.

Farmers can use this predictive model to better plan for future crops, design standards for water infrastructure that can incorporate predictions for peak flows 50 to 100 years in the future and to calculate the estimated energy consumption of a building.

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Fostering big ideas The Faculty of Engineering is firmly embedded within the Canadian Innovation Corridor’s bustling entrepreneurship ecosystem, anchored by the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

We actively foster, nurture and collaborate with local startups and partner with incubators, regional innovation centres and other institutions to give our students and faculty members the opportunities to turn their big ideas into realities.

Hamilton boasts a 52% jump in tech job growth in 2018 and is ranked 2nd in the CBRE’s Top 25 second-tier markets posed to expand in North America (Commercial Real Estate Services Canada)

Innovation ecosystem:

FAST FACTS

The Faculty of Engineering regularly collaborates with industry, colleges, community organizations and others to advance innovation for local and global partners. Our partners work across silos and sectors to tackle problems and develop solutions for today’s markets.

• 133 startups have come through the Forge (37% growth over 2017-18) • 82 startups are engineering-driven (41% growth over 2017-18)

Some of our partners: McMaster Innovation Park Hamilton Health Sciences Innovation Factory The Surge The Forge Mohawk College City of Hamilton Halton Region

• 62% of all startups that have graduated from The Forge are from the Faculty of Engineering • $26M raised to date (30% growth over 2017-18) • +50 countries: products sold worldwide (67% growth over 2017-18)

Matthew Sheridan CEO and founder of the Nix Pro Colour Sensor, a device that captures the colour of any surface. It’s now shipping to more than 50 countries. Sheridan is a 2012 McMaster Engineering alumnus.

Creative Co-location Spaces: McMaster Innovation Park The Cotton Factory Hamilton Technology Centre CoMotion on King

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"I’ve realized how fortunate we’ve been to live and work in a place with easy access to tools, technical support, mentorship and honestly — most important to me — the never-faltering moral support to keep working your (butt) off, moving forward, even when goals sometimes seem impossible…I can truly say that we wouldn’t be here today without [The Forge’s] support…They are the No. 1 reason why we continue to work here in this building and continue to invest in Hamilton."

The Forge: McMaster's incubator Located at McMaster Innovation Park, The Forge is a startup incubator for McMaster University and the Hamilton region. It offers eight to 18 months of incubation and includes two entrepreneurs-in-residence and more than 25 mentor volunteers who provide expertise, advice and support. The on-campus Forge@Mac enables students to learn about entrepreneurship through panels, workshops and seminars hosted on campus.

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2019 Student Startup Competition Twelve finalists pitched for more than $100,000 in cash prices and the chance to win a SummerTech Entrepreneurship Fellowship in the annual| competition that grants the winner access to The Forge and $15,000 in resources to develop their technology. Eleven out of 12 finalists were from the Faculty of Engineering. All finalists received a minimum of $6,000 to work on their businesses over the summer.

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SPOTLIGHT: Engineering entrepreneurs Longan Vision is an AR/VR company co-founded by mechanical engineering students Enzo Jia (CEO) and Leno Zhao (COO).

The company has raised a total of $1.2M from angel investors and government partners for their system that will help firefighters and first responders across the world navigate highheat, high-smoke environments. Their glass Fusion Vision System for firefighters can be attached to their helmets to help them see through smoke, locate people and find fire sources.

“The Forge not only provides space for startup companies, but they also gave us training that helped us understand how to develop a company and help it survive. The Forge taught us many valuable lessons, like how to search and apply for funding, how to do research and development, and how to limit our budget.”

Enzo Jia, CEO (BTech ’15, MEng ’18, Mechanical Engineering).

SPOTLIGHT: Eco-entrepreneurship flourishes at W Booth School Rucha Kolte and Ali Awais Amin, Master’s students in the W Booth School’s Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation program, founded Eco-P, a startup that develops bio-degradable promotional materials that can be planted after use. Their first product, the Eco-Pen, was awarded top prize at the Forge’s 99 Problems Competition and entrance to the incubator and its resources. Eco-P received a FedEX Small Business Grant and won the Award of Merit at the 2019 Innovation Nation Conference. The company has since expanded its inventory to include pencils, notebooks, cards and other products.

