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METRIC

Overview

The McMaster Engineering Technology Research and Innovation Conference or METRIC is the annual conference hosted by the Engineering Graduate Society (EGS) to engage, cultivate, and develop collaboration strategies among graduate students, professors, and alumni in a variety of engineering fields.
The theme for this year’s METRIC will focus on commercialization. The conference will be held on October 29th, 2022 at the Hamilton Convention Centre!
Open to all Universities in Ontario!
Why Attend METRIC?
– Hear from our incredible speakers
– Present your amazing research to a diverse audience
– Connect with people outside of your Department and University
– Network with our Industry Sponsors
– Update your Linkedin photo in our photobooth!
– Catered Lunch + Snacks throughout the day to keep you fueled

Our Keynote Speaker this year is Aly Orady!

Aly Orady is the CEO and Founder of Tonal, the world’s most intelligent fitness system, where he is responsible for running all facets of the business. A 20-year silicon valley veteran, engineer and serial entrepreneur, Orady started his career at Hewlett-Packard’s Computer Systems Laboratory designing super-computers, followed by technical leadership roles at a series of startups, including Kealia, Inc. Prior to Tonal, he founded Pano Logic where he served as the company’s Chief Technology Officer and oversaw core technology development, architecture, and patents. Orady holds an M.S.E.E from Stanford and a B.Eng. from McMaster University.

Our Sponsors this year are

Details for Presenters

Oral Presentations

Oral presentation sessions will take place at various times on October 29th! The exact times will be shared with successful applicants.

Your presentation will be delivered live at the Hamilton Convention Centre! You will have 15 minutes and we recommend that you use 12 minutes for your presentation, and 3 minutes for questions from the audience.

Poster Presentations

Poster presentation sessions will take place at various times on October 29th! The exact times will be shared with successful applicants.

We recommend that you still follow the standard 4’x3′ or 3’x4′ layout!

Checklist for Poster Presenters

Subject Matter and Scientific Merit

  • Title is descriptive and clear
  • Introduction and background includes motivations (a sense of the main idea)
  • Goals and objectives clearly stated
  • Methods well described
  • Results are well summarized, next steps discussed
  • References (proper citations, included for text and figures)

Poster Style, Organization, and Visuals

  • Organization & flow (logical progression of ideas)
  • Visual appeal (attractive and balanced design)
  • Legibility and clarity (no small font; headings, captions, and text neat, easy to read, spacing, layout)
  • Relevant figures and tables (simple, illustrative, and tied directly to results)

Interaction with Poster Viewers

  • Can summarize poster thoroughly and concisely
  • Answers questions thoroughly and concisely

Conference Schedule

Join us October 29th at the Hamilton Convention Centre located at: 1 Summers Ln, Hamilton, ON L8P 4Y2

8:30 AM – Registration Opens
– Light Yoga Session
9:30 AM – Opening Remarks
– Sponsorship Acknowledgement
10:00 AM – Keynote Speaker
11:15 AM – Poster Presentations
12:15 PM – Catered Lunch
– Sponsor Booths
1:30 PM – Materials and Surfaces
– Health and Biotechnology
3:00 PM – Computing, AI and Data
– Energy, Environment, Water, and Sustainability
4:30 PM – Closing Remarks

 

FAQ 2022

When will registration/abstract submission be open?

Abstract submission is now CLOSED! Registration ends at October 25th at 12 PM EDT.

When will abstract submission close?

Abstract submissions will be accepted until October 6th, 2022 11:59PM EDT.

Who is eligible to register for the conference?

Registration is open to anyone! Register at: https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/forms/metric-2022

Who is eligible to submit abstracts for oral presentations and poster presentations?

Graduate students in engineering from Ontario Universities are eligible to submit abstracts.

How will METRIC run this year?

METRIC will be hosted in-person at the Hamilton Convention Center.

McMaster Students: Can I get a seminar credit for presenting at METRIC?

If you are in Chemical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering and are accepted for an oral presentation, then you may be eligible to receive a seminar credit towards your degree requirements. Check with your department.

