W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology

Engineering Design
Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Engineering and Public Policy
Manufacturing Engineering
Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Systems and Technology
Program and Course Offerings

Enquiries: 905-525-9140 Ext. 20160
Email: wbooth@mcmaster.ca
Website: www.eng.mcmaster.ca/sept

Staff / Fall 2023

Professors

Brian Baetz, B.A.Sc, M.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D., (Duke)/ Director
Dan Centea, B.Eng. (Brasov), M.Phil. (Bradford, England), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Gail Krantzberg, B.Sc. (McGill), M.Sc./M.E.S., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Vladimir Mahalec, Dipl. Ing. (Zagreb), Ph.D. (Houston)

Associate Professors

Rashid Abu-Ghazalah, Hons. B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Faiez Alani, B.Sc. (Mosul), M.Sc. (Strathclyde), Ph.D. (Strathclyde)
Kostas Apostolou, Dipl. Eng. (Thessaloniki), Ph.D. (Minnesota)/ Associate Director, Undergraduate Programs
Robert V. Fleisig, B.A.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster), P.Eng.
Fei Geng, M.Sc.(Fudan University) MD (Jining Medical College) Ph.D. (McMaster University)/ Program Chair, Biotechnology
Moein Mehrtash, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Sharif), Ph.D. (Waterloo)/ Program Chair, Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology
Greig Mordue, B.A. (Wilfrid Laurier), B. Comm. (Windsor), M.B.A. (Heriot-Watt), Ph.D. (Strathcylde), ArcelorMittal Dofasco (AMD) Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Policy
Eu-Gene Ng, Dipl. Mech. Eng. (Singapore Polytechnic), B.Eng. (Hons.), Ph.D. (Birmingham)/ Program Chair, Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Amin Rajabzadeh, B.Sc., M.Sc.(Sharif), Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng./ Program Chair, Biotechnology
Seshasai Srinivasan, B.Eng. (Bombay), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Michigan), P.Eng./ Program Chair, Software Engineering Technology
Chi Tang, B.A.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Eng. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McMaster), P.Eng., SMIEEE / Program Chair, Power and Energy Engineering Technology
Tom Wanyama, B.Eng. (Makerere), M.Eng. (New South Wales), Ph.D. (Calgary), P.Eng./ Program Chair, Automation Engineering Technology
Timber (Ka-Ming) Yuen, B.Eng. (McMaster), M.Eng. (McMaster), Ph.D. (McMaster) P.Eng.

Assistant Professors

Marjan Alavi, B.Sc. (K.N. Toosi), M.Sc. (Sharif), Ph.D. (Nanyang), P.Eng.
Lucian Balan, B.Eng. (Cluj-Napoca), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Jeff Fortuna, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Zhen Gao, B.Eng. (CUMT), Ph.D. (USTC), PDF (UOIT), P.Eng. (Limited License)/ Associate Director (Graduate Studies)
Michael Justason, B.Eng.Mgmt., M.Eng. (McMaster), MBA (Western), P.Eng. / Program Chair, Management/ Program Chair, Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology
Allan MacKenzie, B.Sc. (Toronto), MBA (Phoenix)
Hamidreza Mahyar, B.Sc. (South Tehran), M.Sc. (SRU, Tehran), Ph.D. (Sharif)
Mostafa Soliman, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Cairo), Ph.D. (Calgary)

Lecturer

Hoda Kamel, B.Sc. (Kuwait), M.A.Sc. (Toronto), MBA (Waterloo)
Silvie Tanu Halim, B.Eng., M.A.Sc. (McMaster)

Adjunct Professor

Renaud Jacquemart, B.Sc. (Belgium), M.Sc. (France), Ph.D. (France)
Ishwar Singh, Hons. B.Sc., Hons. M.Sc. (Punjab); Ph.D. (Hawaii)
Mikhail Sorin, B.Eng. Ph.D. (Moscow)
David Wheeler, B.Sc., Ph.D. (British Columbia)

Adjunct Associate Professor

Anthony Cupido, B.Eng. (Western), M.Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Velma Grover, B.Sc. (St. Bedes), M.Sc. (Kurukshetra), M.Sc., Ph.D. (London)
Tom Lee, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo)
André Simoneau, B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster)