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Innovation and entrepreneurship within education: Spotlight: Stephen Elop, Tech Giant, Computer Engineering & Management, ‘86 Elop, the Faculty’s Distinguished Engineering Executive in Residence, a Dean’s Advisory Board Member and an advocate for The Pivot, spoke to more than 150 students and faculty in November 2018, as part of the Innovation Minor lecture series. Elop spoke about the patterns of innovation and entrepreneurship throughout his C-level career at Microsoft, Nokia and Telstra and the inherent need for companies to innovate through self-disruption to stay ahead of market trends.

The Pivot and the Innovation Minor aim to equip students with the skills to respond to these challenges and become tomorrow’s industry leaders and tech entrepreneurs.

2019 Innovation Corridor Summit, Toronto ON An initiative of Canada’s Innovation Corridor Business Council, the Summit brings together regional experts from the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and Waterloo Region to explore how to accelerate the growth of the business corridor and to inform and drive the transformational actions that shape its future as a worldclass, high growth economic zone, through industry collaboration, commercializing research and advancing mobility solutions.

McMaster Engineering's John Preston, Associate Dean Research and External Relations, represented McMaster University and spoke about the Faculty's success in catalyzing and scaling up impactful industry partnerships and pushing the envelope on developing productivity-enhancing technology for advanced manufacturing and other global sectors.

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“Broaden your horizons, broaden your thought perspective of where the opportunity of innovation exists. The opportunities and the challenges are all there for you. I got my start here at McMaster doing exactly that.”

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Staying Connected: Alumni Our Alumni Relations team is committed to enabling more than 22,000 alumni worldwide to revisit, relive and reconnect.

Honouring our alumni Throughout the year we recognize our alumni at various events across campus, including our annual Applause & Accolades event.

FAST FACTS

• L.W. Shemilt Distinguished Alumni Award 2018: Faizel Lakhani, BEng Electrical Engineering ‘93

• 23,977 degrees conferred • 20,988 alumni have one degree |1,967 alumni have +1 degree from McMaster Engineering • 19,944 alumni are still connected with McMaster • 32 events focused on community engagement, professional development, women in engineering and mentorship

• 2018 McMaster Arch Award: Janelle Hinds, BEng Electrical & Biomedical Engineering ‘15 • Alumni Gallery Award: Hoda ElMaraghy, Mechanical Engineering MEng ’72 and PhD ’76 • Albert Lager Prize for Student Initiative 2018: Haleigh Longo, BEng Mechatronics Engineering '19

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McMaster Alumni & Partners Advisor Network

Women in Industry Night On February 4, 2019 the Alumni Relations team hosted Women in Engineering Industry Night, a Q&A panel event that welcomed 127 female students eager to connect with McMaster Engineering graduates and women in engineering. Maria Topalovic (BEngMgmt ’08, Chemical Engineering, MEPP ’10) delivered the keynote address to the crowd, which included 43 industry representatives, of which 16 were McMaster alumni.

An online mentorship platform through McMaster University that connects students to McMaster Engineering alumni via phone, online and in person to create a sense of community and meaningful relationships that foster networking, mentorship, professional development and knowledge transfer. Six hundred and three members have joined since January 2018.

Companies attended: L3 Wescam, RBC, Suez, Hatch, ArcelorMittal Dofasco, IBM, Jordan Engineering Inc., Klenzoid, GM, CRH Canada, Stelco, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Spin Master Ltd. and Tesla.

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BTech students Today, there are more than 1,400 students enrolled in seven combined degree/diploma programs and degree completion programs, including Biotechnology, Automotive & Vehicle Engineering Technology and Software Engineering Technology.

