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  • The Macdonald Engineering Building

    The Macdonald Engineering Building is home to the Dean's Office and the Departments of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. (Claudio Calligaris)

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    Roussos Dimitrakopoulos (2nd from R) with His Excellency David Johnston, Governor General of Canada recieving the Canada Synergy Award

  • Students in the Schulich Library of Science and Engineering

    Students in the Schulich Library of Science and Engineering, one of 14 branches of the McGill Library (Claudio Calligaris)

  • 8-inch iRings wheels demonstrating compliance using a rover testbed (Brad Jones)

    8-inch iRings wheels demonstrating compliance using a rover testbed (Brad Jones)

  • Associate Professor Pascal Hubert of the Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Associate Professor Pascal Hubert of the Department of Mechanical Engineering teaches a mechanics course. (Claudio Calligaris)

  • Civil Engineering undergrads

    Civil Engineering undergrads (L to R) Angelica Lidén, Tim Sides and Juan Giha work alongside researchers at McGill’s Benedek Integrated Laboratories in Environmental Engineering. (Owen Egan)

  • Professor Jim Finch

    Professor Jim Finch at work in his M. H. Wong Building water modelling laboratory with one of the sensors his team developed to improve mineral processing techniques. (Owen Egan)

  • Hallway between the McConnell Engineering and the Frank Dawson Adams buildings

    The hallway between the McConnell Engineering building and the Frank Dawson Adams building features seats for those who wish to study in between classes. (McGill University)

  • Professor Lawrence Chen

    Professor Lawrence Chen in his Photonics Laboratory situated in the McConnell Engineering Building (Owen Egan)

  • Lorne Trottier Aerospace Engineering Chair Stephen Yue (left) with Ahmad Rezaeia

    Lorne Trottier Aerospace Engineering Chair Stephen Yue (left) with Ahmad Rezaeian (center) and Wilson Wong, display part of a jet engine's combustion chamber at the Montreal Science Center. (Owen Egan)

Faculty of Engineering

McGill Engineering is ranked one of Canada’s top two Engineering Schools in rankings published by the U.S. News & World Report, and on the international level scores higher than well-known U.S. schools such as Columbia, Yale, Northwestern, Penn State and Texas A&M University. The 2011 ranking breakdown by discipline varies between 15th spot and 34th in the world in the fields of Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. Our Faculty places 29th overall in the U.S. News & World Report listing of the world’s 300 engineering and technology schools.

David Plant Receives Killam Fellowship

David Plant

Professor David Plant of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering was awarded one of six 2013 Killam Fellowships. This prestigious Fellowship enables researchers to be released from teaching and administrative duties so that they can pursue independent research. For details, please see Faculty News


New Dean Appointed

JIm NicellMcGill Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department Professor Jim Nicell will succeed Christophe Pierre as our Faculty’s Dean of Engineering, effective July 1, 2013. For details, please see Faculty News


New Sustainability Institute

Lorne Trottier Alumnus Lorne M. Trottier, BEng’70, MEng’73, DSc’06, establishes new institute in sustainability in engineering and design. For details, please see Faculty News


Ronald Chwang receives Honorary Doctorate

McGill Engineering alumnus Ronald Chwang, BEng’72 (Electrical), has been honoured at our Faculty’s 2012 spring convocation. For details, please see Faculty News


Habashi Awarded Order of Québec

Wagdi (Fred) Habashi

Professor Wagdi (Fred) Habashi has been named a 2012 recipient  of the l'Ordre national du Québec, the province’s highest honour. He is particularly recognized for his research in the important area of aircraft icing.  For more information, please see Faculty Achievements.

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