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Prof. James Forbes and co-authors Zi Cong Guo and Tim Barfoot win Best Paper at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 20:13:42 +0000

Prof. James Forbes, Zi Cong Guo, and Tim Barfoot win Best Paper at top robotics conference, the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). Their paper, "Marginalizing and Conditioning Gaussians onto Linear Approximations of Smooth Manifolds with Applications in Robotics," was selected out of 1606 submissions.

11th Annual Celebration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:19:21 +0000

Over the past twelve years, the �� Engine Centre has been supporting entrepreneurially-minded �� technological innovators. Our annual

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:32:18 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at �� to perform market research.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:34:14 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #1 - Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship 101

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:08:47 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview of what technological innovation is and what entrepreneurship is, as well an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas and the Lean Canvas.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #2 - Design Thinking Methodology

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:10:44 +0000

The learning objective of this workshop is to understand the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Methodology and how it promotes innovation.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #3 – Startup Law 101

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:13:15 +0000

Led by a team of caseworkers from Compass Startup Legal Clinic, this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on important considerations such as

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:30:06 +0000

This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.

Congratulations to Professor James Richard Forbes for winning the ICRA (Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation) best paper award!

admin — Fri, 23 May 2025 01:37:49 +0000

We want to extend our congratulations to Professor James Richard Forbes for winning this year's ICRA (Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation) best paper award! This is a major achievement!

Some statistics about this year's ICRA submissions: 4153 papers reviewed; 1606 papers accepted; acceptance rate of 38.7%.

Recent �� Graduate Victoria Anson Appointed to Two Prestigious Boards

admin — 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.

TISEDTalk: Bridging the Gap Between the Environmental Impacts of Tyre Particles, Tyre Recovery and End-of-Life Solutions

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:08:50 +0000

Date: September 29th, 2025 | Time: 1:00 PM | Location: Macdonald Engineering Building- MD 267

Tyres keep the world moving—but at a cost. From microscopic wear particles to end-of-life waste, the environmental footprint of tyres spans their entire lifecycle. In this eye-opening seminar, Dr. Linda Mitchell, Science, Research and Innovation Manager at Tyre Stewardship Australia, will unpack the complex challenges and emerging solutions across the global tyre value chain.

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Airbus-�� Strategic Partnership Announcement

admin — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:20:00 +0000

The �� Institute for Aerospace Engineering is pleased to announce a new strategic collaboration between �� and AIRBUS, a global leader in aviation and aerospace based in Europe. This partnership reflects a mutual commitment to advancing innovation, education, and research in critical areas shaping the future of the industry. These include sustainable aviation, urban air mobility, artificial intelligence, and alternative fuels— key focus areas where �� continues to lead through pioneering research and academic excellence.

Fall 2025 E-IDEA Student Showcase / Automne 2025 Vitrine des étudiant·e·s E-IDEA

yue.gao3@mcgill.ca — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:13:45 +0000

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�� Design Day 2025

antonella.fratino@mcgill.ca — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:15:26 +0000

Join us in celebration of our students’ engineering and design accomplishments on April 8th for the 2025 edition of �� Design Day!

Fall 2024 E-IDEA Student Showcase / Automne 2024 Vitrine des étudiant·e·s E-IDEA

antonella.fratino@mcgill.ca — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:41:04 +0000

La version française suit.