10th & 20th Anniversary: Bachelor of Technology Program On November 29, 2018 the Faculty of Engineering celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Bachelor of Technology degree completion programs and the 10th anniversary of its four-year programs. Conceived by former deans Mo Elbestawi (McMaster Engineering) and Cheryl Jensen (Mohawk College) and expanded by former dean Art Heidebrecht, it was the first joint program at McMaster Engineering to provide a degree-level education and employment opportunities to students with an aptitude for more applied and hands-on work. The goal was to have a flexible program that could easily adjust to new technologies and interests – an idea that carries on today.

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Spotlight: Donna Strickland It started with a gut instinct to pursue an Engineering Physics degree at McMaster University based on its laser program. Most recently, Strickland's love of lasers earned her headlines around the world when in October 2018 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with her former PhD advisor, Gérard Mourou. The pair earned the prize for their co-development of chirped pulse amplification, a technique that refined the precision of laser cutting, which led to far-ranging applications for scientific, military, energy and medical uses, including laser eye surgery.

Strickland’s win marked the third time a woman has received the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Strickland went on to work as a physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and as a member of technical staff at Princeton University. In 1997 she joined the University of Waterloo, where she remains today, and started her ultrafast laser group, which develops high intensity laser systems for nonlinear optics investigations. | mcmaster.ca mcmaster.ca

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“I thought [Engineering Physics] was the perfect program for me so I wouldn’t have to choose between physics and engineering. Then I read that part of the program was about lasers. I thought ‘How cool does that sound?’ and somehow I just knew that was the program for me.

So, I would say I started down my career path in laser science here at McMaster University in the Engineering Physics program. I absolutely loved the program.”

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Youth Outreach:

Nurturing the next generation of engineers We inspire and engage youth through hands-on engineering experiences for students in kindergarten through Grade 12.

VENTURE Academy: Grades K – 8 Venture’s mandate is to introduce children to the world of engineering, science, computers and technology and offers programming in a fun and innovative learning environment. Venture reaches youth in grades K-8 through outreach initiatives, curriculum-based school workshops and one of a kind summer programs.

• 14,100 students engaged through traveling workshops • 1,700 elementary school students in summer programs • 2,842 Indigenous students engaged • 74 high school students in volunteer mentor placements • 25 bursaries for students to attend programs (including 10 for Indigenous students) • 22 scholarships for girls in grades 5-8 • 18,000 students engaged overall through program

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Venture is a partnership with ACTUA, a Canadian network that provides training, resources and support to its networks at universities and colleges across Canada in the delivery of STEM education outreach and programming.

Venture is generously sponsored by a number of local and national partners, including: ArcelorMittal Dofasco, BlackBerry, Camp XIII, McMaster, Kipling Wardens, McMaster Faculty of Engineering, General Motors of Canada, John Deere Foundation of Canada, Lifetouch Canada, Ontario Power Generation, Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, The Rotary Club of Hamilton, Panasonic Canada Inc. and 3M Canada.

LEAP: Grades 9 – 12 The LEAP Academy focuses on experiential learning to engage students in grades 9-12 and lets them practice what engineering and science have to offer.

Inspiring youth to gain interest in STEM is a primary goal of LEAP.

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Reaching out to the community Indigenous Outreach: partnerships with Indigenous communities We engage with our First Nations partners in a variety of ways including facilitating traveling workshops at Six Nations of the Grand River, running March Break camps, summer programming and our annual InSTEM conference.

In its sixth year, more than 200 students from grades 4 to 8, including those from Six Nations Polytechnic STEAM Academy, attended the two-day conference in May 2019. In addition to participating in several STEM workshops, students received valuable career advice from a panel of McMaster students, marvelled at robot demonstrations and enjoyed an overnight stay in residence for a true university experience.

Keynote speakers included Santee Smith, incoming Chancellor, McMaster alumna and renowned dancer and Shylo Elmayan, Director, McMaster Indigenous Student Services Program.

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INDIGENOUS Summer Program: Two weeks of camp for youths Grades 5 – 8 at McMaster University for students from Six Nations of the Grand River. Fifty students engaged in 2018.

