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2023 Faculty of Engineering Award Recipients

8 Jun 2023

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Faculty of Engineering Awards, which recognize exceptional contributions to research, teaching, and service by members of our community:

E-IDEA’s Teamwork Initiative receives the 2023 McGill Equity and Community Building Team Award

1 Jun 2023

On Friday, May 26, members of the McGill community were feted during the 11th annual Equity and Community Building Award celebration. This award highlights the work of students, faculty and staff...

Beyond textbooks

22 Sep 2022

In the beginning of May 2022, six McGill engineering students and one biochemistry student flew to Honduras for seven days to design a community-wide water system with Global Brigades, a non-profit...

Vassil Kroumov: Engineer at heart helps prospective students

18 May 2021

As a mechanical engineering student, Vassil Kroumov joined engineering competitions, then went on to organize them, to lead them, and finally to win them....

Sophia Roy: Helping students navigate a pandemic

18 May 2021

When the COVID crisis cancelled a lot of internships last summer, Sophia Roy and another student set up virtual classes “to help young [high school] students continue learning science online, which...

Viviane Yargeau appointed Dean of the Faculty of Engineering

19 May 2023

On May 19, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Christopher Manfredi announced the appointment of Professor Viviane Yargeau as the next Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. Prof. Yargeau’s five...

Design-team project, internships help launch a career

12 Apr 2023

Mark McGriskin (B.Eng 2019) was the kind of kid who’d go behind the hardware store counter to see how a new key was cut. “I was curious how they made the shape of the key, stuff like that –...

Building EDI into an engineering culture

18 Apr 2023

“I see engineering as a profession that’s really about service to community,” says Nia Fernandez, Manager of the E-IDEA initiative in McGill’s Faculty of Engineering. “The human part of the work we...

Annmarie Adams honoured by the Society of Architectural Historians

28 Mar 2023

Annmarie Adams, the Stevenson Chair in the Philosophy and History of Science, including Medicine at McGill, has been named a Fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH). “SAH Fellows...

“The defining challenge of our time”

3 Mar 2023

"The defining challenge of our time is solving the climate crisis,” says Professor Jeffrey Bergthorson, William Dawson Scholar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University....

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