Presentations 2022

Poster Presentations 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

[1] Model-based Fault Diagnosis for in-Orbit Small Satellites in Constellation
Presenter: Ailin Barzegar
Keywords: Fault Diagnosis, Multi-agent Systems, Small Satellites

[2] Unrolled Compressed Sensing in the Application of Hyperpolarized 129Xe Ventilation MRI
Presenter: Mitra Tavakkoli
Keywords: Compressed sensing, MRI, Deep learning

[3] Torsional Buckling Analysis of Typical Polygonal Members: Parametric Study
Presenter: Shivanshi Gupta
Keywords: Parametric Study, Torsion, Polygonal sections

[4] Computational Fluid Dynamics Based Evaluation of a Novel Cuboid Hollow Fiber Hemodialyzer Design
Presenter: Yating Xu
Keywords: Cuboid hemodialyzer; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Flow distribution

[5] Upper Extremity Injury Tolerance To Behind Shield Blunt Trauma
Presenter: Liam Burrows
Keywords: Ballistic Shields, Injury, Upper-Extremity

 

[6] Usability Testing of the Effect of Smartphone Holder
Presenter: Roopak Sri Venkata Sai Madhavarapu
Keywords: Smartphone, Smartphone holder, Text-neck Symptoms, Usability Testing, Walking, EMG, Thumb Muscles

[7] Housing project in Ontario with unique means of construction: 3D printing
Presenter: Siddharth Popli
Keywords: 3D printed Housing, Additive Manufacturing, Automated Construction

[8] A Multi-Period Optimal Product-Platform Design Considering Stochastic Demand
Presenter: Md Sadman Sakib
Keywords: Product Platform, Hybrid Manufacturing, Stochastic Demand

[9] A Material-by-Design Approach to Develop Ceramic-and Metallic-Particle-Reinforced Ca-?-SiAlON Composites for Improved Thermal and Structural Properties
Presenter: Hasan Sohail Syed
Keywords: SiAlON, Spark Plasma Sintering, Mean-field homogenization

[10] Design and Analysis of a Monocoque for a Prototype Vehicle
Presenter: Yuvrajsinh Solanki
Keywords: Monocoque, Composite material, A Prototype Vehicle

Oral Presentations 1:30 – 3:00 PM

Materials and Surfaces

[1] Anti-Infective Surface Coating to Reduce Surface Transmission of Bacteria and Viruses
Presenter: Mya Sharma
Keywords: Hydrogels, Anti-infective, Coatings

[2] Fabrication of Organic-Inorganic Coatings via Biomimetic Colloidal Techniques 
Presenter: Kayla Baker
Keywords: Biomaterials, Solubilization, Dip-coating

[3] Effect of the End-of-Life (EOL) Content of High-Vacuum High-Pressure Die Cast Aural2 (AlSi10Mg-T7) on Corrosion Behaviour
Presenter: Yuki Ando
Keywords: Aluminum Alloy, Corrosion, Sustainability

[4] The Effect of Heat Treatment on the Mechanical Performance of AlSi10Mg Produced Through Selective Laser Melting
Presenter: Youssef Salib
Keywords: Additive Manufacturing; Metallurgy; Mechanical Properties

Health and Biotechnology

[1] Smart Insole-based Sensor System for Plantar Pressure Distribution and Gait Analysis
Presenter: Sophini Subramaniam
Keywords: Health monitoring, Plantar Pressure, Gait

[2] Musculoskeletal Model of Gait Biomechanics After Proximal Femur Reconstruction for Sarcoma Cancer
Presenter: Fiona Madden
Keywords: Biomechanics, Musculoskeletal Model, Proximal Femur

[3] The CaT Stretcher: An Open-Source System for Delivering Uniaxial Strain to Cells and Tissues (CaT) 
Presenter: Ryan Singer
Keywords: Lung, dynamic forces, in vitro

[4] 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) Characterization of Muscle in the Lower Leg of Endurance vs Power Athletes
Presenter: Alejandro Amador
Keywords: MRI, Muscle, Metabolism

Oral Presentations 3:00 – 4:30 PM

Computing, AI and Data

[1] Decision Making for Product Customization 
Presenter: Carter Powell
Keywords: Customization, Machine Learning, Decision Support

[2] Multi-Mode Robust Appointment Scheduling for Uncertain Service Time and Random No-Show Using Min-Max Optimization
Presenter: Anik Chandra Dash
Keywords: Appointment Scheduling, Optimization, Min-max

[3] Enhanced Photon Detection Probability Model for Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes in TCAD with Machine Learning
Presenter: Xuanyu Qian
Keywords: Photon detection probability (PDP), Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), Machine learning (ML)

[4] Relative Macro Placement for Faster Physical Design Process
Presenter: Mohit Sharma
Keywords: Macro placement, Physical Design, Design Space Exploration

Energy, Environment, Water, and Sustainability

[1] Antifouling and Oxygen Permeability Properties of Zwitterionic Polymer Coatings for Long-Term Dissolved Oxygen Surface Water Monitoring
Presenter: Erik Fréchette
Keywords: Water, Fouling, Sensors

[2] Preservoir- Recharging Groundwater Efficiently
Presenter: Mihir Bhat
Keywords: Drought, Reservation, Recharger

