91�� News - Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

NeuRoc Lab is Joining CIM

webfull — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:43:46 +0000

The NeuRoc Lab is Joining the Center of Intelligent Machine (CIM) @91��

Published: 12 January 2024

NeuRoc Lab is joining the CRIR and the Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital

webfull — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:37:24 +0000

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: 12 January 2024

NeuRoC Lab featured in IEEE Spectrum

webfull — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:06:17 +0000

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

More about it in the IEEE Spectrum website.

Published: 31 August 2023

MyoChallenge 23 competition @ NeurIPS 23

webfull — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 17:36:47 +0000

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: 20 August 2023

Flatworm-inspired medical adhesives stop blood loss

webfull — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:15:08 +0000

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 91�� have developed a medical adhesive that could save lives, modeled after structures found in marine animals like mussels and flatworms.

Published: 13 October 2022

Using sound and bubbles to make bandages stickier and longer lasting

webfull — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:04:01 +0000

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.

Published: 12 August 2022

Synthetic tissue can repair hearts, muscles, and vocal cords

webfull — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:28:47 +0000

Combining knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering, scientists from 91�� develop a biomaterial tough enough to repair the heart, muscles, and vocal cords, representing a major advance in regenerative medicine.

Published: 30 November 2021

Surgical sutures inspired by human tendons

webfull — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:11:34 +0000

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.

Published: 7 April 2021

91�� has recently reopened (new deadline: May 15th) applications for the graduate program for domestic students (only for Fall 2020).

webfull — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:37:25 +0000

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.

Published: 29 April 2020

Professor Arun K. Misra winner of 2017 Dirk Brouwer Award

webfull — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:07:20 +0000

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.

Published: 12 April 2018

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