"Coming to McMaster is a great eye opener for our students. Having the integration between our schools has been very helpful. It's a big thing for students to be able to see that when you get to college or university, you don't just become this different person. To be able to humanize the experience has been really great."

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STEM Overnight for Girls Grade 11 female students experienced what it’s like to be a McMaster Engineering student at the second Eng Overnight event in May 2019.

As part of Science Odyssey, a ten-day celebration of STEM in Canada, the event gave 86 students the opportunity to enjoy hands-on STEM workshops, talk one-on-one with students and faculty and get a glimpse into university life with an overnight stay on campus. More than half of the event attendees applied to McMaster Engineering the following year.

Partnership with the Ontario Network for Women in Engineering (ONWiE) ONWiE organizes a number of events at higher education institutions across the province to engage young women and girls in engineering.

McMaster Engineering is home to the chair of ONWiE, Kim Jones (Chemical Engineering).

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participants in Girl Guide Day “I’m really interested in physics and science…and trying to figuring out a solution for a problem we have in society. I really love it because it combines my passion of STEM and my passion of helping people and trying to improve the world. So that’s why I’m interested in it because it’s an actual solution to a problem.”

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Staying Connected: Advancement The Engineering Advancement team works with alumni, friends and donors to support students, faculty, research and special initiatives that contribute to fostering a culture of innovation and excellence at McMaster.

The Pivot Campaign

The Budget

The Pivot is the largest, most ambitious undertaking by McMaster Engineering. Inspired by a long history of innovative pedagogy and a visionary dean, The Pivot represents a natural evolution of the Faculty’s strategic priorities of Excellence through Innovation.

Dean Ishwar K. Puri is steering with foresight and enthusiasm, while assuming responsibility for its implementation. He has committed $1.5M in Faculty funding for every $1M invested from private sources for this important initiative. The initial budget totalled $15M for Engineering level I, but plans are being made to carry the integrated learning theme throughout all levels of our programs.

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Our giving story: investing in our future Chandra and Wendy Kudsia Chandra and Wendy Kudsia have been friends to the Faculty of Engineering since 1964 and are paying it forward by supporting the next generation of students at McMaster. Chandra Kudsia, MEng ’66, DSc ’13, arrived on his own from India in 1964 to pursue his graduate studies in electrical engineering. That year Chandra met Wendy on campus, who was pursuing her BA. In June 2019, they celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary.

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Both long-time generous donors to McMaster, the couple have stepped forward to support The Pivot. Their $100,000 gift will create the Chandra and Wendy Kudsia Fund: Supporting Excellence in the Engineering Education of the Future.

“We learned the lesson that helping to educate students is not an expense, but an investment in our collective future,” says Wendy Kudsia.

“The Pivot is transformational — a complete departure from the usual way of teaching,”says Chandra Kudsia, who also serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board. He chose to support the initiative because of the hands-on leadership of Ishwar K. Puri, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. “His leadership is the key to success,” says Chandra. “If anyone can make it happen, it’s Ishwar.”

Our giving story: encouraging women in engineering Cynthia and Yves Bled Cynthia and Yves Bled are dedicated to helping female students pursue an engineering career. Each pursued a successful career in academia; Cynthia as a professor of economics and a school board trustee and Yves as a professor of anthropology and then dean of students.

They have set up scholarships at many universities, including McMaster where they have created the Yves and Cynthia Bled Future Achievers Scholarships for Women in Engineering.

“We feel it is important to encourage women to pursue careers in STEM.” Why McMaster? “It’s the reputation of the university and its strengths in engineering and science,” says Yves. “We believe this scholarship will create a real impact, helping female engineers to study at McMaster.” The couple has also remembered McMaster in their estate plans to ensure the scholarship will exist in perpetuity.

“We are very focused on engineering as the discipline that continues to lag behind in gender parity,” says Cynthia, a recipient of a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

My giving story: supporting tomorrow's leaders Saud Adi Named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 in May 2019, Saud Adi ’13 is building the future and giving back to support a new generation of ambitious engineers.

