Updated: Wed, 10/02/2024 - 13:45

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

Mark Driscoll

Academic title(s): 

Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Associate Member
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Mark Driscoll
Contact Information
Address: 

Macdonald Engineering Building, Rm 153
815 Sherbrooke St W
Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C3

Email address: 
mark.driscoll [at] mcgill.ca
Department: 
Mechanical Engineering
Areas of expertise: 

Global interests reside in improving the biomechanical understanding of mechanisms that govern our musculoskeletal system. The use of complementary research platforms (in vivo, ex vivo, and in silico) foster novel findings towards the understanding of healthy system and the onset and/or pathomechanism of musculoskeletal disorders. Such translational research is interdisciplinary and requires a multifaceted approach to promote the engineering conception and design of new mechanical solutions.

More specifically, the laboratory seeks to better understand the control system governing spinal stability. Of further interest is how this control system responds when mechanical biases are introduced resulting in physiological stress shielding. Spinal stability is sought via an intricate control system to which we all benefit from intrinsically. In a flawed or unstable system, the manner in which this control system responds to perturbations, originating from a mechanical bias for example, is of interest and explored. Control mechanisms of focus are the passive tissues, such as fascia, and the structural integrity of enclosed cavities such as abdominal and thoracic compliance. Moreover, the mechanical performance of current and future medical devices are also studied.

Research areas: 
Signals and Systems
Biomedical Modelling
Area(s): 
Spinal Stability
Biomechanics
System Identification
Structural Integrity
Dynamics and Control
Mechanical Bias
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