Students

Mixer Monday

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:45:20 +0000

This monthly meeting is a chance for you to harness the collective knowledge of the community and overcome your current hurdles in building your current or next big idea. Talk about projects, ideas, and start-ups.

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

yue.gao3@mcgill.ca — 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.

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

yue.gao3@mcgill.ca — 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!

91ɬ�� has recently reopened (new deadline: May 15th) applications for the graduate program for domestic students (only for Fall 2020).

shirley.baxendale@91ɬ��.Ca — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:37:24 +0000

1. Doctoral and Masters (Thesis): If interested, we encourage that you first obtain approval from a Professor in the department who would be willing to supervise your research and then complete the application before May 15th.

2. Masters (None-Thesis or Aerospace): If you are interested in either the Masters (Non-Thesis) or Masters (Aerospace) degrees, please go ahead and apply before May 15th.

Note that the typical requirements for eligibility still hold and that admission will be competitive.

Publication in Journal Physical Review X by Professor Marco Amabili and Research Group

shirley.baxendale@91ɬ��.Ca — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:37:05 +0000

Professor Marco Amabili and his research group have published a paper in the prestigious Physical Review X journal. For details, see the 91ɬ�� Newsroom article at: /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-lay-foundation-next-generation-aortic-grafts-319047

Professor Michael P. Païdoussis receives 2017 ASME Worcester Reed Warner Medal

shirley.baxendale@91ɬ��.Ca — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:20:00 +0000

Professor Michael P. Païdoussis recently received the ASME Worcester Reed Warner Medal for his “seminal contributions to the permanent literature of engineering research through highly praised books on fluid-structure interaction in axial and cross flows, and numerous breakthrough papers over the past 50 years.” The Department is proud to congratulate Professor Païdoussis for his ongoing contributions to the community and to the Department. Read more.

Macdonald Engineering Building on the big screen

suzanne.moody@mcgill.ca — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:26:39 +0000

91ɬ��'s venue for learning and discovery in mechanical engineering recently served as the backdrop for a pivotal cinematic moment in the Oscar-nominated film Brooklyn. Read the full story.

New book from Prof John H.S. Lee

suzanne.moody@mcgill.ca — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:52:28 +0000

The Gas Dynamics of Explosions, by Mechanical Engineering Professor John H.S. Lee, will be available from Cambridge University Press in July 2016. The book is based on Prof Lee's course in shock dynamics and focuses on the analytical methods used to determine non-steady shock propagation.

Paper-based biosensor to detect HIV-hepatitis C co-infections

suzanne.moody@mcgill.ca — Fri, 20 May 2016 20:59:19 +0000

The research group of Prof Xinyu Liu is developing a portable, paper-based biosensor for point-of-care diagnosis of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infections. The research, led by graduate student Chen Zhao, has been published in the journal Biomicrofluidics. The article has been selected as an Editor’s Pick of the journal and has been featured by Science Daily, American Institute of Physics (AIP), the Electrochemical Society and other science news websites.

GAMES Inaugural Graduate Student Research Day

shirley.baxendale@91ɬ��.Ca — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:59:07 +0000

In honour of National Engineering Month, the Graduate Association of Mechanical Engineering Students at 91ɬ�� (GAMES-91ɬ��) contributed to National Engineering Month through the organization of a Graduate Research Day, an inaugural event of this type for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Read more.

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Mecheng in Canada's top 5 for undergrad admissions standards

suzanne.moody@mcgill.ca — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 22:06:02 +0000

The mechanical engineering admissions standard at 91ɬ�� is among the five toughest among all undergraduate programs in Canada. The rankings, based on acceptance rates and entrance averages, come from University Hub and were published online by Yahoo Canada.

Mechanical Engineering Colloquium: Dr Chris Paredis

suzanne.moody@mcgill.ca — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:16:46 +0000

Dr Chris Paredis from the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and H.M.

Mecheng students shine at AeroTech Conference

suzanne.moody@mcgill.ca — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 21:57:39 +0000

Mechanical Engineering majors Hussain Buxwala and Mikel Garcia-Poulin were part of the 11-student-strong "Gang from 91ɬ��," which shined at the 2015 SAE AeroTech Conference and Exhibition in Seattle, WA, and earned a feature story in the SAE International magazine "Momentum."

Mechanical Engineering Graduate Research Day

suzanne.moody@mcgill.ca — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 18:59:26 +0000

Celebrate National Engineering Month by participating in the 1st annual Graduate Research Day organised by the Graduate Association of Mechanical Engineering Students at 91ɬ�� (GAMES-91ɬ��).

Mechanical Engineering Colloquium: Dr Daniele Mortari

suzanne.moody@mcgill.ca — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 18:16:29 +0000

Dr Daniele Mortari from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University will present a talk entitled