Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research interests and affiliations
Professor Mohebbi's expertise include:
- Robotics
- Control Systems
- Applied Artificial Intelligence
- Signal Porcessing and System Identification
His lab's focus is to research and develop innovative robotics and biomechatronics technologies, analysis tools and methods to help humans relearn, restore, or augment their neuromotor performance.
Prof. Mohebbi's current porjects span arround:
- Modeling and identification of human balance control
- Human joint neuromechanics
- Deep-learning approaches for diagnosis of balance disorders
- Sensory restoration in robotic prosthetic limbs users
- Design of personalized robotic exoskeletons
- Development of robotic rehabilitation systems
- Path planning and control of medical robots
- Polytechnique Laboratory for Assistive and Rehabilitation technologies (POLAR), Director
- TransMedTech Research Chair in Assistive and Rehabilitation Technologies, Chairholder
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Adjunct Professor
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering,Université de Montréal, Member
- Institut de génie biomédical, Member
- FRQNT Strategic Cluster | INTER Interactive Technologies of Engineering in Rehabilitation, Member
- Assembly of Researchers at CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Member
- Technopole in Pediatric Rehabilitation, Member
- TransMedTech Institute of Montreal (iTMT), Member
- The Provincial Adaptation-Rehabilitation Research Network (REPAR), Member
- 1701 Engineering design
- 1900 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
- 2509 Control systems
- 2600 ROBOTICS
- 2716 Virtual reality and related simulations
- 2715 Optimization
- 2603 Computer vision
- 2604 Intelligent systems applications
Publications
Biography
Abolfazl Mohebbi obtained his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Iran, in 2009. He received a Master's degree from Concordia University (2013) and a Doctorate degree from Polytechnique Montreal (2017) both in in Mechanical Engineering with the specializations in robotics, control and mechatronics.
After holding industrial positions for almost three years, he returned to the academia as a postdoctoral researcher until 2020. As a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University and later at Harvard University, his research activities were focused on various fields of Biomedical Engineering, Neuromuscular Control, Assistive Technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Prof. Mohebbi holds the Research Chair in Assistive and Rehabilitation Technologies, co-founded by the TransMedTech Institute (iTMT) of Polytechnique Montréal, the CHU Sainte-Justine research center and the Technopole in Pediatric Rehabilitation.
Teaching
MEC3305 - Analyse et commande des systèmes dynamiques
MEC8358 - Mécatronique II
MEC8371 - Mesure et modélisation dynamique
Education
- Postdoc (2019-2020) in Biomedical Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Postdoc (2017-2019) in Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Doctorate (2013-2017) in Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Master’s (2010-2013) in Mechanical Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Bachelor’s (2004-2009) in Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Iran
Supervision at Polytechnique
COMPLETED
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Ph.D. Thesis (1)
- Maia De Souza, C. E. (2024). Development of Framework for Underwater Robotic Autonomy in Subsea oil & Gas Intervention [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
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Master's Thesis (3)
- Rouzbayani, A. (2024). Quasi-Stationary Identification of Ankle Joint Dynamic Stiffness in Isotonic Contraction and in a Relaxed State: Validating a Novel Sub-Malleolar Interface [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Behidj, A. (2023). Personalized Upper Limb Robotic Rehabilitation Using Impedance-Based Control Strategies [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Brochu Dufour, O. (2021). Visual Odometry System for Drones Assisted by a Deep Neural Network [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
Other achievements
Prof. Mohebbi's Research is supported and funded by the following organizations :
