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Professor Jeffrey Bergthorson granted a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC)

admin — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:25:43 +0000

Congratulations to Prof. Jeffrey Bergthorson on being granted a Tier 1 CRC in Carbon-Free Circular Fuels!

Prof. James Forbes and co-authors Zi Cong Guo and Tim Barfoot win Best Paper at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 20:13:42 +0000

Prof. James Forbes, Zi Cong Guo, and Tim Barfoot win Best Paper at top robotics conference, the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). Their paper, "Marginalizing and Conditioning Gaussians onto Linear Approximations of Smooth Manifolds with Applications in Robotics," was selected out of 1606 submissions.

Congratulations to Professor James Richard Forbes for winning the ICRA (Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation) best paper award!

admin — Fri, 23 May 2025 01:37:49 +0000

We want to extend our congratulations to Professor James Richard Forbes for winning this year's ICRA (Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation) best paper award! This is a major achievement!

Some statistics about this year's ICRA submissions: 4153 papers reviewed; 1606 papers accepted; acceptance rate of 38.7%.

Airbus-McGill Strategic Partnership Announcement

admin — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:20:00 +0000

The McGill Institute for Aerospace Engineering is pleased to announce a new strategic collaboration between ��Ƭ��֦��Ƶ and AIRBUS, a global leader in aviation and aerospace based in Europe. This partnership reflects a mutual commitment to advancing innovation, education, and research in critical areas shaping the future of the industry. These include sustainable aviation, urban air mobility, artificial intelligence, and alternative fuels— key focus areas where McGill continues to lead through pioneering research and academic excellence.

Recent McGill Graduate Victoria Anson Appointed to Two Prestigious Boards

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:41:36 +0000

Only a few weeks after graduation, Victoria Anson (Materials Engineering, Class of 2025) has been appointed to two international boards: the Copper Club Board of Directors and the ASM International Board of Trustees. Her dual appointments highlight her involvement in the mining and metals, metallurgical, and materials industries.

McGill Design Day 2025

antonella.fratino@mcgill.ca — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:15:26 +0000

Join us in celebration of our students’ engineering and design accomplishments on April 8th for the 2025 edition of McGill Design Day!

The Department of Mining and Materials remembers passionate and inspiring contributor

md.lipu@mcgill.ca — Mon, 08 May 2023 17:51:22 +0000

Ophélie Gourgas (1991-2023) graduated with a PhD from the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at ��Ƭ��֦��Ƶ in 2019. She was passionate about science and research and made significant contributions to understanding the process of cardiovascular calcification and the causes behind a rare form of congenital skeletal deformity.
While working as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Medicine at Shriners Hospital, Ophélie passed away after a brave fight against an aggressive breast cancer.

Fall 2024 E-IDEA Student Showcase / Automne 2024 Vitrine des étudiant·e·s E-IDEA

antonella.fratino@mcgill.ca — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:41:04 +0000

La version française suit.

Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) 2024 Poster Presentation

yue.gao3@mcgill.ca — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:54:32 +0000

GEEC Panel Talk: Women in Stem - Breaking Barriers in Graduate Studies

antonella.fratino@mcgill.ca — Thu, 23 May 2024 15:19:55 +0000

GEEC Panel Talk: Women in STEM - Breaking Barriers in Graduate Studies / Les femmes dans les STIM - briser les barrières dans les études supérieures

This event will be held in English / Cet événement se déroulera en anglais

Dean’s Introduction – Spring 2024

md.lipu@mcgill.ca — Wed, 01 May 2024 17:34:21 +0000

I am pleased to begin this issue celebrating a great achievement. McGill’s iGEM team, which is made up of a large number of students from the Department of Bioengineering, won the 2023 iGEM Global Challenge. It’s the first time ever that this global prize has been won by a Canadian university, and the first time in 10 years that it has been won by a university in North America. A big congratulations to our students, and to our professors and grad students who mentored and supported the team! I invite you to peruse the lists below of those who have contributed to this project.

Lecture | Intersectional Inclusion in Engineering Design and Workplace Culture: Addressing Homophobia, Transphobia, and Anti-Asian Racism

antonella.fratino@mcgill.ca — Tue, 07 May 2024 17:18:00 +0000

Join us for this special lecture by Michelle Liu on homophobia, transphobia, and anti-Asian racism in engineering design and the workplace.

Vadasz scholar leads the way

md.lipu@mcgill.ca — Wed, 01 May 2024 19:07:01 +0000

This year, PhD student, Asia Vighi will be the graduate instructor for the undergraduate team competing at iGem. Vighi is a Vadasz scholar in the Faculty and also presented recently for SED Talks at the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering Design (TISED). She is taking over from Jean-Alexandre Bureau, who instructed the winning team last year. She likes working with undergraduates.

Bioengineering brings home the gold!

md.lipu@mcgill.ca — Wed, 01 May 2024 18:17:42 +0000

Voted by the EUS as Department of the Year, a lot of the excitement about Bioengineering's sudden rise to stardom is last year’s 1st place at the 2023 iGEM Grand Jamboree.

McGill Engine cultivates an Entrepreneurial Mindset

md.lipu@mcgill.ca — Wed, 01 May 2024 18:52:27 +0000

The John D. Thompson Entrepreneurial Development Seminar was established thanks to a generous donation by John D. Thompson (BEng’57) ten years ago. This year, the seminar was opened by Peter Thompson, President and CEO of National Bank Insurance, on his father’s behalf. Peter spoke of how important the entrepreneurial mindset is to his dad and how John Thompson has been proud to support McGill Engine since its inception.