The NeuRoc Lab is Joining the Center of Intelligent Machine (CIM) @McGill

 

Published on: 12 Jan 2024

The NeuRoc Lab is joining the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal and the Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital at Laval.

This will give us better access to clinicians and patients, putting our research closer to rehabilitation's needs.

Published on: 12 Jan 2024

Our Lab was featured in IEEE Spectrum on our work in MyoSuite.

More about it in the IEEE Spectrum website.

Published on: 31 Aug 2023

The NeuROC Lab is coordinating the MyoChallenge with colleagues from the University of Twente, Northeastern University and Meta AI.

The challenge is based on MyoSuite and has one track on locomotion and one on manipulation.

The challenge is part of the competition track of the NeurIPS 23 conference.

For more information visit:  MyoChallenge 23 website

 

Published on: 20 Aug 2023

Every year around 2 million people die worldwide from hemorrhaging or blood loss. Uncontrolled hemorrhaging accounts for more than 30% of trauma deaths. To stop the bleeding, doctors often apply pressure to the wound and seal the site with medical glue. But what happens when applying pressure is difficult or could make things worse? Or the surface of the wound is too bloody for glue? Drawing inspiration from nature, researchers from McGill University have developed a medical adhesive that could save lives, modeled after structures found in marine animals like mussels and flatworms.

Classified as: flatworm, mussels, inspired, nature, medical adhesives, blood loss, bleeding, Jianyu Li, Guangyu Bao
Published on: 13 Oct 2022

Researchers have discovered that they can control the stickiness of adhesive bandages using ultrasound waves and bubbles. This breakthrough could lead to new advances in medical adhesives, especially in cases where adhesives are difficult to apply such as on wet skin.

Classified as: medical adhesives, stickiness, bandages, bioadhesives, Skin, ultrasound, Sound, bubbles, Jianyu Li, Zhenwei Ma
Published on: 12 Aug 2022

Combining knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering, scientists from McGill University develop a biomaterial tough enough to repair the heart, muscles, and vocal cords, representing a major advance in regenerative medicine.

Classified as: Synthetic tissue, biomaterial, hydrogel, wound repair, Heart, muscles, vocal cords, Guangyu Bao, Luc Mongeau, Jianyu Li
Published on: 30 Nov 2021

Sutures are used to close wounds and speed up the natural healing process, but they can also complicate matters by causing damage to soft tissues with their stiff fibers. To remedy the problem, researchers from Montreal have developed innovative tough gel sheathed (TGS) sutures inspired by the human tendon.

Classified as: surgical, sutures, tendons, tough gel sheathed, TGS, tissue repair, Zhenwei Ma, Jianyu Li, Zu-hua Gao
Published on: 7 Apr 2021

 

1. Doctoral and Masters (Thesis): If interested, we encourage that you first obtain approval from a Professor in the department who would be willing to supervise your research and then complete the application before May 15th.

2. Masters (None-Thesis or Aerospace): If you are interested in either the Masters (Non-Thesis) or Masters (Aerospace) degrees, please go ahead and apply before May 15th.

Note that the typical requirements for eligibility still hold and that admission will be competitive.

Classified as: mechanical engineering, graduate admissions, deadline date
Published on: 29 Apr 2020

Professor Arun K. Misra recently received the Dirk Brouwer Award "for his outstanding and lasting contributions to astrodynamics of tethered satellite systems, flexible spacecraft, spacecraft orbiting asteroids, robotics for orbital assembly and debris capture." The Dirk Brouwer Award was established by the American Astronautical Society to honour significant technical contributions to space flight mechanics and astrodynamics. Professor Misra is the winner of this award for 2017. Dirk Brouwer Award.

Classified as: External, faculty, mechanical engineering, staff, students
Published on: 12 Apr 2018

Professor Marco Amabili has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. This is an important achievement; until now the European Academy of Sciences and Arts included only nine Canadian members, including John Polyani, winner of the 1986 Nobel prize for Chemistry. Read more.

Classified as: External, faculty, mechanical engineering, staff, students
Published on: 12 Apr 2018

On Canada Day, July 1, 2017, Canada's newest astronauts were announced: Dr. Jennifer Sidey (B.Eng. Honours '11) and Mr. Joshua Kutryk, both from Alberta. The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill is very proud of Jennifer's achievement.

Published on: 7 Jul 2017

Five McGill graduates in Mechanical Engineering are candidates participating in the 2017 Canada Space Agency astronaut selection process. Vincent Beaudry (M.Eng. '09), Julie Bellerose (B.Eng. Honours '03), Shane Jacobs (B.Eng. '04), Jennifer Sidey (B.Eng. Honours '11) and Geneviève Vallières (B.Eng. '02) are running for the chance to be the next Canadian astronauts. Two individuals will be chosen among 70 exceptional candidates. Read more.

Published on: 7 Jul 2017

McGill's venue for learning and discovery in mechanical engineering recently served as the backdrop for a pivotal cinematic moment in the Oscar-nominated film Brooklyn. Read the full story.

Published on: 15 Aug 2016

3D depth-sensing camera shown to measure walking difficulties

A commonly used device found in living rooms around the world could be a cheap and effective means of evaluating the walking difficulties of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.

The Microsoft Kinect is a 3D depth-sensing camera used in interactive video activities such as tennis and dancing. It can be hooked up to an Xbox gaming console or a Windows computer.

Classified as: MS, Multiple Sclerosis, engineering, Research, daria trojan
Published on: 15 Aug 2016

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