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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)

  • Slide-show-Canada-synergy-award

    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.

Dimitrkopoulos Wins Synergy Award

Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

Professor Roussos Dimitrakopoulos is among the world's foremost experts in the field of stochastic mine modelling, and his laboratory generates new ideas and methods, and an original technical-scientific paradigm for addressing the sustainable development of mineral resources.
See the complete News Release at the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada website.

Change in Leadership

Andrew Kirk

Professor Andrew Kirk has assumed new duties as Interim Dean following the departure of Christophe Pierre to become Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Illinois. The leadership change in the Dean’s Office took effect October 1, 2011. For more details please see: Faculty News



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