When he was still a student, Saud Ali and his brother launched Adi Development Group in 2007. They now oversee an enterprise that invests millions in luxury buildings throughout the Greater Toronto Area.

After studying construction engineering at George Brown College, Adi earned his Bachelor of Technology from McMaster Engineering in 2013. He credits his education at McMaster with helping him on a day-to-day basis, giving him the skills needed to hire, manage and communicate with the dozens of

engineers with whom he now employs and consults.

Adi is paying it forward by funding the Adi Development Group Bachelor of Technology Scholarship. “I want to allow students to focus fully on school and alleviate the stress they can feel if they have to worry about making money while they are also trying to study.”

Adi, who serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board, says he and his company also benefit from maintaining a relationship with the Faculty of Engineering. “I want to understand who are the best and brightest, so we can possibly bring them to work at Adi.”

33rd Annual J.W. Hodgins Engineering Memorial Lecture: Geordie Rose Humans and robots living harmoniously side-by-side sounds like something from a utopian science fiction novel. But for Geordie Rose, BEng '94, he is realizing this dream as a founder and CEO of Sanctuary.ai.

Rose, an engineering physics alumnus and serial entrepreneur, gained international recognition for his first enterprise, D-wave, the world’s first quantum computing company, as well as Kindred, the world’s first robotics company to use reinforcement learning in a production environment. Now, at Sanctuary.ai, he is working with a team of innovators to build a synthetic human, or “synth” – a machine that can

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Leadership ISHWAR K. PURI Dean of Engineering

KENNETH COLEY Associate Dean, Academic

MO ELBESTAWI Director

Associate Dean, Research and External Relations

School of Biomedical Engineering

MICHAEL THOMPSON

MICHAEL NOSEWORTHY

Associate Dean, Graduate Studies

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School of Engineering and Applied Science

Administration

Department Chairs

Director, Administration and Finance

TIM DAVIDSON

ARLENE DOSEN

JOHN PRESTON

NANCY BALFOORT

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Director, Outreach and Community Engagement

CARLOS FILIPE

MARIA WHITE

Chemical Engineering

Assistant Dean, Studies

RIDHA KHEDRI

MONIQUE BEECH

Computing & Software

Manager, Strategic Communications

RAY LAPIERRE

LINDSAY BOLAN

Engineering Physics

Manager, Strategic Recruitment and Enrolment

MARILYN LIGHTSTONE

AMBER BUKATA

Mechanical Engineering

Manager, Staffing Administration

MICHAEL TAIT

MICHAEL CURWIN

Civil Engineering

Manager, Information and Technology Services

HATEM ZUROB

KATHRYN LEISTNER

Materials Science & Engineering

Undergraduate Program Directors COLIN MCDONALD Director, Engineering I

VISHWANATH BABA Director, Engineering & Management

CAMERON CHURCHILL Director, Engineering and Society

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Manager, Co-op and Career Services

VANIA LOYZER Manager, Finance

CARM VESPI Manager, Alumni Relations

MARIYA YURUKOVA Manager, Advancement

ANDREA COLBERT-DEGEIT Executive Officer and Executive Assistant to the Dean

Awards and Appointments Canada Research Chairs GIANLUIGI BOTTON Materials Science & Engineering Canada Research Chair in Electron Microscopy of Nanoscale Materials

EMILY CRANSTON Chemical Engineering Canada Research Chair in Bio-Based Nanomaterials

Named and Endowed Chairs

HEATHER SHEARDOWN Chemical Engineering Canada Research Chair in Ophthalmic Biomaterials and Drug Delivery