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Ahmed Damir, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Alexandria), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Mikhail Hanna, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Calgary), PMP
Andrea Hemmerich, B.Eng. (Toronto), M.Eng. (Queens), Ph.D. (Cape Town)
Zobia Jawed, M.Eng. (Toronto), MBA (Wilfred Laurier), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Frances Lasowski, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Florent Lefervre-Schlick, B.Sc.(France), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Jennifer Long, B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Sussex), Ph.D. (Western)
Greg Zilberbrant, B.Eng., M.Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster)

Industry Professors

Brandon Corbett, B.Eng, Ph.D. (McMaster)
Yanina Shevchenko, B.Eng. (Saint-Petersburg), M.Sc. (Carleton), Mini-MBA (Harvard), Ph.D. (Carleton)
Hassan Teimoori, M.Sc (Grenoble), M.Sc. (Tehran), Ph.D. (Telecom Paris)

Associate Members

Mo Elbestawi (Mechanical Engineering)
Wael El-Dakhakhni (Civil Engineering)
Qiyin Fang (Engineering Physics)
Aadil Juma (Business)
Philip Koshy (Mechanical Engineering)
Zhong Li (Civil Engineering)
Sean Park (Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences)
Heather Sheardown (Chemical Engineering)
William Spencer Smith (Computing and Software)
Benzhong Zhao (Civil Engineering)

Professor Emeritus

David K. Potter, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo)

Engineering Design

The M.Eng. Design program emphasizes development of competencies in Design Thinking and innovations methodologies, as well as leadership, collaboration, and management skills to lead diverse teams.

These competencies are combined with advanced technologies to enable design and implementation of solutions which integrate digital reality with the physical world to deliver solutions for daily living or for complex IT or industrial systems.

The following stream are currently offered in the Program:

Product Design: Design Thinking approach to the development of products and services.
Digital Reality: Design of augmented-, virtual-, and mixed-reality immersive experiences.

Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology’s Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation graduate degree program offers its students the experience, opportunity and resources necessary for aspiring entrepreneurs to lead change. This innovative program for engineers and technology-savvy students provides the essential knowledge and skills to facilitate a successful business startup.

Engineering and Public Policy

The W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology Master of Engineering and Public Policy (MEPP) graduate degree program aims:

to provide a high quality educational experience to graduate engineers and scientists in the areas of engineering, science and public policy;
to foster applied research in the areas of engineering, science and public policy through the successful completion and dissemination of a research paper;
to develop viable working linkages between engineering, science and fields of study within social sciences and the humanities (public policy, economics, society)
to produce graduates who will provide inspired leadership in the engineering, science and public policy areas within the public, private and NGO sectors.

Manufacturing Engineering

The Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Engineering (MEME) graduate degree program
aims:

To provide a high quality educational experience to graduate engineers in the constantly evolving area of manufacturing;
To provide an opportunity for both industrial experience and intellectual flexibility while earning a master’s degree;
To give graduates a focused management experience with concepts including six-sigma production, lean production, just-in-time and more.

Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology’s graduate degree program in Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation offers its students the experience, opportunity and resources necessary for aspiring entrepreneurs to lead change. This innovative program for engineers and technology-savvy students provides the essential knowledge and skills to facilitate a successful business startup.

The Master of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation program is a fast paced program aimed at highly motivated students.

Systems and Technology

Systems and Technology program addresses the rapid changes which are currently under way in the world around us. Cyber-physical systems are becoming a reality (e.g. autonomous driving vehicles) and are rapidly spreading into all aspect of our lives. They are characterized by a physical asset (e.g. machine) and its digital twin, i.e. a model which mimics the behavior of the physical asset, thereby creating adaptive and predictive systems which respond in real time to enhance the system performance. The program enables its students to acquire competencies in infrastructure (e.g. industrial networks, ioT and iioT), automation, robotics, and AI or to focus on digital manufacturing of automotive systems. Students can choose either course-based or (courses + project) based path to the degree completion. The following streams are currently offered in the Program:

Automation and Smart Systems
Automotive
Digital Manufacturing
Process Systems

Programs

Master

Course Offerings