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May 20, 2025

Mohawk-McMaster team takes first place in Battery Workforce Challenge

20 May, 2025 – Mohawk College’s Battery Workforce team, in partnership with McMaster University, took home several awards, including first place, at the international Battery Workforce Challenge collegiate competition in Indianapolis this May. The team competed with 11 other university-college teams across North America.  ...
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September 2, 2020

IDEAWORKS and fuzzy logic – In the News

September 2, 2020 – Artificial Intelligence is finding its way into every aspect of the industrial process, and that is especially true for intelligent controllers. While many are familiar with traditional PID controllers, in IPP&T Magazine podcast, Pump Up the Volume, the hosts explore the work being done...
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August 21, 2020

More college research will stimulate economic growth – In the News

August 21, 2020 – Mohawk College President Ron McKerlie recently authored an opinion article about the important role applied research in colleges can play a significant role in Ontario’s growth. Below is the content of that op-ed, as published in The Hamilton Spectator on August 18,...
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August 4, 2020

Mohawk’s Applied Research team releases 2019-2020 Year in Review

August 4, 2020 – IDEAWORKS supported 129 industry & community partners with their R & D Challenges. IDEAWORKS has released their inaugural Year in Review, a look back at the academic 2019/2020 year. The IDEAWORKS Year in Review provides an overview on the accomplishments and highlights...
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July 24, 2020

Mohawk a founding partner of national coalition for low-carbon construction workforce

July 24, 2020 – IDEAWORKS Research Chair in Sustainability Dr. Tony Cupido to serve on advisory board for WORKFORCE 2030 Mohawk College has been recognized as a founding partner of Workforce 2030, a national coalition dedicated to helping the construction workforce build new skills, recruit new...
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May 28, 2020

Mohawk launches Interactive Visits Program for Canadian Health IT companies

May 28, 2020 – Funding available for healthcare companies looking to get their digital health products market-ready. The research team at Mohawk College is currently looking for health IT and health technology companies that are interested in partnering with the mHealth & eHealth Development Innovation Centre...
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May 7, 2020

Leading sustainability journal publishes white paper on JCPI – In the News

May 7, 2020 – A new white paper by Mohawk College’s Energy and Power Innovation Centre explores how Mohawk’s award-winning Joyce Centre for Partnership and Innovation incorporated sustainable building concepts and technologies to design Canada’s largest net-zero and zero institutional facility. The white paper, “Mohawk College’s Net...
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April 17, 2020

Mohawk, Burloak Technologies address medical supply shortages during COVID-19 crisis

April 17, 2020 – Mohawk College has partnered with Burloak Technologies in a significant new project to provide frontline healthcare workers across Canada with protective medical supplies as they care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 15, Burloak Technologies, a division of Samuel,...
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January 2, 2020

Common cyber sense – In The News

January 2, 2020 – Health-care attacks are now the norm, but with the right processes and awareness systems in place, the impact of data breaches can be minimized. Mohawk College specialists offered insights and advice in a recent op-ed in The Hamilton Spectator....
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December 11, 2019

EPIC research featured in Electrical Industry News – In The News

December 11, 2019 – As part of an Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) project, iLLUMA-Drive partnered with Mohawk College to compare a traditional AC LED lighting system to the CENSE DC system. Students working at the Energy and Power Innovation Centre (EPIC), built a test bed to...
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November 14, 2019

Applied research projects create jobs of the future for Mohawk students

November 14, 2019 – That’s how many full-time co-op and part-time R&D jobs were created for students in the last three years at Mohawk College. IDEAWORKS, Mohawk’s Applied Research division, focusses on introducing and training students on the technologies of the future through applied research...
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November 13, 2019

IDEAWORKS Catalyst Fund Projects instrumental in Mohawk’s top 10 research ranking

November 13, 2019 – This week, Mohawk College was ranked number seven in Canada by RE$EARCH Infosource in their annual listing of Canada’s top research colleges. The nine spot jump – Mohawk was ranked 16th in 2018 – was made possible by an ever-growing faculty and staff...
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November 12, 2019

Mohawk named a top-10 research college in Canada

November 12, 2019 – Mohawk College has been named the seventh top research college in the country, according to RE$EARCH Infosource rankings announced today. Mohawk, with its IDEAWORKS applied research centre, was ranked 16th last year among Canada’s top 50 research colleges and was 23rd...
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