VISHWANATH BABA W Booth School Engineering Practice and Technology

LEYLA SOLEYMANI Engineering Physics

Don Pether Chair in Engineering and Management

Canada Research Chair in Miniaturized Biomedical Devices

JONATHAN BRADLEY

SHIPING ZHU

Engineering Physics

Chemical Engineering

Barber-Gennum Chair in Information Technology

Canada Research Chair in Polymer Science and Engineering

KENNETH COLEY

NSERC Industrial Research Chairs

Materials Science & Engineering

Electrical & Computer Engineering

ALI EMADI Electrical & Computer Engineering / Mechanical Engineering

SARAH DICKSON

Canada Research Chair in Information Technology

ALI EMADI

NSERC/FCA Industrial Research Chair in Electrified Powertrains

JAMAL DEEN

Electrical & Computer Engineering / Mechanical Engineering Canada Research Chair in Transportation Electrification and Smart Mobility

TODD HOARE Chemical Engineering

ArcelorMittal Dofasco Chair in Ferrous Metallurgy Civil Engineering Philomathia Chair in Water Policy and Research

NESLIHAN DOGAN Materials Science & Engineering

SAEID HABIBI

Stelco Chair in Sustainable Steel Processes

Mechanical Engineering

WAEL EL-DAKHAKHNI

NSERC/Ford Canada Industrial Research Chair in Hybrid/Electrical Vehicle (HEV) Powertrain Diagnostics

Civil Engineering Martini, Mascarin and George Chair in Masonry Design

Canada Research Chair in Engineered Smart Materials

THIA KIRUBARAJAN Electrical & Computer Engineering

DIMITRI KONSTANTINIDIS

YOUNGGY KIM

NSERC/General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada Industrial Research Chair in Target Tracking and Information Fusion

Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering Canada Research Chair in Water and Health

PRASHANT MHASKAR Chemical Engineering Canada Research Chair in Non-linear Fault-Tolerant Control

SHINYA NAGASAKI Engineering Physics Canada Research Chair in Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Radioactive Waste Management

ROBERT H. PELTON Chemical Engineering Canada Research Chair in Interfacial Technologies

Chair in Effective Design of Structures

PETER MASCHER

JOHN LUXAT

Engineering Physics

Engineering Physics

William Sinclair Chair in Optoelectronics

NSERC/UNENE Industrial Research Chair in Nuclear Safety Analysis

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JOSEPH MCDERMID Materials Science & Engineering

ArcelorMittal Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Policy

NSERC/Stelco Industrial Research Chair in Advanced Coated Steels |

DAVID NOVOG

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SAIEDEH RAZAVI

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Engineering Physics NSERC/UNENE Industrial Research Chair in Nuclear Safety

Chair in Heavy Construction

SHAHRAM SHIRANI Electrical & Computer Engineering L.R. Wilson/BCE Chair in Data Communications

P. RAVI SELVAGANAPATHY Mechanical Engineering Canada Research Chair in Biomicrofluidics

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CHRISTOPHER SWARTZ

LESLIE W. SHEMILT (1985)

HOWARD SHEARER

Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Chief Executive, Hitachi Canada

ArcelorMittal Dofasco Chair in Process Automation and Information Technology

COLIN CAMPBELL (1984)

MICHAEL TAIT

SIMON HAYKIN (1980)

Distinguished Engineering Executive in Residence at McMaster University, Dean’s Advisory Board Member, McMaster Engineering Alumnus (Electrical Engineering)

Civil Engineering Joe Ng/JNE Consulting Chair in Design, Construction and Management of Infrastructure Renewal

STEPHEN VELDHUIS Mechanical Engineering Braley-Orlick Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering

Royal Society of Canada Fellows GIANLUIGI BOTTON (2018) Materials Science & Engineering

SHIPING ZHU (2014) Chemical Engineering

ROBERT PELTON (2011)

Electrical & Computer Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering

JACK KIRKALDY (1975) Materials Science & Engineering

Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellows 2018-19 inducted faculty: RAY LAPIERRE (2018)

Electrical & Computer Engineering

JAMAL DEEN (2004) Electrical & Computer Engineering

GYAN JOHARI (1993) Materials Science & Engineering

Dean’s Advisory Board Member, McMaster Engineering Alumnus (Electrical Engineering)

