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    Clément Gosselin

    PROFESSOR CLÉMENT GOSSELIN, DIRECTOR OF THE LABORATORY

    CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR IN ROBOTICS AND MECHATRONICS

     

    Prof. Clément Gosselin
    Laval University
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Pavillon Adrien-Pouliot
    1065 Avenue de la médecine
    Québec, Québec G1V 0A6 Canada

    gosselin@gmc.ulaval.ca

    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, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, in 1985
    • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics), McGill University, Quebec, in 1988

     Awards

    • Medal of the Governors, Université de Sherbrooke in 1985.
    • Gold Medal of the Governor General of Canada, Université de Sherbrooke, for the best academic results in 1985.
    • D. W. Ambridge Award from McGill University for the best thesis of the year in Physical Sciences and Engineering in 1988.
    • I.W. Smith Award from the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering, for creative engineering in 1993.
    • Summa award for research achievements from the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering at Laval University in 1997.
    • Best video award at the IEEE International Robotics and Automation Conference in 1997.
    • Holding a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Robotics and Mechatronics since January 2001.
    • ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Committee Award in 2008.
    • ASME DED Machine Design Award in 2013.
    • IFToMM Award of Merit in 2019.
    • Fellow of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).
    • Fellow of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
    • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
    • Officer of the Order of Canada.

     Academic Career

    • Joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Université Laval in 1989, Full Professor since 1997.
    • Teaches several courses in mechanics and robotics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
    • Supervision of more than 120 Master's and Ph.D. students
    • Research activities are supported by grants from several agencies and industrial partners.

     Research Experience Abroad

    • Post-doctoral position at INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique), Sophia-Antipolis, France, in 1988-89.
    • Half-year sabbatical at the Institut für Getriebetechnik und Maschinendynamik of the Technische Hochschule in Aachen, Germany, in 1995. The research stay was supported by a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
    • Three-month research stay at the University of Victoria in 1996. The research program was supported by the British Columbia Advanced Systems Institute.
    • Two-month stay at the Institut de Recherche en Cybernétique de Nantes (IRCyN), France, in 1999 as visiting professor.

     Research Activities

    • Kinematics and dynamics of parallel mechanisms and manipulators;
    • Mechanics of grasping and robot hand design;
    • Cable-driven parallel mechanisms;
    • Human-robot cooperation;
    • Trajectory planning of robotic manipulators;
    • Modelling and control of complex robotic systems.

     Associations

    • Fellow of the IEEE , fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and fellow of the  ASME. Member of the Order of Engineers of Quebec (OIQ).

     Publications