Graduate Students

BBME seminar: "Transforming drug delivery systems into diagnostic materials”, Simon Matoori, PhD, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Montréal

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Bridging the Gaps: Co-Designing with Water Systems

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AES Research Conversations

The Macdonald Campus Community is invited to a speaker's series featuring our faculty researchers presenting their research in tandem: informing and bridging the gaps towards innovative research synergies

PROJECTIONS: SANKOFA exhibition - Kanga I, II, III by Shanna Strauss

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Join us on February 23, 2026 at 7 p.m.

BBME seminar: "Co-Design of VR and Socially Assistive Interventions for Diverse Aging Communities", Harmehr Sekhon, PhD, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, �鶹��ý��վ

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Three �鶹��ý��վ researchers receive SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants

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Holiday Closure | �鶹��ý��վ Engine Centre

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�鶹��ý��վ Engine Centre will close at 4:30PM on Wednesday, December 23, 2025, and will reopen on Monday, January 4, 2027.

Wishing everyone a restful holiday break.

New Concentration now open in Synthetic Biology

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:35:10 +0000

Synthetic Biology is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field focused on creating new biological molecules, devices, and systems, as well as repurposing existing ones for beneficial applications in gene therapies, sustainable materials, and food production. Grounded in principles of standardization, abstraction, and modularity, it applies the Design-Build-Test-Learn engineering cycle to address long-standing biological challenges.

In Memoriam: Robert Lee

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:15:30 +0000

The Department is sad to announce the passing of Dr. Robert G. H. Lee, proud alumnus of our metallurgical engineering program (class 1947), great innovator of air-injection technology in molten metal furnaces, and generous �鶹��ý��վ supporter (created the Robert Lee scholarship).

Prof. Reznikov co-authors Nature paper on metabolites preserved in fossil bones

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:52:08 +0000

In a recent Nature publication, Profs. Natalie Reznikov and Marc McKee, along with graduate students Eran Ittah and Daniel Buss, worked with Prof.

�鶹��ý��վ spinoff Phoela Health wins Quebec Emerging Start-Up Award

admin — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:05:14 +0000

Phoela Health Inc., co-founded by Reza Abbasi, PhD, and Prof. Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, has won the Emerging Start-Up Award at the ADRIQ Gala 2025. Phoela’s biosensing technology was developed during Abbasi's PhD and advanced in his postdoctoral research in �鶹��ý��վ’s Department of Bioengineering, mentored and financially supported by �鶹��ý��վ Engine’s Chwang Seto Innovation Fellowship Program.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #2 - Design Thinking Methodology

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The learning objective of this workshop is to understand the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Methodology and how it promotes innovation.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #3 - Introduction to Industry Analysis

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This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:36:01 +0000

This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:37:44 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at �鶹��ý��վ to perform market research.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:38:33 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.