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January 27, 2022 –Mohawk College retained its position as a top-10 research college in Canada and ranked first in Industry Research Income, according to national rankings released today. Reflecting the growth and success of IDEAWORKS, Mohawk’s applied research division, Mohawk has earned a top-10 position...

November 12, 2021 – Research partners Sparkgeo has worked with the Accessibility Research Lab at Mohawk College to conduct user-testing with people who are blind and partially sighted. They tested how they perceive and understand sites that display web maps and the maps themselves through the assistive technology...

October 10, 2021 – Mohawk College’s mHealth & eHealth Development and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) has received a renewal grant of $1.75 million for its nationally recognized Technology Access Centre in Digital Health. Over the next five years, funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)...

July 30, 2021 – The free white paper helps companies understand how to keep patient data safe and secure. Mohawk College’s mHealth and eHealth Development and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) has released a white paper that will help Canadian digital health start-ups navigate the complex privacy and consent...

July 16, 2021 – IDEAWORKS supported 224 industry & community partners with their R & D challenges. IDEAWORKS has released this year’s IDEAWORK Year in Review, a look back at the academic 2020/2021 year. The IDEAWORKS Year in Review provides an overview on the accomplishments and...

July 7, 2021 – Mohawk College researcher partners with Motsai to develop prototype of a unique IoT sensor device the size of a postage stamp A new applied research collaboration between a Mohawk College research team and Quebec-based Motsai will help determine if a postage...

(first published in Perspective magazine, June 2021) Reshaping your company post-COVID: How applied research can help June 10, 2021 – Innovate or fold? The question sounds dramatic but with Canada just past the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, many business owners have started to ask themselves if...

May 26, 2021 – Richard Hoy, president of specialist tax consultancy Catax Canada, penned an article in Canadian Metalworking highlighting the funding supports available to metalworking companies to drive innovation in manufacturing, through applied research partnerships. A successful partnership between Mohawk’s IDEAWORKS, University of Guelph and CGL Manufacturing in...

May 14, 2021 – Mohawk 3D Animation student Lavio Ribeiro Fidelis Neto has been announced as a winner of the Ubisoft Toronto Live NEXT Awards, claiming 1st place winner in the Gameplay Animation category. As a result Lavio, will have a paid internship with Ubisoft Toronto. The award...

May 7, 2021 – May’s 3D in Action to help industry explore and adopt 3D Printing. An upcoming virtual conference hosted by Mohawk College is designed to help companies accelerate the usage of Additive Manufacturing and 3D printing for Canadian manufacturers. 3D in Action, organized...

March 30, 2021 – Two Mohawk researchers will be sharing their research with a global audience in April at the Sixteenth International Conference on Systems (ICONS). Dr. Esteve Hassan, Mohawk’s Industrial Research Chair for IIoT Applications and Dr. Bilal Momani, a researcher at Mohawk’s IDEAWORKS and professor at Mohawk’s...

March 11, 2021 – Researchers at Mohawk College investigated the potential for open-source images to help improve crop productivity Farms.com recently explored a project by a research team at Mohawk College, investigating the potential to use open-source satellite imaging to monitor crop health. Sentinel-2 mission satellites...