John McPhee PhD, PEng, FASME, FCAE Professor, Systems Design Engineering NSERC/Toyota/Maplesoft Industrial Research Chair Contact Info: Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario  N2L 3G1 Canada Email:  mcphee[at]real.uwaterloo.ca Phone:  1-519-888-4567, ext.35341 Fax:    1-519-746-4791

Research:

In general, my research is devoted to the modelling, simulation, and optimal design of dynamic physical systems.  Quite simply, I study things that move.

This research can be described in terms of several related areas of investigation by the Motion Research Group:

• Dynamics of Multibody Systems
• Applications in Biomechanics and Sports Engineering
• Applications in Vehicle Systems
• Applications in Robotic and Mechatronic Systems
• Applications in Mechanism and Machine Design
• Computational Methods for Dynamic Analysis and Design Optimization

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Awards:

• Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers, since 2011
• Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, since 2005
• Best Paper Award from the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2003
• I.W. Smith Award from the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001
• Premier's Research Excellence Award, Province of Ontario, 2000
• Sandford Fleming Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Engineering, 1998
• NATO/NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1990-1992

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Service:

• past Executive Director, Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research
• Science Advisor, Golf Digest
• Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Nonlinear and Computational Dynamics
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Sports Technology
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing
• Associate Editor, Transactions of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Associate Editor, Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems
• Associate Editor, Mechanics-Based Design of Structures and Machines
• Advisory Editor, Multibody System Dynamics

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Courses Taught:

• SD 181: Physics 1 (Statics)
• SD 182: Physics 2 (Dynamics)
• SD 281: Mechanics of Deformable Solids
• SD 382: Modelling and Simulation of Mechanical Systems
• SD 553: Advanced Dynamics
• SD 652: Dynamics of Multibody Systems

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Links:

• MapleSim: research spin-off software for dynamic modelling
• Animations from the Motion Research Group
• Hexplorer:  6-legged walking robot research
• WatFlex:  Waterloo Flexible Link Experimental Robot Facility
• The Pheasants: intramural basketball team
• Sports Technology at Queensland Sports Technology Cluster, Australia

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