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In cognizance for their contributions, Dr. Clovis Raimundo Maliska is awarded the Alumni Achievement Medal for Professional Achievement and Dr. Gamal Refai-Ahmed the Alumni Achievement Medal for Academic Excellence. Their work introduces improved technological advancements and revolutionary research, fostering innovation and transformative action that will continue to benefit their respective industries.  

Connor Pryce, a 4A MME student, led the research that won the Student Poster Competition at the 2024 American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS-DFD) conference, the largest international event in Fluid Mechanics—held in Salt Lake City, Utah.  

Two graduate students in MME are celebrating the win of a scholarship for students who have exemplified their skills and leadership abilities in the Materials Science and Manufacturing labs in the department. The award is named in memory of distinguished mechanical and mechatronics engineering professor Paul Niessen, along with Cominco Ltd, an organization Niessen had a long association with.

Keep reading to learn more about this year’s award winners and the research they are working on:

Back in 2004, the Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) Lab was established in a tiny but valuable 150-square-foot space in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering. Twenty years later, it is the largest metal additive manufacturing academic research lab in Canada, housing over $25 million in infrastructure and is one of the best university-based research facilities in the world.   

A student design team made up of mostly mechanical engineering students achieved a major feat in Canadian aerospace with the launch of Borealis—Canada’s first-ever Canadian liquid bi-propellant rocket just outside of Timmins, Ontario at the third annual Launch Canada event.

Researchers in MME's Micro Nano-Scale Transport Lab are working to reduce the risk of dangerous blood clots for patients who receive heart transplants in a collaborative effort with a team from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The research team found that a heart valve implant with a textured surface is less likely to lead to the formation of blood clots – or thrombosis.