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Thursday, October 25, 2018

Brock Laschowski and Keaton Inkol awarded Waterloo Engineering Excellence PhD Fellowships

Brock Laschowski and Keaton Inkol have been awarded the University of Waterloo Engineering Excellence PhD Fellowships (each valued at $120,000).

Monday, September 10, 2018

Prof. John McPhee discusses autonomous control and electrification of automotive systems

Prof. John McPhee discusses the latest advancements in automotive systems engineering, specifically autonomous navigation and electrification. 

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Prof. John McPhee presents keynote at 2018 Asian Conference on Multibody Dynamics

2018 ACMD

Prof. John McPhee delivered the keynote address at the 2018 Asian Conference on Multibody Dynamics (ACMD) in China entitled "Multibody Dynamics and Model-Based Control: From Cars to Humans". The conference was hosted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in associated with the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM). 

Thursday, August 30, 2018

MoRG members attend 2018 World Congress of Biomechanics and Canadian Society for Biomechanics Conference

MoRG Members

PhD students Valerie Norman-Gerum and Mahdokht Ezati recently presented their research entitled "Predictive Simulation of Sit-to-Stand" and "Forward Dynamics of Human Vertical Jump Considering Ellipsoidal Volumetric Foot-Ground Contact Model" at the 2018 Biennial Meeting of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics (CSB) in Nova Scotia and 2018 World Congress of Biomechanics in Ireland, respectively.

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Reza Sharif Razavian awarded 2018 Springer Outstanding Thesis Prize on Multibody Dynamics

Reza Razavian Awarded Thesis Prize

Postdoctoral Fellow Reza Sharif Razavian was awarded the 2018 Lagrange Award for best PhD dissertation research on Multibody Dynamics from Springer and the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM) Technical Committee for Multibody Dynamics. Congratulations Reza! 

Monday, April 9, 2018

MoRG members attend International Sports Engineering Conference in Australia

MoRG at ISEA 2018

Dr. John McPhee, PhD student William McNally, and MASc students Conor Jansen and Colin Brown presented their latest modelling research at the Sports Engineering Conference in Brisbane, Australia. 

Monday, March 26, 2018

Prof. John McPhee presents keynote address at 2018 Hatch Forum

Dr. John McPhee delivered the keynote address at the 2018 Hatch’s Process and Technology Forum in Brisbane, Australia. 

Monday, March 19, 2018

University of Waterloo highlights Brock Laschowski's research on wheelchair design optimization

Brock Lashchowski's research at the Motion Research Group worked towards developing a systematic method to optimize wheelchair designs for individual athletes and their respective neuromusculoskeletal (brain-body) systems." Read more on the University of Waterloo website. 

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