Professor Philippe Cardou

	Prof. Philippe Cardou Department of Mechanical Engineering Laval University Pavillon Adrien-Pouliot 1065 Avenue de la médecine Québec, Québec G1V 0A6 Canada Tel: +1-418-656-2131 ext. 7727 Fax: +1-418-656-7415
Welcome to my Web page. A summary of my education and research interests is presented below. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any additional information.

Education:

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, Laval University, Quebec City, in 2003. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, in 2008. (thesis title: "Design of Multiaxial Accelerometers with Simplicial Architectures for Rigid-Body Pose-and-Twist Estimation")

Academic Career:

Joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Laval University in September 2007; Assistant professor since 2008. Teaches the undergraduate courses "Modélisation en ingénierie (GMC-3001)" (Modelling in engineering) and "Statique des corps rigides (GMC-1001)" (Statics). Research activities are supported by NSERC and FQRNT.

Research Activities:

Design and fabrication of human-machine interfaces similar to the Wii remote, and using arrays of accelerometers as inertial measurement unit. Design and fabrication of cable-driven parallel manipulators. Below are a few Matlab functions that we developed for this purpose, and that we make available to anyone interested in this topic. Any feedback on these functions will be appreciated. ppcdmwcw.zip (The function ppcdmwcw.m traces the wrench closure workspace of a planar parallel manipulator driven by m cables.) Optimisation of robotic mechanical systems in general.

Associations:

Member of ASME, IEEE, CCToMM. Editorial board member of the Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering.

Publications:

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