ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE within University of Manitoba:
1997- |
Member of 25 Search Committees since 1997 for faculty positions, research chairs, head of the department, etc at the Departments of Mechanical and Mnaufacturing Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engienering, and Mathematics. |
| 2007- |
Member of MME Department Executive Committee |
| 2007- |
Member of Tenure/Promotion Core Committee, Faculty of Engineering |
| 2007-2010 |
CSME Faculty Advisor |
| 2003-2008 |
Member of MME Cirriculum Committee |
| 2005-2007 |
Member of the committee to develop Biomedical Graduate Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering |
| 2004-2008 |
Member of NSERC Graduate Scholarship Committee, Faculty of Graduate Studies |
| 2004 |
Mackenzie King Open and Travelling Scholarship Committee |
| 2003-2008 |
Member of Engineering Endownment Fund Committee, Faculty of Engineering |
| 2003-2004 |
Senate |
| 2000-2001 |
Member of Undergraduate Award Committee, Faculty of Engineering |
| 2000-2001 |
Member of Committee of Standing and Appeals |
| 1998-2000 |
Member of Undergraduate Councillor Committee |
Supervising the following design projects and theses that receive awards
C.P. Bennet Thesis Prize(Best undergraduate thesis for mechanical engineering students) |
2010 |
Passive Dynamic Bipedal Walking: Ramp-Treadmill Comparison and Gait Variation by Mr. Derek Koop |
2008 |
On Passive Dynamic Walking by
Mr. Andrew Greaves
and Mr. Ian Lohrenz
|
| 1999 |
Experimental Stress Analysis of a Circular Disc with a Radial Crack by the Method of Photoelasticity by Mr.
Jason Doering |
| John Shewchuk Design Award |
1999 |
Design of De-Nester for Ash Apiaries |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES outside the University
Professional committees
| 2010-2012 |
Member of evaluation committee of the NSERC Strategic Project Grants Program in Competitive Manufacturing |
| 2010 |
Member of Committee for Leaders Opportunity Fund ($1M-$2M), Canadian Foundation for Innovation |
| 2010 |
Founding member of “Engineering Education and Engineerign Design in Canada” |
| 2009-2011 |
NSERC Discovery Grant Selection Committee (Committee NO. 1053) |
2008-2012 |
Chair, Organizing Committee of CSME Forum 2012 |
| 2006- |
Chair of Biomechanics Section of CSME, member of Board of Directors of CSME |
| 2007 |
Member of Committee of 5-year Research and Development Strategic Plan for Riverview Health Centre, Winnipeg, MB |
Reviewing research papers and grant applications
| Journal Papers |
IEEE Transactions on Man, System and Synbernetics, Parts B & C; Robotica; IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control; IEEE Transactions on Robotics; Journal of Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering; ASME Journal of Dynamic systems, Measurements and Control; International Journal on Mechatronics, CSMA Transactions; Journal of the Franklin Institute, Engineering and Applied Mathematics; International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems; International Journal of Robotics and Automation, and International Journal, Control and Intelligent Systems |
| Confernce papers |
American Control Conference; ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition; the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control; IEEE International Conference on Control Applications; IEEE Conference on Decision and Control & European Control Conference; IEEE Conference on Decision and Control; IFAC Symposium on System, Structure and Control and IASTED Conference on Control Application |
| Grants |
ISTPP Collaborative R&D Projects; NSERC Health Collaborative Research Program; External reviewer for Research Award Program of City University, New York;
Sultan Qaboos University, Postgraduate Studies and Research. |
Chairing sessions or to organize workshops for the following conferences
Co-chair of Symposium of Biomechanics and Bioengineering, CSME Forum 2010. |
Member of the Internationa Program Committeethe of IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications |
| Session organizer of Session (DSC-4 C Mechatronics III), ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition; 3rd International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications; Member of the Program committee of the workshop “communication between Human and Artificial Agents ”, The 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology ( IAT-06 ) (Control Technologies and Applications I); Chair/co-chair of sessions for American Control Conference (Biped Walking and Kinematic Chains and Modeling and Control with Environmental Disturbances, Stabily of Nonlinear Systems) and Annual Conference for Society of Experimental Mechanics. |
COMMUNITY (non-professional) SERVICE:
| Board member of Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and Chair of the Audience Development Committee |
| Volunteered in multiple fund raising events for Manitoba Children's Museum |
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