Chairholders

Profile

Rosaire Mongrain

Mechanical Engineering
McGill University

Chair title

NSERC/McGill Design Engineering Chair for Interdisciplinary Innovation of Medical Technologies

Chair program

Chairs in Design Engineering Program

Role

Associate Chairholder since 2008

Summary

Design engineering plays a critical role in helping translate ideas into practice to address the Grand Challenges for Engineering facing humanity. Design engineering addresses end users’ needs for a new invention or technology, making its value proposition stronger by increasing commercial viability and marketplace success. The Chair’s main objective is to improve education in the interdisciplinary innovation of medical technologies. This will be achieved by bridging the gap not only between academia and industry, but  also between departments and faculties internally at McGill University. The main activity will involve merging the Capstone course within the Faculty of Engineering with valuable participation from the Faculties of Medicine and Education. In addition, four new courses in medical technology will be designed and introduced. Complementary activities will include design workshops and field work. The combination of the above objective and activities will enable creativity, design and innovation to be fostered, leveraged and effectively conveyed to students.

The NSERC/McGill Design Engineering Chair for Interdisciplinary Innovation of Medical Technologies has several industry partners who will serve to guide its activities and ensure that training activities adhere to current commercial regulations and procedures. More specifically, such partners will engage in curriculum development and concrete practicum for students. The Chair’s research program will be a place for knowledge exchange, know-how and the sharing of specialized prototyping and testing infrastructure. Furthermore, the partners offer students real design problems, which are approached and solved through prototype production/testing via student Capstone projects, administered by the Chairholders. The overall aim of this program is to increase the number and quality of design engineers by establishing an innovative and interdisciplinary environment that will equip graduates with the hard and soft skills required to transition into the workforce.

Dr. Mongrain’s main research interests include blood flow modelling in circulatory pathologies (e.g., stenoses, aneurysms) and the influence of the flow on these diseases; the mechanical properties of vascular tissues (e.g., vascular walls and arterial plaques, erythrocyte membranes); the design, development and evaluation of cardiovascular devices (e.g., heart pumps, heart valves, stents, catheters) using numerical, experimental and animal models; and image processing for medical diagnosis (e.g., motion analysis, tissue characterization).

Partners

• CAE Healthcare Inc.
• Opsens inc.
• GSE Biomedical
• Klox Technologies Inc.
• Soundbite Medical Solutions
• Agile MV
• Pega Medical Inc.

Contact information

Mechanical Engineering
McGill University

Email: Rosaire.mongrain@mcgill.ca

Website:
https://www.mcgill.ca/mecheng/people/staff/rosairemongrain