Updated: Wed, 10/02/2024 - 13:45

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

Women in Entrepreneurship Panel

Since 2020, the McGill Engine has hosted an annual Women in Entrepreneurship Panel to highlight McGill Faculty of Engineering alum or student entrepreneurs in Tech. This event is co-hosted with Promoting Opportunities for Women in Engineering (POWE), a student-run club dedicated to creating an open community to support self-identifying female engineers. Operating under the Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS).

2024

About our panelists


Maria Calderbank, CEO & Co-Founder of FulcraMaria Calderbank, CEO & Co-Founder @ Fulcra LinkedIn logo

  • Fulcra provides an innovative and better way of managing chronic lower back pain. Their unique orthotic device provides on-demand support to the wearer during movement, increasing spinal stability.
  • McGill BEng, Mechanical Engineering

Cynthia Hitti, Team Lead & Co Founder at CRCTSCynthia Hitti, Co-Founder & Team Lead @ CRCTS LinkedIn logo

  • CRCTS (Cricket Rearing, Collection, and Transformation System) is a novel semi-automated device designed to rear and harvest crickets to produce a nutritious powder for human consumption.
  • Bioengineering Master's student at McGill University
  • McGill BEng, Bioengineering

Yun Yao, CEO & Co Founder at SoralinkDr. Yun Yao, Co-Founder & CEO @ Soralink LinkedIn logo

  • Soralink offers a complete solution for industrial machine condition monitoring, failure prediction, predictive maintenance, as well as productivity tracking.
  • McGill PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • McGill MEng, Electrical Engineering
  • McGill BEng, Electrical Engineering

2023

About our panelists


Amy LorinczAmy Lorincz, Co-founder & CEO @ Vope Medical LinkedIn logo

  • Vope Medical has developed an AI-driven software to address a significant unmet need for clear vision in minimally invasive surgery (MIS).
  • McGill MSc, Experimental Surgery, 2022 graduate
  • Concordia University, BEng, Industrial Engineering, 2019 graduate

Chaity Tarafder profile picChaity Tarafder, Co-Founder @ NameShouts LinkedIn logo

  • NameShouts is a SaaS startup that is simplifying the way people make first connections, one name at a time.
  • McGill B.A., Economics

Flora UwadiegwuFlora Uwadiegwu, Technical Program Manager @ Lyft & Co-Founder @ WeTechNG LinkedIn logo

  • WeTechNG is a community of women that intersects through various areas of technology: a community that collaborates, innovates and supports. Join the next generation of Women in Tech today by being an ambassador or fellow at wetechng.com
  • McGill MEng, Chemical Engineering, 2017 graduate

Justine Massicotte profile picJustine Massicott, Co-Founder & CTO @ Lighthouse LinkedIn logo

  • Lighthouse is a powerful navigation platform allows users to query for items across and within worlds - significantly facilitating discovery and improving the industry’s cross-world search capabilities.
  • HEC Montreal, Masters, Data Science, 2018 graduate
  • Université de Montréal, Masters, Philosophy, 2017 graduate

    Nathalie Myara profile picNathalie Myara, Co-fondatrice Présidente Directrice Générale @ Eduplan Solutions link to Nina-Marie Martinez's LinkedIn profile

    • Eduplan Solutions is a company specializing in education, health and social services technologies, which provides various professionals, parents, and students; in particular, learners with disabilities or learning and/or adaptation difficulties intelligent platforms for the development and management of intervention plans, as well as other related platforms and services.
    • Université de Montréal, MEd, Orthopédagogie, 2006 graduate
    • Université de Montréal, PhD, Psychopédagogie, 2011 graduate

    2022

    About our panelists


    Guanbingxue (Shirley) Huang link to Shirley Huang's LinkedIn profileGuanbingxue Huang headshot


      Nina-Marie Martinez link to Nina-Marie Martinez's LinkedIn profileNina-Marie Martinez headshot


      Zhi Xin (Joey) Koay link to Joey Koay's LinkedIn profile.Zhi Xin Joey Koay headshot

      • Studying Software Engineering
      • 2020 Schulich Leader
      • Co-Founder of Parklue
      • VP Products of Stocate

      2021

      About our panelists


      Chloë RyanChloe Ryan Profile Picture

      • Studying Mechanical Engineering
      • Co-Founder of Acrylic, Director of BRIDGE and Next36 Entrepreneur & Assistant Project Manager at WSP
      • LinkedIn Profile

        Celeste NantelCeleste Nantel Profile Picture


        Shlesha VanShlesha Van Profile Picture


        Christina KatsariChristina Katsari Profile Picture

        • PhD Candidate in Materials Engineering
        • Co-Founder of Alpha Iota Alloys
        • LinkedIn Profile

        2020

        About our panelists


        Naureen AnwarNaureen Anwar Profile Picture

        • Studied Electrical Engineering at McGill from 2005-2010
        • CEO of NameShouts, a free a web app which helps you pronounce a person's name correctly
        • LinkedIn

        Boyana StefanovaBoyana Stefanova Profile Picture

        • Studied Mechanical Engineering at McGill from 2002-2007
        • Community Builder at MAIN, Québec's first network of business accelerators and incubators
        • LinkedIn

        Laura Al KhouryLaura Al Khoury Profile Picture

        • Studied Mechanical Engineering at McGill from 2013-2017
        • Co Founder of Yuma, a weekly meal subscription for employees starting at $7/meal
        • LinkedIn

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