Before You Start ...

For the registration deadline of each semester, please check with:

Engineering Physics Graduate Secretary Ms. Nadine Ferracuti
- Office: JHE/A315
- Phone: 905-525-9140, extension: 24545
- Email: ferracn@mcmaster.ca
Biomedical Engineering administrator: Ms. Natalie Illingworth,
- Office: ETB 405
- Phone: 905-525-9140, extension: 23486
- Email: illing@mcmaster.ca

International student must present to School of Graduate Studies the study permit to fully registered

Go to the Graduate Study Office (Gilmour Hall 212, Ext. 24258) to pick up student ID + bus pass. International student will be asked to present study permit to fully registered.
For direct deposit: bring one void check + fill in forms for both Federal and Province tax return at Graduate Study Office (Forms can be obtained at the office)
For UHIP card, visit International student scholar service at Rm 104, Gilmour Hall or Contact: iss@mcmaster.ca. Note that UHIP card is only available after fully registered at Graduate Study.
Visa student: check out handbook at http://oisa.mcmaster.ca/pre-arrival.cfm which include info on SIN, transportation, travel ect.

You need keys to ETB exterior (graduate student only), ETB 431 & 431A, and your graduate office. Most of these spaces now have key card access so you will need a Working@McMaster ID or an access card (undergraduate student).

To enable MacID, click Here.. Then choose Activate MAC ID bar. Enter student ID, barcode and date of birth. Student ID is provided on Offer Letter. Barcode will be sent separately through email. If not, contact your department.
After enabling MAC ID, students have to enable MAC ID service before student email account can be activated. To enable MAC ID service, click Here.. Enter your MAC ID and password. Go to MUGSI to enable MAC ID service and email account
Email account will be activated 24 hours after your MAC ID service is enabled on MUGSI.

Use your MacID (#4) to access our lab's wiki page (See #8);
Create a Yahoo! messenger account for work use, and share your Yahoo! calendar with lab members
- for accounts, file your information under both of the following locations
  - Contact Information
  - Computer Resources

Upload personal profile picture, select from left hand panel, under toolbox heading
- Upload File > Profile
- Save uploaded file as: last name and first initial
  - “Bob Smith” would be saved as smithb
Use another person's page as a template, and fill in necessary information, which should include:
- Education, Contact Information, Research / Project Description, Schedule, and Safety Training

For more information, please check with EOHSS
You need to contact Ms. Nadine Ferracuti to attend the Engineering Physics/CEDT safety training/orientation
Please go over your Job Hazard Analysis Form (from the Eng Phys safety orientation) with your supervisor
Everybody working in our lab should take:
- WHIMS core (register online)
- Asbestos Awareness (available online)
- Chemical Handling and Spills (available online)
- Ergonomics (available online)
- Fire Safety (available online)
- Slips, Trips & Falls (available online)
- Laser Safety (register online)
- Biosafety (available online)
- AODA Training (information available here)
Everyone is required to list their safety training record in their own personal profile page. Please use the table available here on the Lab safety page, as a template.
You are required to complete a Engineering Physics/ C.E.D.T. Research Hazards Safety Report;Example by Michelle, and put it in your own profile as well as on the Lab Safety Page
You are required to complete a Engineering Physics/ C.E.D.T. Research Hazards Safety Report;Example by Aparna, and put it in your own profile as well as on the Lab Safety Page