|
|
Professor
Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Canada Research Chair, Tier 1, Voice Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Ph.D., Acoustics, Pennsylvania State University
M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, École Polytechnique of Montreal
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, École Polytechnique of Montreal
Macdonald Engineering Building, Rm 458 Map
McGill Directory
514-398-2777 [office]
514-398-7365 [Fax]
luc.mongeau [at] mcgill.ca |
Research Interests
Primary Research Theme: Biomechanics
Secondary Research Theme: Aeroacoustics
Facility: Biomechanics Laboratory
Biomechanics
Investigation of the fundamental aerodynamic mechanisms of voice production using dynamic physical models and numerical simulations (i.e., computational fluid dynamics). Multi-scale constitutive models of the mechanical properties of the vocal fold lamina propria, and surrounding tissues. Hydration and porosity of soft tissues.
Tissue Engineering
Tissue engineering of the human vocal folds. Phonomimetic bioreactor for the study of lamina propria reconstruction in a replica of the human larynx. Investigations of hydrogel scaffolds for tissue engineering of soft tissues. Mechanical properties of hydrogels, collagen fibers and chitosan gels. Cell motility. Composite scaffold materials.
Aeroacoustics
Computational Aeroacoustics, Lattice Boltzman Method, LES, Explicit filtering methods.
Mongeau Research Group Website
Current Research Projects
-
NIH 5R01DC005788-11: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND EVALUATION OF IMPLANTS FOR VOCAL FOLD ALTERATION AND RECONSTRUCTION (Mongeau, PI)
-
NIH 1R01DC014461-01A1: A HYDROGEL-BASED CELLULAR MODEL OF THE HUMAN VOCAL FOLD (Jia, PI)
- Exa Corporation: Direct numerical simulations of flows through lobed mixers using lattice gas methods
Recent Publications
-
Miri, A.K., Avazmohammadi, R., Li, N.Y.K., Thibeault, S.L., Mongrain, R., and Mongeau, L., “Study of extracellular matrix in vocal fold biomechanics using a two-phase model,” Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 49-57, 2015. PMID: 24792897. doi: 10.1007/s10237-014-0585-5.
-
Habibi, K., and Mongeau, L., “Prediction of sound absorption by a circular orifice termination in a turbulent pipe flow using the Lattice-Boltzmann method,” Applied Acoustics, Vol. 87, pp. 153-161, 2015.
-
Kazemirad, S., Heris, H.K., and Mongeau, L., “Viscoelasticity of hyaluronic acid-gelatin hydrogels for vocal fold tissue engineering,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B - Applied Biomaterials, Vol. 104, No. 2, pp. 283-290, 2015. Doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.33358.
-
Najafi-Yazdi, A., Najafi-Yazdi, M., and Mongeau, L., “A high resolution differential filter for Large Eddy Simulation: Toward explicit filtering on unstructured grids,” J. Comp. Physics, 292,1-15, 2015. Doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2015.03.034.
-
Heris, H.K., Latifi, N., Vali, H., Li, N., and Mongeau, L., “Investigation of chitosan-glycol/glyoxal as an injectable biomaterial for vocal fold tissue engineering,” Procedia Engineering, Vol. 110, pp. 143-150, 2015. Doi: 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.07.022.
-
Heris, H.K., Daoud, J., Sheibani, S., Vali, H., Tabrizian, M., and Mongeau, L., “Investigation of the viability, adhesion, and migration of human fibroblasts in a hyaluronic acid/gelatin microgel-reinforced composite hydrogel vocal fold tissue regeneration,” Advanced Healthcare Materials, Vol. 5, pp. 255-265, 2016. Doi: 10.1002/adhm.201500370.
For a more complete list, see Publications.
Courses
MECH 220. Mechanics 2.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Kinematics of particles and rigid bodies. Particle dynamics: force-momentum and work-energy approaches. Kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies.
- (4-1-7)
- Prerequisites: MECH 210, MATH 262. Pre-/Co-requisite: MATH 263.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
Launch Visual Schedule Builder
MECH 315. Mechanics 3.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Single-degree-of-freedom systems; free vibrations; effect of damping; response to harmonic, periodic and arbitrary excitation. Lagrange's equations of motion. Vibrations of multi-degree-of-freedom systems. Continuous systems.
- (4-1-7)
- Prerequisites: MECH 220, MATH 271
- Pre-/Co-requisite: CIVE 207.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
Launch Visual Schedule Builder
MECH 412. System Dynamics and Control.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Modelling of physical linear time-invariant systems using transfer functions. Transient and steady-state response specifications. State space representation of systems. Frequency-response characterization. Stability. Feedback control systems. PID controller design. Root locus and frequency response design methods. Lead, lag and PID compensators.
- (3-2-4)
- Prerequisites: MECH 309, MECH 315. Pre-/Co-requisite: MECH 331
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
Launch Visual Schedule Builder
Course information not available.
MECH 510. Engineering Acoustics.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Vibratory and acoustic disturbances propagated in homogeneous media. Modelling of acoustic systems using lumped-parameters. Simple sound wave fields, transverse waves in strings and bars, longitudinal waves in bars, and transverse waves in membranes, beams, and plates. Basic wave propagation phenomena and sound source models.
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisites: MATH 271 and MECH 315
- Offered only in even years.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
Launch Visual Schedule Builder
Links
Prof Mongeau's research profile on the Canadian Research Chairs website