Pierre-Olivier Lemieux (PhD Eng)

Recruited to supervise scientific research inside the Virtual Ergonomics team, pursuing the research efforts initiated in my 2 previous roles as ETS university collaborator, with a growing number of responsibilities, including the initiation and execution of a research agenda under minimal guidance KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Leading a main project with 10 sub-projects, transferring knowledge and technology through: code delivery from MATLAB proof-of-concepts to Dassault Systèmes C++ frameworks within an AGILE team, technical document writing (4), patent applications (2), and student supervision (4) - Develop, implement and continuously improve the Smart Posturing Engine technology, which replaces classical manual posturing (10 mins, 1625 mouse clicks) by a fully autonomous process (18 sec, 1 click) thus reducing the posture computation time by 97% - Increased the number of plausible postures from 63 to 92% in 3 years by providing 149 fixes (30 per yr.), while accounting for a growing number of environments (20), simulated tasks (371) of growing complexity in order to encourage customers to adopt the product

- Develop innovative models, methods and processes related to DHM and virtual ergonomics - Conduct R&D activities related to DHM, human kinematics and virtual ergonomics - Guided 2 post-doc students through their implications in the R&D project - Published 1 peer-reviewed paper and 1 patent as a first author related to the R&D activities

Description: Course preparation & lectures, student supervision Courses details: 1) Rehabilition engineering (GTS-504, BEng) -> 2016, 2017, 2018 2) Orthopedics biomechanics (GTS-815, MSc) -> 2009, 2016

- Performed R&D and scientific research in DHM and Virtual Ergonomics (eg. grasp, shoulder kinematics) - Developed the 1st version of the SPE in MATLAB - Wrote 1 scientific paper as a first author, 2 patents as a first author and presented in conferences - Participated in writing 1 grant request at NSERC

- Apply the concepts seen in class in the laboratory using experimental equipment (ex. pressure sensors, force plates, motion capture). - Resolving the given problems in MATLAB using the data taken in the laboratory - Topics seen in class: musculoskeletal system, orthoses/prostheses, accelerometers, electromyography, human gait, postural stability, joint loads, joint angles, egress, wheelchair propulsion

- Improvement of existing knee model towards a more realistic simulation of osteoarthritic conditions - Wrote 1 scientific paper as a first author - Assisted in gathering experimental data for a wide research project related to osteoarthritis - Attainment of advanced knowledge of lower limb dynamics during gait

- Lectures, biomechanical engineering calculations (ex. muscle and joint forces, screw plate stress/strain), analysis of research papers on the topics seen in class - Topics seen in class: Biomechanics, musculoskeletal system and related pathologies, osseointegration, osteoarthritis, muscle tear, traumas, orthopedic treatments

- Collaborated with an orthopaedic surgeon and university supervisors on the numerical analysis of the cuff tear arthropathy - Built knowledge and expertise in biomechanics and musculoskeletal modeling of the upper limb - Mentoring of M.Sc. and other Ph.D. students - Cumulated 3 public/university scholarships - Published 3 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals (CMBBE, Clin. Biomech, J. Biomech) and a thesis by publication - Member of the Open Innovation Laboratory in Health Technologies (LIO)

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- Interactive revision of the course content, presentation of engineering applications related to human systems - Topics seen in class: Human systems (ex. musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, nervous), their anatomy and physiology. Related pathologies and engineering applications.

- Part time during the school year; full time during 3 summers (2003, 2004, & 2006)

- Influence of the temperature level on the performance of different thermocouples in aircraft turbine - Assist the supervising engineer (Benoît Patry) in various of their tasks

- Finite element analysis on wind turbines profiles - Redaction of a scientific report for the supervisor (Prof Christian Masson)

- Development of LabView tools used in a high impact test bed - Assist the scientific engineers and technicians in their current research on the Hopkinson pressure bars - Writing a report on the development of the tools for the supervisor engineer (Manon Bolduc)

- Wrote a thesis by publications (3 papers) entitled: Numerical analysis of biomechanical parameters that influence shoulder function in case of cuff tear arthropathy - Built advanced knowledge in biomechanics and expertise in musculoskeletal modeling of the upper limbs - Collaborated with an orthopaedic surgeon - Wrote 3 scholarship applications (IRSC, ETS, FQRNT) - M.Sc. and Ph.D. students mentoring

- Conducted research in shoulder biomechanics (i.e. numerical simulation of massive rotator cuff tear) - Wrote multiple scholarship applications - Did an accelerated transfer to PhD program after 1 year of study

- Completed five MSc courses during the bachelor degree - Realized multiple team projects (One of the project was bought by a private company) - Took 4 months breaks during 3 summer (2003, 2004, and 2006) to fulfill a position of reservist in the Canadian armed forces