Welcome to the website for the Motion Research Group in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo directed by Professor John McPhee. We specialize in dynamic simulation, model-based control, and design optimization of mechanical, mechatronic, and biomechatronic multibody systems.
News
Bhavya Giri Goswami presents MASc seminar
MASc student Bhavya Giri Goswami presented his thesis on "Compensatory stepping: biomechanical analysis, predictive modelling, and assistance with lower-limb exoskeleton" - Congratulations!
John McPhee named Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Fellow
John McPhee, Professor of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo and the Canada Research Chair in Biomechatronic System Dynamics, has been elected as part of the incoming class of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Fellows for his outstanding scholarly achievements, the highest honour in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences. Congratulations!
AliAsghar MohammadiNasrabadi wins Best Paper Award at the North American Spine Society (NASS) international conference
PDF researcher AliAsghar MohammadiNasrabadi won the Best Paper Award at the 2025 North American
Spine Society (NASS) International Annual Meeting for his work on "Automated Lenke classification for preoperative spine surgery by extracting anatomical landmarks from X-ray images using a deep learning approach." Congratulations!