[3] Polydopamine-Polyethylenimine, Copolymer Reinforced Electrically Conductive Membranes for Electrochemical Dye Degradation
Presenter: Abdelrahman Awad
Keywords: Conductive Membranes; Dye Degradation; Wastewater Treatment

[4] Improvement to an existing multi-level capacitated lot sizing problem with setup carryover, backlogging and emission control
Presenter: Rifat Bin Hasan
Keywords: Multi-level Capacitated Lot-sizing, Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition, Greenhouse Emission Control

Meet the Team

METRIC 2022 Co-Chairs

Michelle Ragany

Department of Civil Engineering

Vice President Internal

Gurpreet Randhawa

Department of Chemical Engineering

Vice President External

METRIC 2022 Planning Committee

Hassan Abdulhussain

Department of Chemical Engineering

President

Paramita Bhattacharyya

Department of Engineering Physics

Graduate Student Life Officer

Annika Yardy

McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering

Events Officer

Oneeruddho Abir

W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology

Holly Koponen

Department of Computing and Software

Administrative Officer

METRIC 2021

Student Participants

Student Oral Presentation Winners – Sponsored by SNC-Lavalin

1st Place, Nicholas Simard, McMaster University
Title: Finally Providing Clarity to Concussion
Keywords: MRI, Concussion, Big Data
Prize Value: $1000

2nd Place, Sara Filice, McMaster University
Title: Effect of Heat Treatment on Hydrogen Trapping Capacity of Model Fe-C-Mn-Nb Steel
Keywords: carbon steel, hydrogen, thermal desorption
Prize Value: $750

3rd Place, Jackson Reid, Carleton University
Title: Digital Image Correlation for Ground Vibration Testing Tuned Hybrid Stick Reduced Order Model of Aircrafts
Keywords: Reduced-order modeling, digital image correlation, aircrafts
Prize Value: $500

Student Poster Presentation Winners

1st Place, Naveen Vasudevan, McMaster University
Title: COWBOE (Construction Of Windows Based On Energy), an algorithm to select parameters for free energy calculation
Keywords: Python, free energy calculation, optimization
Prize Value: $500

2nd Place, Jonathan Mainville, Laurentian University
Title: Trenchless Crossings: Understanding the innovative Direct Pipe Installation method for large diameter pipelines
Keywords: energy, innovation, tunnelling
Prize Value: $350

3rd Place, Milana Pikula, McMaster University
Title: Single-Step Printable Hydrogel Microarray Integrating Long-Chain DNA for the Discriminative and Size-Specific Sensing of Nucleic Acids
Keywords: DNA microarray, hydrogels, rolling circle amplification
Prize Value: $250

People’s Choice Award for Most Unique Graphical Abstract

1st Place, Yiyuan Zhang, Western University
Title: Magnetic-actuated “capillary container” for versatile three-dimensional fluid interface manipulation
Keywords: Capillary container, 3D fluid interfaces, Programable dynamic manipulation
Prize Value: $100

2nd Place, Martin Villegas, McMaster University
Title: Antibiotic-Impregnated Liquid-Infused Coatings Suppress the Formation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms
Keywords: bifunctional coating, anti-biofouling, liquid-infused surface
Prize Value: $50

Congratulations to all student presenters! Thank you for participating in METRIC 2021.

This year’s keynote speaker was Inge Christensen!

For three decades, Inge has been a Creative Thinking Coach helping corporate teams to “unstick their thinking” when solving critical business challenges. She is also the Communications Coach at The Forge at McMaster and Innovation Factory, helping startups to use storytelling to create and deliver winning pitches.

Our guest speaker, Leyla Soleymani received her PhD from University of Toronto in 2010 in Electrical and Computer Engineering and joined McMaster as an Assistant Professor in 2011. Dr. Soleymani is currently an Associate Professor in the Departments of Engineering Physics and Biomedical Engineering at McMaster and is a University Scholar and the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Miniaturized Biomedical Devices. Dr. Soleymani’s research is focused on developing new materials for improving the performance of electrochemical and photo-electrochemical biosensors, as well as biointerfaces. Dr. Soleymani was awarded the Ontario Early Researcher Award in 2016, the Engineering Innovation of the Year Award by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers in 2020, and the grand prize for Tech Brief’s Create the Future Contest in 2020 for her work on biosensors and biointerfaces. Dr. Soleymani has over 60 high-impact publications and holds several patents in the areas of biosensing and biointerfaces with multiple technologies licensed to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and advanced materials companies.

METRIC 2021 sponsored by: