John McPhee

Contact Information

Education

• Certificate in Applied Science, Acadia University, 1982
• BE, Technical University of Nova Scotia, 1984
• MASc, University of Waterloo, 1986
• PhD, University of Waterloo, 1990

Research Interests

• Dynamics of Mulitbody Systems
• Biomechanics and Sports Engineering
• Vehicle Systems Dynamics and Control
• Robotic and Mechatronic Systems
• Mechanisms and Machine Design
• Computational MEthods in Dynamics and Optimization

Teaching

• Dynamics (SD 182)
• Modelling and Simulation of Mechanical Systems (SD 382)
• Advanced Dynamics (SD 553)
• Dynamics of Multibody Systems (SD 652)

Selected/Recent Publications

• J. McPhee, Unified Modelling Theories for the Dynamics of Multidisciplinary Multibody Systems, Advances in Computational Multibody Systems, J. Ambrosio, ed., Springer-Verlag, 2005, pp.129-158.
• Y. He and J. McPhee, Application of Optimisation Algorithms and Multibody Dynamics to Ground Vehicle Suspension Design, International Journal for Heavy Vehicle Systems, vol.14, pp.158-192, 2007.
• M. Peasgood, E. Kubica, and J. McPhee, Stabilization of a Dynamic Walking Gait Simulation, ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, vol.2, pp.65-72, 2007.
• A. Izadbakhsh, J. McPhee, and S. Birkett, Dynamic Modeling and Experimental Testing of a Piano Action Mechanism with a Flexible Hammer Shank, to appear in ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 2008.
• Y. Gonthier, J. McPhee, J. Piedboeuf, and C. Lange, A Regularized Contact Model with Asymmetric Damping and Dwell-Time Dependent Friction, Multibody System Dynamics, vol.11, pp.209-233, 2004.