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��Թ� researchers create shapeshifting materials that could power the next generation of soft robots

admin — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:59:18 +0000

��Թ� engineers have developed new ultra-thin materials that can be programmed to move, fold and reshape themselves, much like animated origami. They open the door to softer, safer and more adaptable robots that could be used in medical tools that gently move inside the body, wearable devices that change shape on the skin or smart packaging that reacts to its environment.

In Memoriam: Robert Lee

corina.sferdenschi@mcgill.ca — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:15:29 +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 ��Թ� supporter (created the Robert Lee scholarship).

Memorial Tribute to Professor John Gruzleski

corina.sferdenschi@mcgill.ca — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:25:11 +0000

“Dean Yargeau and members of the Faculty Council,

Recent ��Թ� Graduate Victoria Anson Appointed to Two Prestigious Boards

corina.sferdenschi@mcgill.ca — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:41:36 +0000

Only a few weeks after graduation, Victoria Anson (Materials Engineering, Class of 2025) has been appointed to two international boards: the Copper Club Board of Directors and the ASM International Board of Trustees. Her dual appointments highlight her involvement in the mining and metals, metallurgical, and materials industries.

Victoria Anson wins The Lord Bagri Scholarship issued by The Copper Club

corina.sferdenschi@mcgill.ca — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:12:50 +0000

Victoria Anson, a fourth-year materials engineering student, won The Lord Bagri Scholarship, the highest award granted by The Copper Club. Endowed in honor of Lord Bagri, the longest serving chairman in the history of the London Metal Exchange, this competitive Canada-USA award recognizes an exceptional undergraduate or graduate student who has excelled in studies essential to the copper industry’s future.

Victoria Anson wins the Lucy Rosato Undergraduate Scholarship in Science and Engineering

corina.sferdenschi@mcgill.ca — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:11:15 +0000

Victoria Anson, a fourth-year Materials Engineering Co-op Program student, received the Lucy Rosato Undergraduate Scholarship in Science and Engineering at the 63rd Annual Conference of Metallurgists (COM 2024) in Halifax. This is the highest undergraduate student award granted by the Hydrometallurgy Section of the Metallurgy and Materials Society (MetSoc) under the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM).

Mining and Materials Engineering Research Day featuring seminar on Supercritical Fluid Extraction for Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Secondary Resources

jinhyuk.lee@mcgill.ca — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 20:42:31 +0000

12 May 2023, 2 pm - 5 pm, LM Trottier Building (ENGTR) - Room 0100

We kindly invite you to join us for our first Mining and Materials Engineering Research Day. The event will feature a seminar by Professor Gisele Azimi (University of Toronto), who will present her work on rare earth element recovery from secondary resources. The seminar will start at 2 pm in LM Trottier Building (ENGTR), Room 0100 and will be followed by a a graduate student awards ceremony and a poster session with a reception showing research from our department and beyond!

Prof. Cerruti receives the "Platinum level" My Green Lab certification.

jinhyuk.lee@mcgill.ca — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 20:29:01 +0000

Prof. Marta Cerruti of the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering received the My Green Lab Certification from ��Թ� Office of Sustainability (MOOS), which recognizes the green lab practices in her lab (Biointerfaces Cerruti Lab) over the last few months.

Her group achieved a certification score of 74% and a Platinum Level Certificate, a formidable achievement.

Prof. Marta Cerruti won an Acta Biomaterialia Reviewer Award for 2022.

jinhyuk.lee@mcgill.ca — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:47:59 +0000

Prof. Marta Cerruti of the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering was awarded an Acta Biomaterialia Reviewer Award for 2022 for her outstanding reviews of submitted manuscripts to Acta Biomaterialia, a prestigious journal in biomaterials research!

A mining alumn earns the prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship.

jinhyuk.lee@mcgill.ca — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:45:25 +0000

Our Mining grad Will Dixon (B.Eng. ’20) has received a Schwarzman Scholarship for graduate study in China. Dixon is one of just 151 students to receive the prestigious scholarship for 2023-2024.

