Staff /miae/taxonomy/term/30/all en Fall 2024 E-IDEA Student Showcase / Automne 2024 Vitrine des étudiant·e·s E-IDEA /miae/channels/event/fall-2024-e-idea-student-showcase-automne-2024-vitrine-des-etudiantes-e-idea-359279 <p><em>La version française suit. </em></p> Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:41:04 +0000 admin 2576 at /miae TechAccel Showcase /miae/channels/event/techaccel-showcase-359086 <h4>Come and meet our TechAccel teams! Student startup teams funded and supported by <strong><a href="/engine/" title="">The UUÖ±²¥ Engine</a> </strong>will be present to demo their projects and businesses!</h4> Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:50:50 +0000 admin 2575 at /miae Retail Gen AI Hackathon /miae/channels/event/retail-gen-ai-hackathon-358373 <h3>Want to work collaboratively in a fun yet competitive environment to develop innovative generative AI solutions for the ALDO Group?</h3> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:38:12 +0000 admin 2547 at /miae 101 UUÖ±²¥ research projects awarded $23.5 million in NSERC Discovery Grants funding /miae/channels/news/101-mcgill-research-projects-awarded-235-million-nserc-discovery-grants-funding-358031 <p><strong><em>Funding supports groundbreaking research in the natural sciences and engineering</em></strong></p> <p>The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 UUÖ±²¥ research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million.</p> <p>The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.</p> Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:07:59 +0000 admin 2536 at /miae Provost awards 28 UUÖ±²¥ professors with distinguished awards /miae/channels/news/provost-awards-28-mcgill-professors-distinguished-awards-357871 <p><em>UUÖ±²¥ honours its accomplished researchers with Distinguished James UUÖ±²¥ Professor, James UUÖ±²¥ Professor, and William Dawson Scholars awards.</em></p> Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:27:04 +0000 admin 2532 at /miae 17 UUÖ±²¥ researchers honoured with prestigious Canada Research Chairs /miae/channels/news/17-mcgill-researchers-honoured-prestigious-canada-research-chairs-357763 <p style="text-align:center"><em>UUÖ±²¥ awarded $10.9 million in federal funding through Canada Research Chairs Program</em></p> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:48:28 +0000 admin 2531 at /miae Vadasz scholar leads the way /miae/channels/news/vadasz-scholar-leads-way-357171 <p>This year, PhD student, Asia Vighi will be the graduate instructor for the undergraduate team competing at iGem. Vighi is a <a href="/vadaszscholars/our-scholars/current-scholars/20232024-scholars">Vadasz scholar</a> in the Faculty and also presented recently for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIaZL2g-LFM">SED Talks</a> at the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering Design (TISED). She is taking over from Jean-Alexandre Bureau, who instructed the winning team last year. She likes working with undergraduates.</p> Wed, 01 May 2024 19:07:01 +0000 admin 2526 at /miae Winning iGEM 2023 /miae/channels/news/winning-igem-2023-357169 <p>Dan Voicu (BEng’26), co-lead of the 2023 UUÖ±²¥ iGEM team, described last year’s experience as busy! Students formed the team at the end of 2022 and spent the first two months of 2023 ideating their proposal. Then – around their regular course loads – they worked in the lab until the end of the semester. During the summer months, they implemented plans to raise money, contacting stakeholders that a small finance sub team had brainstormed. Throughout, they held workshops with the Montréal biotech community as well as a two-day conference.</p> Wed, 01 May 2024 18:35:56 +0000 admin 2525 at /miae UUÖ±²¥ Engine cultivates an Entrepreneurial Mindset /miae/channels/news/mcgill-engine-cultivates-entrepreneurial-mindset-357170 <p>The <a href="/engine/events/john-d-thompson-entrepreneurial-development-seminar">John D. Thompson Entrepreneurial Development Seminar</a> was established thanks to a generous donation by John D. Thompson (BEng’57) ten years ago. This year, the seminar was opened by Peter Thompson, President and CEO of National Bank Insurance, on his father’s behalf. Peter spoke of how important the entrepreneurial mindset is to his dad and how John Thompson has been proud to support UUÖ±²¥ Engine since its inception.</p> Wed, 01 May 2024 18:52:27 +0000 admin 2524 at /miae Bioengineering brings home the gold! /miae/channels/news/bioengineering-brings-home-gold-357167 <p>Voted by the EUS as Department of the Year, a lot of the excitement about Bioengineering's sudden rise to stardom is last year’s 1st place at the <a href="/engineering/article/news/mcgills-igem-team-wins-1st-place-2023-igem-grand-jamboree">2023 iGEM Grand Jamboree</a>.</p> Wed, 01 May 2024 18:17:42 +0000 admin 2523 at /miae Dean’s Introduction – Spring 2024 /miae/channels/news/deans-introduction-spring-2024-357166 <p>I am pleased to begin this issue celebrating a great achievement. UUÖ±²¥â€™s iGEM team, which is made up of a large number of students from the Department of Bioengineering, won the 2023 iGEM Global Challenge. It’s the first time ever that this global prize has been won by a Canadian university, and the first time in 10 years that it has been won by a university in North America. A big congratulations to our students, and to our professors and grad students who mentored and supported the team! I invite you to peruse the lists below of those who have contributed to this project.</p> Wed, 01 May 2024 17:34:22 +0000 admin 2522 at /miae