New joint McGill-Hydro-Québec research at the spotlight
New joint McGill-Hydro-Québec research at the spotlight. For more information, follow this link: Bright future for self-charging batteries
Professor Emeritus John J. Jonas - Recipient of prestigious Acta Materialia Gold Medal
On February 28th, 2017, Professor Emeritus John J. Jonas was the recipient of the prestigious Acta Materialia Gold Medal. Along with a solid, 24 karat, gold medal, Prof. Jonas received a $10,000 USD cash prize. This award recognizes his seminal contributions to understanding phase transformations and dynamic re-crystallization in steel when it is red hot and flying through a rolling mill at 100 km/hr.
McGill moves from 13th to 6th - Engineering- Mineral & Mining
Some exciting news! McGill moved from no 13 to no 6 in the category Engineering- Mineral & Mining released yesterday by QS. See this news announcement:
Materials Engineering Alumnus 2011 - Alexandra Plante
Alexandra Plante ’11 studied Materials Engineering at McGill. She participated in the Materials Engineering co-op program during university and accumulated a wide range of work experiences prior to graduation at companies including BlackBerry and Pratt & Whitney.
Claudia Macedo Memorial SURE Award in Sustainable Engineering
The Department of Mining and Materials Engineering is proud to announce that Heather Mantel, a U1 undergraduate student in the Materials Engineering Co-op Program, is this year’s recipient of the "Claudia Macedo Memorial SURE Award in Sustainable Engineering".
2017 Acta Materialia Gold Medal Award - Emeritus Prof. John J. Jonas
Emeritus Prof. John J. Jonas - Winner of the 2017 Acta Materialia Gold Medal AwardCongratulations to Prof. Jonas on receiving this award in recognition of research contributions and leadership in materials science. The presentation of this award will take place during the TMS Spring Meeting to be held in San Diego from 26th February – 2nd March 2017.
Professor Philip Andrew Distin
Professor Philip Andrew DistinIt is with great sadness that I report that Professor Philip Distin passed away on January 12, 2016, at his home.
The following memorial tribute was read at the February 9 Faculty Council meeting. The death notice can be found here.
REGAL Students Day 2015
Congratulations to our students from REGAL-McGill, Philippe Hendrix, Senlin Cui, Bamidele Akinrinola and Ogeday Rodop, who received awards for their posters at the REGAL Students Day 2015. REGAL-McGill was well represented with 17 students. REGAL is a Research Centre on Aluminium and regroups six universities and one Cegep.
AAC award : Philippe Hendrix
CQRDA award : Senlin Cui
Will Lepry - MEDTEQ Award recipient
Congratulations to Will Lepry, a PhD candidate in Prof. Showan Nazhat's group was the recipient of an award at the MEDTEQ meeting October 2015 for his poster presentation on the sol-gel derived borate based glasses.
Alumni Newsletter - Fall 2015
Here we are again! For those of you of certain age…you may recall that I served as Chair some 20 years ago (!) from 1994 to 1999.
Paul Carriere - NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship
Congratulations to Paul Carriere, PhD candidate in Materials Engineering who received the prestigious NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship pictured here with his Supervisor, Prof. Stephen Yue.
11th REGAL Student’s Day - Award Winners
Congratulations to our graduate students who received an award at the 11th REGAL Student’s Day (JER2014) organized by REGAL (Aluminum Research Centre regrouping 6 universities and 1 Cegep). (15) winners for a total of $13750.
Neslihan Alpay Alu Québec Award Ryan Chou Dynamic Concept AwarASM Student Night - Poster Competition - 2015
Congratulations to our graduate students on their recent awards at the ASM student night poster competition.
Pryidarshi Behera - ASM Special Award
Clod Aranas - People’s Choice Award
Hanqing Che - First Place in PhD Category