Chair, TEC Canada

Distinguished Engineering Executive in Residence, Dean’s Advisory Board Member, McMaster Engineering Alumnus (Computer Engineering & Management)

STEPHEN HOWE Executive Vice President and CTO, Bell Canada Dean’s Advisory Board Member, McMaster Engineering Alumnus (Engineering Physics)

JAMES POLITESKI

Computing & Software

Distinguished Engineering Executive in Residence at McMaster University, McMaster Engineering Alumnus (Mechanical Engineering & Management)

GARY PURDY (1991) Materials Science & Engineering

ALVIN HAMIELEC (1987) Chemical Engineering

GEORDIE ROSE Founder and co-CEO, Sanctuary AI McMaster Engineering Alumnus (Engineering Physics)

JOHN BANDLER (1986) Electrical & Computer Engineering

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CAROLE WILSON Ford OEM Field Manager, AutoAlert LLC. Dean’s Advisory Board Member, McMaster Engineering Alumna (Mechanical Engineering)

Senior Advisor, TPG Global

President, Ductmate Canada Limited

Materials Science & Engineering

Dean’s Advisory Board Member, McMaster Engineering Alumna (Civil Engineering)

KATHERINE CREWE

DAVID PARNAS (1992) J. DAVID EMBURY (1991)

Executive Vice President, Westhill Innovation Inc.

2018-19 inducted alumni:

STEPHEN ELOP

MAX WONG (2007)

GINA SUCCI

Vice President and General Manager, Mobile, Computing and Cloud Division, ON Semiconductor

DAVID WILKINSON (2009)

Chemical Engineering

Nobel Prize for Physics Laureate. McMaster Engineering Alumna (Engineering Physics)

ROBERT TONG

Chemical Engineering

JOHN F. MACGREGOR (2007)

Professor, University of Waterloo

Engineering Physics

Dean’s Advisory Board Member, McMaster Engineering Alumna (Biomedical Engineering)

Materials Science & Engineering

DONNA STRICKLAND

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Historically inducted faculty: ISHWAR K. PURI (2017) Mechanical Engineering

NATALIA NIKOLOVA (2015) Electrical & Computer Engineering

GU XU (2015) Materials Science & Engineering

HEATHER SHEARDOWN (2014) Chemical Engineering

JOHN VLACHOPOULOUS (2014) Chemical Engineering

JOHN LUXAT (2012) Engineering Physics

PETER MASCHER (2012) Engineering Physics

DAVID WILKINSON (2010) Materials Science & Engineering

SHIPING ZHU (2010) Chemical Engineering

GHANI RAZAQPUR (2008) Civil Engineering

GORDON IRONS (2008) Materials Science & Engineering

JAMAL DEEN (2007)

Other appointments and recognitions: 2018-19 JOHN BANDLER (ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING) McMaster Lifetime Innovator Award; PEO Gold Medal

Electrical & Computer Engineering

GIANLUIGI BOTTON (MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING)

DAVID WEAVER (2007)

Science Director, Canadian Light Source (CLS), University of Saskatchewan

Mechanical Engineering

MAX WONG (2007) Electrical & Computer Engineering

MOHAMED ELBESTAWI (2004) Mechanical Engineering

JOHN BANDLER (2003) Electrical & Computer Engineering

JOSEPH MCDERMID (MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING) 2018 Dale CH Nevison Award

ISHWAR K. PURI (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) Member, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

ROBERT DRYSDALE (2001) Civil Engineering

DAVID PARNAS (2001) Computing & Software

DOUGLAS BARBER (1999) Engineering Physics

ARTHUR HEIDEBRECHT (1991) Civil Engineering

LESLIE W. SHEMILT (1987) Chemical Engineering

Order of Canada JAMAL DEEN (2018) Officer of the Order of Canada

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DOUGLAS BARBER (2007) Officer of the Order of Canada

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LESLIE W. SHEMILT (1991) Officer of the Order of Canada Chemical Engineering

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