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Three Mechanical Engineering researchers win Lassonde Innovation Fund grants


The Mechanical Engineering Department has been especially successful this year, having received three out of the five faculty-wide grants which were available, covering important topics related to health and materials engineering. The grant recipients are:

Converting Martian dust into oxygen and structural metals using sunlight

lad by Professor Thomas Cooper,

Using Machine Learning and Biofidelic Head-Neck Models to Study Head Injuries

led by Professor Solomon Boakye-Yiadom,

Hydrogel Beads for Wound Biomarkers Detection and Drug Release

led by Professor Alidad Amirfazli