The Schwarzman Scholarship program offers recipients a one-year, fully funded Master’s degree program in Global Affairs at Schwarzman College on the campus of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

Congratulations to MMPC Associate Director, Dr Mihaiela Isac

afroditi.anastasopoulos@mcgill.ca — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:20:54 +0000

Congratulations to MMPC Associate Director, Dr Mihaiela Isac

Please view the links to the awards below:

https://www.metsoc.org/metsoc-award-for-research-excellence/

https://www.metsoc.org/metsoc-silver-medal/

McCall MacBain Scholarship announce 50 finalists

afroditi.anastasopoulos@mcgill.ca — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:41:30 +0000

McCall MacBain Scholarships announce 50 finalists

Nine ��Թ�ians are in the running for a spot in the second year of Canada’s first comprehensive leadership-based scholarship for master’s and professional studies

Meet the ��Թ� finalists: https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mccall-macbain-scholarships-announce-50-finalists-2/

��Թ� Centre for Innovation in Conversion & Storage of Energy (McISCE) founded earlier with the involvement of several of our professors is the recipient of a generous gift from the TD Bank Group! Read more at these links:

afroditi.anastasopoulos@mcgill.ca — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:18:08 +0000

��Թ� Centre for Innovation in Conversion & Storage of Energy (McISCE) founded earlier with the involvement of several of our professors is the recipient of a generous gift from the TD Bank Group! Read more at these links:

English: https://giving.mcgill.ca/all-stories/powering-solutions-healthier-planet

Congratulations to Professor Steve Yue on being recognized as one of the 2% most-cited world scientists working in the area of thermal spray research.

afroditi.anastasopoulos@mcgill.ca — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 13:00:48 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Steve Yue on being recognized as one of the 2% most-cited world scientists working in the area of thermal spray research. Read more in the recent issue of Advanced Materials & Processes linked to below.

https://static.asminternational.org/amp/202105/54/

Prof. Mathieu Brochu is the winner of the 2021 MetSoc Distinguished Materials Scientist Award

afroditi.anastasopoulos@mcgill.ca — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 13:47:14 +0000

Prof. Mathieu Brochu is the winner of the 2021 MetSoc Distinguished Materials Scientist Award

https://www.metsoc.org/metsoc-distinguished-materials-scientist-award/

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���������Թ� researchers create shapeshifting materials that could power the next generation of soft robots

In Memoriam: Robert Lee

Memorial Tribute to Professor John Gruzleski

Recent ���������Թ� Graduate Victoria Anson Appointed to Two Prestigious Boards

Victoria Anson wins The Lord Bagri Scholarship issued by The Copper Club

Victoria Anson wins the Lucy Rosato Undergraduate Scholarship in Science and Engineering

Mining and Materials Engineering Research Day featuring seminar on Supercritical Fluid Extraction for Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Secondary Resources

Prof. Cerruti receives the "Platinum level" My Green Lab certification.

Prof. Marta Cerruti won an Acta Biomaterialia Reviewer Award for 2022.

A mining alumn earns the prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship.

Congratulations to MMPC Associate Director, Dr Mihaiela Isac

McCall MacBain Scholarship announce 50 finalists

���������Թ� Centre for Innovation in Conversion & Storage of Energy (McISCE) founded earlier with the involvement of several of our professors is the recipient of a generous gift from the TD Bank Group! Read more at these links:

Congratulations to Professor Steve Yue on being recognized as one of the 2% most-cited world scientists working in the area of thermal spray research.

Prof. Mathieu Brochu is the winner of the 2021 MetSoc Distinguished Materials Scientist Award

��Թ� researchers create shapeshifting materials that could power the next generation of soft robots

Recent ��Թ� Graduate Victoria Anson Appointed to Two Prestigious Boards

��Թ� Centre for Innovation in Conversion & Storage of Energy (McISCE) founded earlier with the involvement of several of our professors is the recipient of a generous gift from the TD Bank Group! Read more at these links: