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Dr. John McPhee and the Motion Research Group were recently highlighted in the Research Features Magazine for their advancements in Biomechatronic Systems Modelling, with applications toward autonomous and hybrid electric vehicles, rehabilitation and assistive robotics, aerospace systems, and sports engineering design.

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! 

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. 

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

"On October 3, 2017, members of the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications toured the University of Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research, also known as WatCar. Senators participated in an automated vehicle demonstration with the University of Waterloo’s Autonomoose, the nickname engineering students use for their automated vehicle project." 

In this presentation, Dr. Naser Mehrabi demonstrated how MapleSim was used to create a musculoskeletal model of lower-extremities and a neuromuscular controller to simulate forward dynamics of cycling.

Link to the presentation in Maplesoft website

MASc student Sara Greenberg has combined her passion for the performing arts with cutting edge research to create mesmerizing acrobatic performances.

Sara Greenberg has tenure in Motion Research Group and Vision and Image Processing lab in the department of Systems Design Engineering.

Link to the main article in Waterloo Daily Bulletin

Professor John McPhee shared his vision about the future technologies, research, and personal likings in an interview wih Resaerch2Reality. 

Don't chase the latest research fads. If there is a research subject that motivates you, go out and become the expert in that field. You should love working on your chosen research.

Jeffrey Azzolin, a University of Waterloo graduate, has created a startup company to make better skate blades. 

The idea sparked in his fourth-year mechanical engineering design project. With the help of his supervisor, Professor John McPhee, the new blade design increases the acceleration, top speed and agility of the players by five per cent.

Read the full story on University of Wateloo website.

Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) will host a rewards gala at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa on 12 March 2016 to celebrate induction of professor John McPhee as a EIC fellow for his exceptional contributions to engineering in Canada.