John McPhee, Professor of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo and the Canada Research Chair in Biomechatronic System Dynamics, hosted the panel discussion on "Future of Robotics and Automation" at the 2023 Tech Horizons Executive Forum.
John McPhee, Professor of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo and the Canada Research Chair in Biomechatronic System Dynamics, received the prestigious 2023 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA) Gold Medal, the highest honour awarded by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE).
MASc student Vasylysa Korovkina presented her work on "Electrically controlled 1-DOF forearm-hand active prosthesis for children" during the closing ceremony for the Summer Program for Students at Risk from Ukraine.
PhD candidate Keaton Inkol presented his work on "Facilitating Dynamic Balance Recovery in Lower-Limb Exoskeletons with State Estimation" at the 2023 ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics.
MASc student Jason Hunter presented his thesis on "Subject-specific Assistive Control of a Stroke Rehabilitation Robot" - Congratulations!
PhD candidate Behzad Danaei successfully defended his PhD thesis "Predictive Dynamic Simulation of Human Movement Following Hip and Knee Replacement" - Congratulations!
John McPhee, Professor of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo and the Canada Research Chair in Biomechatronic System Dynamics, presented a seminar on predictive simulation and model-based control of biomechatronic systems to the Biomechanical Engineering Lab (BIOMECH) at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
PhD candidate AliAsghar Mohammadi Nasrabadi presented his work on "Enhancing Total Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes: Deep Learning for Spinopelvic Measures and Understanding the Influence of Spine Stiffness, Spinal Fusion, and Spinopelvic Parameters on Lower Limb Motion" at the 23rd Annual Scientific Conference of the Canadian Spine Society (CSS).
MASc student Sydney Bell presented her thesis on "Muscle Torque Generator Model For A Two Degree-of-Freedom Shoulder Joint" - Congratulations!
MASc student Adam Caldwell presented his thesis on "Development and Comparison of 3D Dynamic Models to Predict Golf Clubhead-Ball Impacts" - Congratulations!